Interested in Oxytocin and increasing it naturally?

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Hold on did they know that eating their own placenta would prevent post-natal depression or did they eat it just for kicks?

Also, are you going to harvest and consume rat placenta? (please say no)


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Does it make a huge difference trying to increase your oxytocin?

i'm pretty sure you can't take up oxytocin through food directly. So either there is another mechanism at play or it is some oxytocin inducer/precursor that can be taken up by the digestive system.

or maybe they did not get post natal depression for any number of other reasons

All therapies involving raising oxytocin levels use a nasal spray as far as i am aware

Placebo.

Well there is nothing to be gained from learning that rat placenta contains Oxytocin....

Read between the lines

There is ample evidence of women eating their own placenta to prevent post natal depression. I'm not sure if they were aware it was Oxytocin that was the active ingredient. Nor am I sure whether Oxytocin is the only active ingredient.

This wisdom comes from more ancient cultures and practices. I'm assuming their midwives and Doulas suggested it.

It appears from what I read last night that the placenta contains Oxytocin and the baby "absorbs" it in some way.

The materials we are made of have to come from somewhere. We are not seperate entities like machines with observable demarkation between one working part and another. Besides, even machines require oil and fuel. And soon enough the liquids become part of the solids...

Good day everyone,

I stumbled across this forum looking not specifically related to Asperger's or autism, but more generally natural ways to release oxytocin. As for deficiencies (a real lack of oxytocin levels), I'm not sure what can be done, but I am aware of mental visualization exercises (read: imagination) that can *release* oxytocin that's already present.

Strong, vivid visualizations of hugging a family member, or other unmentionable activities with a spouse or significant other can release oxytocin on demand. An important note, however: you should make sure that genuine love for the person is present and not clouded by any negative feelings such as anger or frustration, as these will release completely different, unhealthy chemicals. Also important is that word "love" here, as I do not mean "lust."

Short of a deficiency of medical nature (if there is one in either Asperger's or autism then I apologize), oxytocin is found naturally and only needs to be released. Sleep and good nutrition should be plenty in normal circumstances to rebuild the supply on a daily basis.

I am an avid reader of neuroscience books, which is how I came to gather all of this knowledge, and you can find a good book called "Your Brain at Work", which has a good primer for neurochemicals, even though the information is presented in a practical business-oriented text.

Cheers!

The spelling is Asperger's