The MDMA metabolite, S-(+)- MDA, elicits more stereotypic behavior and is an even more potent neurotoxin than the parent drug. MDA destroys serotonin-producing neurons which play a direct role in regulating aggression, mood, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain.
A new study out of the University of Kansas Medical Center claims that it does. Drinking three glasses of milk a day, the researchers argue, fights dementia by providing you with higher levels of an antioxidant called glutathione, which protects your brain cells.
Dementia is a term for decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with one's daily life. It includes deterioration in memory, orientation, judgment and other intellectual functions. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia which accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases.