Comments on: Fat and Anesthesia http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/06/11/fat-and-anesthesia/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/06/11/fat-and-anesthesia/#comment-19013 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:58:22 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/06/11/fat-and-anesthesia/#comment-19013 No. Olive oil was used to model the brain. It was not a treatment -- the anesthetics were the treatments in those experiments. The effect of olive oil on anything was not measured. When I compared olive oil and flaxseed oil, my balance was better with flaxseed oil. No. Olive oil was used to model the brain. It was not a treatment — the anesthetics were the treatments in those experiments. The effect of olive oil on anything was not measured.

When I compared olive oil and flaxseed oil, my balance was better with flaxseed oil.

]]> by: peter http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/06/11/fat-and-anesthesia/#comment-19010 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:52:29 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/06/11/fat-and-anesthesia/#comment-19010 are you suggesting that olive oil, which is touted as a heart healthy oil, makes the cells in general and brain cells in particular, less responsive? are you saying that taking olive oil will reduce one's ability to maintain balance and compute mathematical problem (with the inference that such a reduced ability reduces one's mental ability)? are you suggesting that olive oil, which is touted as a heart healthy oil, makes the cells in general and brain cells in particular, less responsive? are you saying that taking olive oil will reduce one’s ability to maintain balance and compute mathematical problem (with the inference that such a reduced ability reduces one’s mental ability)?

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