COLD DARK ROOM

[johnandjade]

noticing the drop in temperature this morning, though it's still above freezing wich is a bonus

2pairs of socks, longmes' , ski pants, fleece and waterproof, necky, gloves and the wig, throw in some positivity .... i'm blooming roasting!!

 

[johnandjade]

What kind of test ? I'm doing my Bud Test now .

be sure to do plenty studying gramps, practice makes perfect.

i'm just on route to work, ready for what ever challenges today brings

 

[Kristoff]

i'm just on route to work, ready for what ever challenges today brings

Have a good day, John!
(Would love to see the wig )

 

[johnandjade]

Have a good day, John!
(Would love to see the wig )

sorry to disappoint... it's only a hat :/. i have no hair so just refere to my hat as the wig.

what does today hold for you?

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning CDR

I am heartily sick of this cold. I just want to stop streaming... and coughing... and having bunged up ears It's been a week now. Admittedly the jolly to France probably delayed full recovery, but still. Enough is enough. If I had the energy, I'd put my foot down

 

[Kristoff]

Good morning CDR

I am heartily sick of this cold. I just want to stop streaming... and coughing... and having bunged up ears It's been a week now. Admittedly the jolly to France probably delayed full recovery, but still. Enough is enough. If I had the energy, I'd put my foot down

Hope you feel better soon!!!

 

[johnandjade]

Good morning CDR

I am heartily sick of this cold. I just want to stop streaming... and coughing... and having bunged up ears It's been a week now. Admittedly the jolly to France probably delayed full recovery, but still. Enough is enough. If I had the energy, I'd put my foot down

morning mum, sorry to hear your still suffering

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Is Adam back on hiatus?
It's a strange morning. I couldn't wake up. Then I rode a motorcycle to work since there would be no parking spots, but didn't grab a helmet or gloves and I noticed I'm wearing street shoes. Not my beat up work shoes.
I think I remembered to feed the dog....

 

[Lyn W]

Found you something Adam…

Cheese: A matter of love or hate
19 Oct 2016, 05:25 AM

(A) There are almost 1600 varieties of cheese. (B) Aversion to cheese (responses from 0 to 1 on a scale of 11 includes the highest population of individuals among those with food aversions. (C) On the left: two areas of the reward and aversion circuit are more strongly activated in people who dislike cheese than in those who like it. On the right: another small structure involved in the motivation to eat food is not activated in people who hate cheese, whereas it is activated in those who like it. (© Jean-Pierre Royet/Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon (CNRS/INSERM/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1/Université Jean Monnet)
Until now, the reason why some people hate cheese has been a mystery. Researchers at the Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon and the Laboratoire Neuroscience Paris Seine (CNRS/INSERM/UPMC) have just elucidated it. Their results are published online on the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience website.

It is difficult to remain lukewarm when faced with a ripe camembert or goats cheese: people love it or hate it. France may well be the country that has the largest number of cheese varieties (almost 1600), yet many there are disgusted by it. Aversion is an extremely powerful factor in the animal world: it is a key element for survival, hence the importance of studying the cerebral mechanisms at play.

Why cheese? Because it seemed to the researchers that many people do not like this type of dairy product. Therefore they studied a sample of 332 individuals to check their intuition: cheese is indeed the food that most frequently triggers aversion. It affects 6.0% of respondents, whereas only 2.7% of those tested have an aversion to fish and 2.4% to cured meats. Among those with an aversion to cheese, 18% say they are intolerant to lactose. In 47% of cases, at least one of their family members does not like cheese either. These figures suggest that there is a genetic origin to this aversion, which might be related to lactose intolerance.

To find out what happens in the brain, fifteen people who like cheese and fifteen who do not were selected and participated in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. They were simultaneously exposed to the image and smell of six different cheeses and six other types of control foods. They had to state whether they liked the smell and sight of the foods or not, and whether, at that moment, they wanted to eat them.

The researchers then observed that the ventral pallidum, a small structure usually activated in people who are hungry, was totally inactive while the smell and image of cheese was being presented to individuals with an aversion to cheese, whereas it was activated for all other food types. Even more surprisingly, the researchers observed that areas of the brain, the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra, which participate in the reward circuit (activated when we love something), were more involved in people who do not like cheese than in those who do. These structures, typically involved in processing reward, may therefore also be triggered in response to an aversive stimulus. To explain this dual nature, the researchers suggest that these regions include two types of neurons with complementary activity: one related to the rewarding aspect of a food, the other to its aversive nature.

This work provides an insight into the areas of the brain that are activated when an individual is presented with an aversive food and suggests that the reward circuit may also encode disgust.



Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange). Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

Journal Reference:

Jean-Pierre Royet, David Meunier, Nicolas Torquet, Anne-Marie Mouly, Tao Jiang. The Neural Bases of Disgust for Cheese: An fMRI Study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016; 10 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00511

Certainly food for thought, Ken, Thanks

 

[Lyn W]

So none of the joy or the benefits?
Eat, girl.

I eat with my eyes Ed - which can be a bit messy - but if I don't like the look of something I can't eat it!
I also try to eat healthily - most of the time
But we all have our weaknesses.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning CDR

I am heartily sick of this cold. I just want to stop streaming... and coughing... and having bunged up ears It's been a week now. Admittedly the jolly to France probably delayed full recovery, but still. Enough is enough. If I had the energy, I'd put my foot down

I sympathise Linda, I think I have the same cold - I am deaf as a post and the machine in my ear won't go away which is just as well as it's the body's sounds so if they stop I'm in trouble!! It's now spread to the other ear and I had a very painful night.
Everything sounds so far away and I have to use subtitles on the tv so I don't annoy the neighbours with it blaring loudly.
Think a visit to the doc may be on the cards as its not getting better. Hope we are both better soon!

 

[Lyn W]

Is Adam back on hiatus?
It's a strange morning. I couldn't wake up. Then I rode a motorcycle to work since there would be no parking spots, but didn't grab a helmet or gloves and I noticed I'm wearing street shoes. Not my beat up work shoes.
I think I remembered to feed the dog....

Hi Ed, Sounds like a normal morning in my house! I hate sleeping late it really messes you up for the day.
Adam's gone off to Spain for a few days to stock up on bacon and sausages and whale meat I believe - he was here a few pages back telling us he was off whale hunting!

 

[Lyn W]

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sorry to disappoint... it's only a hat :/. i have no hair so just refer to my hat as the wig.

what does today hold for you?

Morning John and a very fetching hat it is too.
I suppose a wig is just a hairy hat so you're not wrong!
Have a good day!

 

[johnandjade]

Is Adam back on hiatus?
It's a strange morning. I couldn't wake up. Then I rode a motorcycle to work since there would be no parking spots, but didn't grab a helmet or gloves and I noticed I'm wearing street shoes. Not my beat up work shoes.
I think I remembered to feed the dog....

morning ed! in need i caffeine i guess

 

[johnandjade]

I sympathise Linda, I think I have the same cold - I am deaf as a post and the machine in my ear won't go away which is just as well as it's the body's sounds so if they stop I'm in trouble!! It's now spread to the other ear and I had a very painful night.
Everything sounds so far away and I have to use subtitles on the tv so I don't annoy the neighbours with it blaring loudly.
Think a visit to the doc may be on the cards as its not getting better. Hope we are both better soon!

oh my . yip, docs for you miss womblyn

 

[Lyn W]

oh my . yip, docs for you miss womblyn

......he'll probably just tell me to carry on with the painkillers!
- maybe I shouldn't put them in my ears - perhaps that what's making me deaf!

 

[Lyn W]

Must go and feed the cat at my sisters house so see you all later!
Have a good Tuesday!

 

[johnandjade]

......he'll probably just tell me to carry on with the painkillers!
- maybe I shouldn't put them in my ears - perhaps that what's making me deaf!

hope you're feeling better soon

 

[johnandjade]

man i love working here!! one of the guys wife has a cake shop...

2nd day in a row he's brought some in

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I eat with my eyes Ed - which can be a bit messy - but if I don't like the look of something I can't eat it!
I also try to eat healthily - most of the time
But we all have our weaknesses.

It's actually an enviable trait.