Yes, eggs contain a lot of choline. It is generally good for you, and for your brain health.
More importantly, I think people need to be aware that there are a lot of common, over-the-counter, drugs that are actively anticholinergics, and have been linked to an increase of Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia in general.
Common, OTC drugs, like #Benadryl (Diphenhydramine), are exteme anticholinergics, and block the action of acetylcholine, the important neurotransmitter which is a direct metabolite of choline in the human body.
They are suspected to
This is important, because many, many anticholinergenic drugs, including diphenhydramine (benadryl), are regularly administered to elderly patients, for a wide variety of causes. They are not only used as antihistamines, but also as general sedatives, and sleep aids.
They are not without their medical uses, and can be useful in treating a wide variety of conditions.
That being said, acetylcholine is a very important neurotransmitter, and anything that blocks it can eventually have a neurological effect, if it is taken too long, or, in too high of a dose.
I am kind of burying the lead with this one; All of these drugs are hallucinogens, if taken in high enough amounts.
However, unlike more traditional recreational hallucinogens, they are not classified as psychedelics, like LSD or Psilocybin, or disassociatives, such as ketamine.
They are instead classified as .
Psychedelics (LSD, DMT, Shroom) will often give you a somewhat pleasant vista into otherworldly sights, where you objectively know that what you are seeing is not everyday reality.
Disassociatives will offer you a strange, otherworldly out of body experience.
Deliariants, such as Diphenhydramine (Benadryl), Jimson Weed, or , give you a prolonged and quite Hellish experience, which your perception is indistinguishable from reality.
All of the hallucinations look the same as normal reality, except for the fact that they are not there.
i.e. you will see a dead relative talking to you, and talk back to them, having forgotten they actually died.
The signs/symptoms of a hallucinogenic dose of Diphenhydramie almost perfectly match up with the signs/symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia.
I am not saying this is the cause of Alzheimer's/Dementia, but far too many nursing homes/elder care facilities regularly administer diphemhydrame, because it is an OTC drug with a mild sedative effect.
And it is not as safe as you think.
I'm not even that old but I have had a doctor suggest taking a benadryl half an hour before bed to help with sleep. I try to avoid taking anything for sleep when I don't have to.
I do remember having very strange dreams when taking nyquil before they removed the active ingredient from it.
I'm not even that old but I have had a doctor suggest taking a benadryl half an hour before bed to help with sleep. I try to avoid taking anything for sleep when I don't have to.
This rabbit-hole goes oddly deep in my opinion, due to the consistency of the hallucinations provided by recreational does of diphenhydramine (Benadryl).
'Recreational' users of Benadryl report oddly consistent hallucinations, and it isn't just the 'dead relatives' I mentions in my previous comment.
All of this is leaving the realm of medical discussion, but I do believe it is germane to the topic at hand.
If you ever want to see a group of fucked up individuals, go to the r/DPH subreddit.
People who take a lot of DMT/Psilocybin describe seeing 'Machine Elves' with remarkable consistency.
People who take recreational does of DPH almost always describe seeing 'The Hatman'.
A shadowy figure who watches, and occasionally interacts with them.
They also, oddly enough, often describe smoking hallucinatory cigarettes with 'The Hatman', even if they are not, or have never been, smokers. The weird part is that nicotine and diphenhydramie seem to have results, like they are oddly meant to be together.
Something about this doesn't add up to me, at least not from the physicalist mentality so many of us are brought up with.
I could be wrong, tho.
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