heres an anecdoctal report from another forum...sorry couldn't find anything scientific

""serotonin taken orally does not pass into the serotonergic pathways of the central nervous system because it does not cross the blood-brain barrier. However, tryptophan and its metabolite 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), from which serotonin is synthesized, can and do cross the blood-brain barrier. These agents are available as dietary supplements and may be effective serotonergic agents."

"Tryptophan and Serotonin : An urban legend states that the dried skin of the banana fruit contains the fictitious substance "bananadine", and is hallucinogenic when smoked. Unlike many such legends, the origin of this one has been traced. It dates back to an article in the underground newspaper Berkeley Barb in March 1967, and became widespread after William Powell, believing it to be true, included it in The Anarchist Cookbook in 1970.This legend is not entirely without merit: bananas contain tryptophan which, when ingested, increases levels of serotonin in the body (the same effect as Prozac). This can lead to various mood-altering effects (Leathwood and Pollet, 1982) including a reduction in Depression (Sainio et al., 1996). As well, Xiao et al. (1998) found that eating just two bananas a day for three days increased levels of serotonin in the blood by 16%. However, there is no mention in the literature of tryptophan having any hallucinogenic effects; it has, in fact, been used to reduce hallucinations in patients with mental disorders (Sainio et al., 1996). It is also debatable whether smoking tryptophan would be successful as a method of administration."

maybe the peels are high in 5HTP. Im suspecting that the dopamine, serotonin or NE arent the only mood enhancing or euphoric agent in the peels -- it could be that multiple psychoactive alkaloids are syngergizing together..so as of yet the mechanism remains unresolved.
but boy do i have a story to share!

i took the peel tea yesterday and felt really really happy but that i dismissed as total placebo effect.
today i yet again took the tea (this time i drank the entire damned pot -- i wanted results )oh boy i sure did get em!.After 3 big mugs i left for class.

after about 30 mins or so i went really "trip happy" - i was giggling and had a lot of problem staying composed , In my radiology class i was busy distinguishing cartoons characters in the HRCTs ended up laughing out loud and was consequently sent out.(yeah for a normal person that wouldve been hint enough ).Not me.
I got online and asked a few of my friends and if theyd be interested in group-experimentation (no details sorry -im still cringing from shame) while i was typing out my offcolored questions i was clapping preiodically and laughing hard at my own jokes.After a while i got bored and decided it was time for a late lunch -- called up a friend who said i was too perked up (probably too much coffee) , at lunch i talked non-stop !! i mean my temples were throbbing... my friend just laughed mostly -- didnt say anything was out of the blue much.

I just got back and seem to have calmed off a bit -- sorry this report isnt as composed as it should be but im not entirely in my element yet.
Im going to take half a valium and lie down -- my bp seems to be up a bit i still feel pressure in my head.

.I made a detailed mood and temperament chart before i consumed the tea and added motor coordination and movement finesse to it too will do a follow up later -- thanks for reading "

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/28786-banana-peels-for-depression/

This is why I keep banging the drum:


(CNN) -- After learning that Ashton Kutcher had landed in the hospital trying to follow Steve Jobs' all-fruit diet, CNN reader Sumday had just one question: "All I really wanted to know was why this diet was bad?"

Even if you don't overwork your pancreas, you're probably not eating enough calories on an all-fruit diet, Moore says. That puts the body into starvation mode, which can result in serious medical conditions like osteoporosis, severe dehydration and even heart failure, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/health/steve-jobs-all-fruit-diet/index.html

Actually, the thread was likely removed because of natway. Many of her individual messages have been removed by the moderator as inappropriate, if you look back at the history.

Just to add a few more facts...low fat diets are associated with Low Testosterone levels in men.

Also, fructose (fruit sugar) is directly linked to fatty liver disease, diabetes and other illnesses.

Fat is not the root cause of Candidiasis and diabetes, either, as we've seen proclaimed.

Antibiotic use is almost always a precursor to Candidiasis, which is an intestinal imbalance of flora. Antibiotic use was started in the 1950's, which is why our generation is suffering from these imbalances. Intestinal flora are now considered to perform digestive functions including proper absorption of nutrients. Diets can undo the damage caused by overuse of Antibiotics .

Obesity, and not fat intake, is associated with diabetes. The body converts excess calories from any source, carbs, protein or fats, into body fat if not burned. If the amount of calories eaten exceeds the amount of calories burned on a daily basis, no matter what you eat, you will get fat.

This is why the 3,000 calorie recommendation is ludicrous, unless you're running a minimum of 40 miles per week.

Let's face it, the human race survived by mainly by hunting. There weren't any banana trees for our ancient African ancestors to climb. We were given the intelligence to make tools with which to hunt, to build fires on which to keep warm and on which to cook, and we wore animal skins to keep warm. Farming was developed 10's of thousands of years later.

i ate more calories and less meat, im still healing , so i dont want to get ahead of myself , i still eat meat , just not everyday if i do it be a small piece of fish or chicken, if i heal fully i will eat fatty meat every blue moon just in case i need the fat/protein i'll never do it everyday like i use to. i dont wanna sway 100% fruitarian because i would consider that extreme plus tuber foods make easy calories vs buying alot of fruit..

Skipping meals would definitely put you at risk.

I posted this above for Faith, but here it is again about a girl who's now eating the heavy meat Primal diet about why she failed on a raw vegan diet:

From hazyjane- "When I was raw vegan for 6 months, I lost weight because I was often only eating about 1300-1500 calories a day. I also lost a lot of muscle despite all my hemp protein smoothies. I was skinnyfat."

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread46769-3.html#post687384


Again I want to express that I'm not urging you to go all the way vegan again, just back towards plant-based because it's obvious your case is what mine was of doing a vegetarian diet most likely wrong, started feeling like crap, switched to a more of an animal-based diet and initially felt better, but now feeling like crap from that diet.

Here's what I suggest for you to try since I know the thought of eating something like 80-10-10 makes your really hesitant after the first time eating plant-based ended up not working out for you at all.

Download that free app from http://cronometer.com
and track your daily diet for a couple of days until you get what your average macro carb/protein/fat ratio is.

Since you're now eating more of an animal-based diet, I'm assuming your macro ratio is more like 40-30-30, the classic recommended low-carb ratio.

Do the veggie juice fast like I did and see if that heals your symptoms which I think are the toxic hunger symptoms I had. Monitor your blood Sugar throughout to see how it reacts. Have prepared backup meat to eat to help relieve your anxiety if the worst case happens and your glucose starts dropping too low.

If the juice fast heals your symptoms, then instead of eating 80-10-10 which worries you, try eating 60-20-20 and see how you start feeling.

Doable?