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"A

treasure trove of vital

new

information."

—JULIA ROSS, author of The Diet Cure

DEPRESSION-

(originally titled

7

7 Weeks

Weeks to

to

Emotional Healing)

Eliminating

Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue,

and Anger from Your

Life

JOAN MATHEWS LARSON, PH.D. Author of the national

bestseller Seven

Weeks

to

Sobriety

I

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BUS

:

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Praise for Depression-Free, Naturally "This

my

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clients

is

a treasure trove of

vital

new

information. Because

have been using similar strategies for many years,

testify to their

immediate and sustaining effectiveness

even the most severe writing and layout

mood

make

the

problems.

And

I

can

in correcting

the elegant clarity of

book a pleasure

its

to read."

—Julia Ross Author of The Diet Cure

"Dr. Larson's

book

is

a blessing to the

many who

suffer

from mood

and emotional disorders. Nutritional therapies can be extremely helpful in correcting such problems as depression, anxiety, insomnia,

and panic. Healing can be found within the covers of DepressionFree, Naturally.'"

—Elson M. Haas, M.D. Author of The False Fat Diet

"Larson provides the checklists of symptoms, possible disorders,

and corrective formulas along with simple but thorough explanations of

how

the biochemistry works. She plausibly links biochemical

emotional problems with the gradual

shift in the

American

diet over

the last sixty years toward sugary, carbohydrate-laden, and processed foods.

Anyone who has suffered from mental

and stress

will find plenty to

mull over here."

lapses,

mood

swings,

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By Joan Mathews

Larson, Ph.D.

Seven Weeks

to

Sobriety:

The Proven Program

to

Fight Alcoholism

Through Nutrition Seven Weeks

to

Emotional Healing:

Proven Natural Formulas for Eliminating Anxiety, Depression, Anger, and Fatigue from Your Life

Depression-Free, Naturally 7

Weeks

to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair,

Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life

Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D.

Originally published as 7 Weeks

to

Emotional Healing

Ballantine Wellspring™

The Ballantine Publishing Group

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This book

is

intended to provide the reader with information only.

As noted throughout the

text, individuals

should consult appropriate

health care practitioners knowledgeable in the field orthomolecular

medicine prior to pursuing any particular course of treatment.

Names and identifying

facts

have been changed for

within this book so that individuals will

not be recognizable.

who may be

all

case studies included

described in the case studies

Any similarities between

the case study

descriptions and actual, living persons are purely coincidental.

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Copyright ©1999 by Joan

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Mathews Larson, Ph.D.

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First

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edition:

January 2001

Inc.

This book

is

dedicated to

my

children,

Mark Mathews and Molly Mathews-Redden,

who work

at

my

side and share

my commitment

to a better future for us

all.

CONTENTS

—Naturally

Introduction: Finding Emotional Stability

PARTI FEELINGS THAT THERAPY 1.

It's

PART

Not All

in

CANT HEAL

11

Your Mind

13

II

UNDERSTANDING THE CHEMISTRY BEHIND THE EMOTIONS 2.

week

3.

Feeding Your Famished Brain:

4.

Shopping for Relief at Your Natural Pharmacy: Amino Acids,

l

Recognizing the Clues to Biochemical "Glitches"

How Diet Affects Emotions

Vitamins, and Minerals

PART

61

III

135

week 2 When You Just Want to Hide

in the Closet:

Soothing the Anxious Brain 6.

31

108

YOUR SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL NEEDS 5.

29

WEEK 3 That Sadness

137

Inside You: Dissolving Biochemical

Depression

164

vii

r

CONTENTS

viii

7.

8.

week 4 When You're Living with Paranoia or Compulsive Perfectionism: The Two Extremes of Histamine Imbalance week

5

From Zero to Spontaneous Combustion

Controlling 9.

Irritability,

week 6 Just Prop Me

in Seconds:

Anger, and Sudden Violence

262

IV

KEEPING YOUR EMOTIONAL BALANCE FOR LIFE 10.

232

Up, I'm Too Tired to Care:

The Answers to What's Keeping You Fatigued

PART

213

297

week

7 Feeling Good and Living Long: The "Lazarus Effect" of Natural Hormone Restoration

APPENDICES

299

335

A.

Chapter References

335

B.

Medical References

345

C.

Recommended

349

D.

Suggested Reading

E.

An

Index

Laboratories

Easy, Where-to-Find-It Tests

351

and Formulas Locator

354

358

Depression-Free, Naturally

Introduction

Finding Emotional StabilityNaturally

are searching for answers to

You your all

stable

—

You have gone into therapy hoping to talk these unand you now have great insights into but the unwanted feelings are still there. You are be.

.

ginning to doubt that there coexisting with all

lived with

life.

moods away

your behavior

After

symptoms you have

them

is

.

is

any way to banish these goblins, yet

sapping the joy out of your

that you've

been through,

I

life.

expect you will feel skepti-

when I assure you that you can free yourself from this state once all, that there is a way to banish these moods that have shadowed your life. My promise is based on almost twenty years of work helping

cal

and for

people overcome problems perceived as emotional that had previously gone unresolved. The principles in this book have been tested at the Health Recovery Center since 1980. By using same biochemical tools our clients have found so successful, you will effect the same positive results. The research upon which each chapter is based is solid. I can say that because I have applied these methods to thousands of real people with real symptoms, and real lab work has confirmed, once and for all, what has gone wrong. Predictably, the anxiety or depression or paranoia or muddled moods or mind-racing or sullenness of clients have gradually faded away as their brains recovered a more

and fine-tuned

the

optimal chemical balance.

These unstable feelings were not psychological in origin; they were the result of the unbalanced chemistry of their physical brains.

INTRODUCTION

4

A

large

number of

studies conducted worldwide have

what happens to thoughts,

feelings,

shown us

and behavior when key brain

chemicals are unavailable or too plentiful. As a result of these

have been able to show

studies, scientists

how a specific program of

biochemical repair can restore stable "emotional" health

I

have been involved

.

.

.

and

seven-week program.

that is the essence of this

in this

approach since 1980, when

I

opened

the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally,

we were

licensed to treat alcoholism and drug addictions. Because

these addictions destroy or block so

many

of the brain's important

chemicals, our clients were also suffering from depression and anxiety

when we first met. They seemed

"emotionally" unstable, but con-

them around. Looking back to our shake my head when I remember how my tradition-

ventional therapy did not turn early days, ally trained

I still

counseling staff invariably

felt

that those clients

had

atti-

tude problems, or just deliberately chose such negative behaviors.

had worked

in traditional

programs for six years before opening the

Health Recovery Center, so "state of the art" treatment.

holics

were expected

I

I

I

was aware of what the field considered knew that four out of five treated alco-

to relapse within their first year out of treat-

ment, and one out offour of the deaths of these troubled alcoholics

would be suicide,

also usually occurring within the

first

year after

treatment.

My impetus to to test a theory

create a

new treatment model came from a need

had that treatment

failure remained high because no one had addressed the physical damage that alcohol did to the human brain— damage that showed itself as unstable emotions. I

My theory proved to be a winner! My not-so-profound idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain results in flawed thinking and behavior has proved itself repeatedly throughout the years. At the Health Recovery Center,

we have

consistently sustained a recovery

rate of 75 percent or higher, despite a

some of

growing trend of attracting the neediest clients in the United States—many of whom

have approached us as a result of reading Weeks to Sobriety.

my

first

book, Seven

Over the almost twenty years of our existence, we gradually began to treat nonaddicted individuals who shared some of the same unstable emotional

traits.

In fact, their lab results looked amazingly

DEPRESSION like

FR EE

-

NATURALLY

,

5

those of our substance-abusing clients! Yet they had never been

addicted to alcohol or drugs.

The

findings

from the huge body of research are applicable to

anyone whose brain biochemistry

is

causing emotional discomfort.

Whatever the cause, your brain may be unable to maintain a optimal balance.

If so,

can: emotionally.

It is

it

may be

telling

may have

in the only

What causes

life

stresses. Others

own malnourishment

state of

way

it

EMOTIONS—

happen? Some some may be se-

this to

gotten a bad shake genetically;

verely depleted by their

you

you with UNSTABLE

these clue us in to an imbalance. of you

telling

may have unwittingly caused

through continually dieting or living on

end the result is the same: You feel as if you are operating on one cylinder. If, through good news or bad, you really don't feel any better, that is a major clue to search out solu-

junk food! Regardless,

in the

tions in the physical realm.

As you read through this book, I will help you to seek out the clues that your symptoms reveal, and we will fix what's brokenl We will accomplish our search by completing prescreens of symptoms, followed by confirming lab work, and finally by using well-tested repair formulas that are appropriate for you. However,

unlike therapy, this program will concentrate entirely on physical repair.

You

will

be learning about the body's natural chemicals and

the proper amounts that are necessary to create our well-being,

even our

sanity.

argument

I

The difference

high rate of success that

It is

in

how you feel will be the

strongest

can make. You have every reason to expect the same

sadly ironic that

brilliant researchers,

such knowledge

I

I

we have seen with clients at our center.

have benefitted from the findings of so many

and yet

when / desperately needed This was years ago, when the

at the time

had none of

it.

my life took a sharp turn and led me on a search that changed my life forever. At a young age, my husband suffered a heart attack and died. events of

I was struggling to support three children. With all the was slow to recognize that my teenager, Rob, was becoming

Suddenly chaos,

I

hooked on alcohol and drugs. When I finally sought help for him, I assumed the "experts" knew what they were doing. I was wrong! A very depressed sixteen-year-old spent one month in a hospital setting

INTRODUCTION

6

reviewing

all

the mistakes of his young

to him. Shortly after returning spect,

see the terrible

I

—and his

it

life

commonly

when perceived

events. Feelings of hopelessness failures

needed had a profound

get the help he

even prescribed drugs, and/or

poor absorption a

In retroafter

and despair

and weaknesses are con-

effect

stress,

alter or destroy

me how alcohol and

on me, and led

through an enormous body of research confirming

human

devastating

life.

through a depressed brain. That Rob was unable to

tinually filtered

the

was

own

harm counselors do by dwelling day

day on negative result

life

home he took

and/or poor nutrition, and/or

many

of the natural substances

brain needs in order to create and regulate emotions.

As

—but the changes are expressed

our brains alter physically

result,

emotionally.

Too late, I began to understand the chemical relationship between Rob's heavy alcohol use and his corresponding depression. The idea that counselors could "talk" his brain into repair began to seem idiotic; no amount of brilliant advice can change a brain's biochemistry one Eventually

may

really

iota! I

began to think that many "psychological" symptoms

be the result of a malfunctioning brain rather than a

cause in themselves.

And this understanding gave

rise to

more ques-

Why not try to fix what's broken? Can we intervene to prevent similar tragedies? Can we undo the damage? After doing graduate

tions.

work

in

human

nutrition,

I

was eager to add a dimension of physical

repair to a treatment that has always

This

was back

It's

sad to

treatment has

been

say,

but in twenty years, the

made

field

This same belief system operates in

psychiatrists today.

you

of substance abuse

zero progress in recovery rates because

clings to the belief that talk therapy will turn istry.

entirely psychological.

in 1980.

It is

it still

around damaged chem-

many

psychologists and

a seriously flawed, unscientific

belief.

I tell

based on years of watching spectacular emotional turnarounds through biochemical restoration. This book is written with a how-to approach to show exactly what we do at the Center and how this

you may apply these same principles to your own personal needs. With these tools you will be able to make changes that measurably improve your quality of life. Briefly, here's an overall look at

how this program will work for you.

D E

PR ESSI 1.

First

N

-

FR

we do

fer clues to 2.

You

will

E

E,

NATURALLY

extensive

symptom

7

screening; these tests will of-

your underlying biochemical

glitches.

be encouraged to pursue independent lab work

based on what these clues suggest. Lab tests

will

confirm or

cancel out your suspicions. 3.

I

explain the

will

way we

repair these biochemical im-

balances at the Center, presenting the research that supports the restoring of the brain's proper levels of natural

chemicals.

Then you

will get clear instructions

on

specific

formulas to correct biochemical mistakes and to reverse your

symptoms. Please note: You won't need to worry about ingesting

more than the maximum allowable amounts of each nutrient. I've made sure you cannot mistakenly take too much by providing the Nutrient Replacement

List,

page

4.

track of just

how much to take.

And

you

finally,

will learn the

maintaining emotional

and

I'll

help you find

stability.

56.

Simply follow

no trouble keeping

the easy instructions, and you will have

huge role that There

is

diet plays in

a right diet for you,

it.

To boost your confidence

in this approach, let

me

remind you

that for almost twenty years the Health Recovery Center has

applying, in a clinical setting, the findings of

searchers.

puts

it

low, as

We

many

been

diligent re-

have been the "bridge" that takes their research and

into action with real people.

The

risk factor has

always been

we only use substances that belong in the human body; we al-

most never use drugs

to treat our clients.

we have focused on rebuilding emotional stability in our clients, we have also continually been blessed with access to new research that we can test with our clients. Early on, we were rewarded by seeing some dramatic changes. After two years, we knew we were on to something, because our follow-ups continually showed high success rates. We have always done follow-ups, and from time to time we have collected data to document our results. (Currently, we are preparing a third study for journal publication.) While

Our

scientific research project

tation.

The

results

was the

were published

in

basis of

my

Ph.D. disser-

1987 in the International

INTRODUCTION SYMPTOMS REPORTED BY HRC CLIENTS Symptom

Before Biochemical

After Biochemical

Repair (%)

Repair (%)

Mood swings

70

5

Anxiety, fear

64

11

Exhaustion

67

3

Irritability

74

18

memory

69

11

Magnify insignificant events

75

11

Reduced

89

5

Poor

initiative

Tremors, shakiness

44

2

Dizziness

53

4

Depression

61

5

Headache

51

5

Insomnia

44

6

Chronic fatigue

77

15

Cry easily

42

4

44

2

Physically

weak

Journal of Biosocial and Medical Research. Briefly, here are some highlights from that paper. The table on this page records the percentage of our alcoholic clients reporting symptoms when they first

came

for treatment,

and six weeks

later, after

receiving biochemical

repair.

the

The results underscore that dramatic changes are possible. And same principles of physical repair that produced this success ap-

all of us. Think about the alcoholic with these symptoms; is it any wonder alcohol looks appealing if it can cover up this misery? Or consider what happens when nonaddicted persons go to their

ply to

psychiatrists complaining of anxiety, irritability, depression, exhaustion,

insomnia, or fearfulness; usually they get prescription drugs to

cover up their symptoms.

The bottom brains

line

is

the same:

—are not designed

stances. These drugs

temporary

basis, but

to

Our

bodies

—including

our

function well on toxic foreign sub-

may relieve or mask over your misery on a many have long-term side effects and become

less able to deliver relief unless the

dosage continues to increase.

No one wants to become

a lifelong user of psychiatric drugs

are other viable options.

And

the mother lode of options!

believe me,

you are about

if

there

to discover

— D

EPR ESS

N

I

-

A doctor once Well, for almost

NATURALLY

FR EE, said,

9

"You can't diagnose

two decades, our

clinic

until

it

you think of

causes of emotional instability that others do not consider. I

it."

has been focusing on the

And now

can help you identify clues that point to chemistry, not personality,

as the culprit that causes your emotional woes.

you have never come across

that

this

It's

a pretty safe bet

concept in your search for

answers. You are in for a pleasant surprise. I give you all that we have learned that can be useknow each of you readers has a different agenda, and so

In this book, ful to you.

I

more meaningful

certain chapters will be

to

some than

to others.

suggest that you begin by reading straight through the book,

Still, I

so you will not miss any valuable information. Then, go back to the

beginning and use the book as a manual or study guide. Take tests, learn

Become

familiar with

—

with a doctor

cian

if

I

what

lab

work

is

right for

I

suggest (see Appendix

B

is

not familiar with the

for contact information). Step

develop a lifelong regimen of nutrients that will bring you

step,

the stability you seek

needed, but never

One

you and why. Con-

urge you to approach an orthomolecular physi-

your traditionally schooled physician

approach

by

the

and concentrate on making the appropriate dietary changes.

pair,

sult

all

the signs that point to your body chemistry needing re-

last

will find

word:

.

.

natural chemicals that you've always

.

knew you I

did! last. In Chapter 10 you ways you never thought

have saved the best for

answers that

will

change you

in

possible!

For today

how

to slow

it

we have reached down, and even

the brink of understanding aging

how

to reverse

and important replacement chemicals that do

it.

The most

all this

exciting

are the anti-

aging hormones. Left to themselves, the levels of our various

hormones gradually decline to almost zilch as we age. We are biologically programmed to peak early, procreate, then fade out and die. But by replacing these magical hormones, we can rejuvenate ourselves. We can grow younger at any age. Here are some direct results of hormone replacement: •

increased libido and restored sexual function

•

rejuvenated

•

improved concentration, sharpened thinking

•

elevated

immune system

mood and energy levels

INTRODUCTION

10 •

lowered mental fatigue

•

younger skin and appearance

•

extended

•

reduced stress

•

reversal of deterioration caused

life

span

Once you've worked

to fine-tune your

by aging

mind and body, you

to maintain this high-quality state. Science has powerful

tions that are clearly detailed for

you

at the

will

want

new

solu-

end of this book.

No matter how skeptical you may feel now, I am certain that what you are about to experience will reassure you. Some of our most "doubting Thomases" have become true

believers.

Now

it's

your turn to benefit from today's cutting-edge research.

Welcome

to the twenty-first century!

CD

O ID

CO

O CO CO CO CO

PART ONE Feelings That Therapy Can't Heal

CHAPTER

It's

As

Not

All in

1

Your Mind

far back as he could remember, Peter had been fearful, but

he covered

it

up extremely

well.

Now

his family adequately but felt shy time.

He drank

beer occasionally

married, he supported

and

to offset

joyless

most of

those feelings.

Still,

the

he

become more of a loner with each passing year. Peter never considered himself a candidate to see a psychiatrist. He was simply living out his life of quiet despair until we met.

seemed

to

Meg was an excellent attorney with a very bright mind. Her facade was take-charge aggressive, and few crossed her. Yet at our first meeting she was in tears because of her angry, erratic behavior. She had no idea why she seemed to exist in a state of such high arousal. This trait was hurting those she loved the most. She wanted to mellow out but knew her career couldn't afford the fog .

.

.

prescription drugs created.

An

and musical director, Eric power to ignite his career into high gear. Despite his brilliance, his heart pounded with anxiety during performances. He drank a lot of caffeine and was a heavy smoker. His mood swings left him exhausted when he desperately needed extra energy. Ongoing psychological counseling did not Now he was considering taking prescribed change any of this. drugs to relieve his depression and anxiety. He summed it up the exceptional designer, musician,

didn't have the emotional staying

.

.

.

1

3

NOT ALL

IT'S

14

day we met,

telling

YOUR MIND

IN

me, at age forty-two, "Some days

my

life feels

entirely hopeless.

Donna usually felt scattered. Her thinking was foggy, and her problems concentrating were affecting her job. Memories of her childhood were of a pale, listless little girl who had never felt the world

was a friendly

place.

She had had frequent childhood

earaches, strep throats, fragile.

She

told

and

colds.

me she needed help

ing and get some joy in her

life.

Now to

life

as an adult, she

still felt

overcome her muddled think-

But her number-one priority was

finding relieffrom her fatigue, which

her bones. For Donna,

—

illnesses

made her tired

was an

uphill battle

right

—and

down to was

she

slowly losing the war.

It is

part of the

human condition that we keep taking our own invencome up short, but it becomes a calamity if the

tory and continually

missing pieces prevent us from enjoying a like Peter,

fulfilling,

Meg, Eric, and Donna, you are saying,

better, think better,

perform

better,"

it is

take heart! This book will change your

erratic

wish

I

life. If,

could feel

time to stop wishing and

life.

Like the case studies just cited, you, too,

an

"I

stable

may be

coexisting with

nervous system or brain, and lack the energy, verve,

joy,

you may be hesitant about seeing a therapist. And, in fact, the idea that a good therapist can solve these problems by simply talking to you has been the great bane of the twentieth century! Untold millions are filling the coffers and confidence that are your

birthright. Yet

of psychologists and counselors

who

listen to the tales of

misery

that such lives produce but aren't able to effect real, positive, last-

ing changes in their

clients.

Fortunately, in the last

few decades, biochemists and medical

doctors have begun to pinpoint scientific explanations for behavior that used to be labeled "psychological."

These researchers have no-

ticed that:

•

•

many "psychological" symptoms often cluster in families. certain physical changes in the brain (and body) can create

mayhem emotionally. •

an internal invasion of yeast parasites mental and physical

illness.

may

create full-blown

D

EPRESSI ON FR -

NATURALLY

EE,

15

•

food intolerances strongly affect our emotions.

•

airborne chemicals can alter our brains.

angry outbursts are predictable from a brain in a chemical

•

state of high arousal all the time.

dozens of biochemical mistakes can result

•

bleak depres-

in

sion or anxiety.

All of these are fixable, if we

can identify them!

A New Direction Sigmund Freud predicted that "the future may teach us to means of chemical substances upon the amounts of energy and their distribution in the apparatus of the mind." By 1927 he had become "firmly convinced that one day all In 1896,

exercise a direct influence by

we

these mental disturbances

are trying to understand will be

means of hormones or similar substances." How right he now knows it can address such "mental disturbances" biochemically. It is no longer believed that talk therapy and good

treated by

was! Science

counseling advice can relieve the agony emanating from a chemically disrupted brain.

In fact, science has

now taken

off at

a gallop

biochemical repair. One of the leaders in the dian

named Abram Hoffer who

trist.

In the 1950s, he

is

in the direction of

field is

a

brilliant

Cana-

both a biochemist and a psychia-

began to apply pellagra research to psychiatric

patients. Earlier, vitamin

B3

(niacin) deficiency

had been established

as the cause of pellagra, a disease that causes confusion, disorientation,

and memory disturbance. So here was a

classic

natural substance that prevents a psychotic state. In

example of a fact,

the pro-

longed absence of niacin in our bodies will ultimately result in death! In 1962, Dr. Hoffer published the first double-blind study in the field of psychiatry.

tients receiving

was

He found

that,

megadoses of

of ninety-eight schizophrenic pa-

niacin, the hospital readmission rate

10 percent over three years with

no

suicides, while the placebo

group had a 50 percent readmission with four suicides. Also

in the

1960s, Dr. Hoffer treated about twenty-five former prisoners of

who had been World War

II.

war

imprisoned in Japanese concentration camps during

He found that,

in order to

be free of the many physical

IT'S

16

and psychiatric symptoms

(i.e.,

NOT ALL

YOUR MIND

IN

fears, anxieties, insomnia, depres-

sion) they developed during their internment, 90 percent of the for-

mer

prisoners had developed a

permanent need

for large doses of

niacin.

The Canadian Department of Health and Welfare a study to determine held in Japanese

if

also conducted

the general chronic illnesses seen in the

men

POW camps, who underwent starvation and exces-

were present in their brothers who had served in EuThe differences were remarkable! The men incarcerated by the Japanese suffered from serious ongoing psychiatric and neurosive stress,

rope.

logical diseases

throughout

blindness, arthritis,

was present

life,

as well as heart disease, premature

and a high death

rate.

None

of these

in their brothers. Clearly, the starvation

dured in the Japanese camps had created chronic nately, Dr. Hoffer

their lives

was

and saving

able to treat

some

symptoms

and stress enillness.

Fortu-

of these men, extending

their sanity with niacin (B 3 ).

How Nutrient Deprivation Cripples

Us Emotionally

You may not see a connection between starving prisoners and our own poorly functioning health, but as you read on you will begin to understand

how

physical deprivation can trigger uncontrollable

emotional behavior,

all

the

way

to madness.

I

expect

many

of you

are protesting that you are not starving, by any means! But because

of your unique, individual biochemical requirements or because of

some

glitches in how you absorb nutrients, or the fact that you live on junk food and colas, your brain may never get enough of what it needs. Then you are in the same boat as the young men I am about to describe:

During World War

II, scientists in the United States also pondered the effects of starvation on captured GIs living in Japanese POW camps. To provide some answers, a six-month study was launched at the University of Minnesota using healthy young male

conscientious objectors. This study produced incredible results

(al-

though, of course, this kind of study would not be conducted today).

The young men were deprived of more than half their normal food intake. Over the course of six months, many suffered severe

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physical and psychiatric changes, and most of these disturbances lingered long after the experiment had ended. In the beginning, the

sociability with

men showed a high degree of tolerance and

each other. But gradually they began to avoid group

There were frequent outbursts of anger and irritability, and many grew deeply depressed. Some finally required hospitalizaactivities.

One chopped

tion in a psychiatric ward.

response to

stress;

off three of his fingers in

another became uncontrollably violent.

Many

ex-

pressed the fear that they were going crazy; others talked of suicide.

They

all

cried a lot

cause they

felt

and displayed wild emotional disturbances. Be-

increasingly socially inadequate, they

and

to isolate themselves. Concentration

came

now preferred

comprehend beshowed no drop in

ability to

severely impaired even though IQ tests

their intellectual abilities.

After the study ended, the emotional

some

symptoms continued.

men grew even more

In

fact,

researchers noted that

tive,

depressed, and argumentative, directly after the conclusion of

of the

nega-

the project!

What both the

U.S.

and Canadian studies show

is

that "emo-

tional" symptoms develop as a direct result of the unavailability of

brain and body chemicals. These important chemicals create our stable emotions, behaviors, thoughts,

and

Of course, back in the mid-twentieth

sanity.

century, scientists

were only

beginning to discover the

many

acids, essential fatty acids,

enzymes, endorphins, and neurotransmit-

ters

natural vitamins, minerals,

amino

needed for sanity and well-being. Even today, many people do not

seem to grasp the concept that our emotional and physical health depends on having the proper concentration of the natural substances the human body needs to sustain life and normal emotional balance. In fact, until only the last few decades, little was known about how brain chemicals influence emotions. Only a few scientists were dedicated to resolving chemically induced "emotional" problems by restoring adequate levels of the

needed natural chemicals.

The growing awareness that natural substances are needed to create optimum brain functioning should have aroused tremendous interest in the scientific

community. Unfortunately, the concurrent

worldwide development of the drug

more

industry, with its

promise of far

lucrative rewards, lead researchers in another direction.

companies give university

scientists

Drug

generous grants to invent new,

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patentable chemicals. There is no profit for them in devel-

oping promising nonpatentable natural brain/body chemicals.

And many

of these

artificial

drugs have toxic side effects, because

our bodies regard them as foreign invaders. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, prescribed drugs cause

no drug has ever been able of natural body chemicals.

140,000 deaths yearly, yet plicate the role

By pursuing these

to totally

du-

"patentable" avenues, the pharmaceutical in-

dustry today comprises

some

of the most powerful and profitable

businesses worldwide!

—Intertwined

Mind and Body

Luckily, in every generation there are a

who

care

more

for science

tunes. Linus Pauling will

already

won two Nobel

peace) when, in his

few

truly dedicated geniuses

and humanity than for building

be remembered as one such

their for-

He had

giant.

Prizes (in 1954 for chemistry, in 1962 for

sixties,

he began studying mental disorders,

cusing on underlying biochemical dysfunctions. This

new

fo-

interest

grew out of his compassion for humankind:

I

like

human

beings.

I

like to think

about the possibilities of

decreasing the amount of their suffering. that 10 percent of the

a mental hospital and that half of

their lives in

beds in

this

believe that

When I remember

American people spend some part of all

hospital

country are occupied by mental patients, it

will

I

do

be possible to get an understanding of the

molecular and genetic basis of mental disease [and] therapeutic

methods that

will lead to the effective control of

a

very large part of mental disease.

Dr. Pauling's interest in disturbed

physiology, not psychotherapy.

He was

mental function focused on the

first

to call mental disor-

ders "molecular diseases," the result of a biochemical abnormality in the body.

And he

said,

ture of the brain itself

"The

mind is a manifestation

of the struc-

"

His involvement in brain research led him to coin his famous definition of orthomolecular therapy:

therapy

is

"Orthomolecular psychiatric

the treatment of mental disease by the provision of the op-

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for the mind, especially the

concentrations of substances normally present in the

With that statement, Dr. Pauling gave a role of nutrition in psychiatry.

He

optimum

human body."

scientific identity to the

challenged doctors to

become

aware of the overwhelming amount of information that was pouring in from all over the world, documenting the vital role natural chemicals play in brain function

and other medical disorders. This book

is

based on those principles. I

bet you think Pauling's advice to medical doctors

Yet a recent study

students believed that a knowledge of nutrition career,

by

toms, the

in

is

obvious.

showed that while 74 percent of first-year medical

their third year of learning

number drops to

how

to

is

important to their

match drugs

to

symp-

13 percent!

What Pauling is telling us is that the human mind cannot operate it is totally dependent on the brain and its mo-

a vacuum because

lecular function to create your emotional health. In the world of sci-

ence,

where two plus two always makes

mind

is possible

four,

a sane and stable

only with an organically healthy brain.

Balanced Brain Chemicals = Emotional and Mental Health The reward of getting the concentrations"

is

right chemicals into the brain at

"optimum

a joy to witness. Last year a friend complained to

me that his three-year-old autistic son, when he came home each

Seth, refused to

welcome him

evening. Instead, Seth sat there self-

A therapist visited them twice was poor. I encouraged him to start Seth on B 6 and magnesium, both of which have been shown to work well for autistic children. Within two weeks I received an excited call: Seth was waking up to the world around him and starting to interact much more with his folks. Then, weeks later, his family stopped giving him the supplements, thinking perhaps the therapist was responsible for the breakinvolved, shutting out the world.

weekly, but progress

through.

It

took very

little

time before Seth's autistic behavior reap-

peared. His parents ran for his nutrients.

For

this child,

B 6 which prevents the ,

brain, is critical, as is the

loss of

magnesium. This

is

dopamine from the most autistic

true for

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children. (It is speculated that the high upsurge of autism

lated to a

may be re-

modern medical practice; see Chapter 8.)

A number

of years ago, a group of neuroscientists meeting at a

Johns Hopkins symposium released a joint statement that

I

love:

"Workings of the mind become scrambled when brain chemistry goes awry." They noted that specifically affected are:

•

thoughts

•

feelings

•

self-awareness

•

perception

•

memory

How

can

we hope

to act

and

feel

normal

if

our "mental" balance

is

askew? Another genius, the

late

Roger Williams, Ph.D., a University of

Texas biochemist, discovered that actual optimal levels of natural

was

brain chemicals can differ widely from person to person. This

an astonishing idea

—that any two persons' requirements of these

molecular chemicals might be vastly different, and so, on the same

recommended

daily allowance

while the other limps through

(RDA), one person stays healthy

life

never feeling normal!

The Safety of Our Natural Chemicals and the Healing Power of Our Bodies Dr. Pauling

devoted

much

time to deterrnining ideal doses of

mins and other natural chemicals there

was

in the body.

great misrepresentation by

vita-

He concluded

some medical and

that

scientific

journals and by the media about the toxicity and harmful side

ef-

RDA. He called based upon a lack of knowledge." An example he cited was

fects of nutrients taken in greater quantities than the it

"a bias

about a toddler tamin

who swallowed the

A and began to feel nauseous

entire contents of

a bottle of vi-

and headachy. The toddler was Newspapers

treated and then released from the local hospital.

across the country carried the headline poisoning by vitamin

a.

Yet

—and these deaths go

every day children die from aspirin poisoning unreported.

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Natural substances that belong in our bodies have remarkably

low

toxicity, especially

when compared

to drugs, which, in general,

are highly toxic and sometimes prescribed in doses close to lethal levels.

For example, a registered nurse

fice recently to discuss

in her forties

came

from prescribed drugs. Between her physician and her

Some

she was taking nine different drugs.

of

it

when she

told

me

that her doctors

effects of her prescriptions with

horrified that

my

of-

psychiatrist,

them were

others were combining to create an unsafe level of toxicity. believe

to

her fear that she was becoming disabled

more

were

addictive; I

couldn't

treating the side

drugs! Furthermore,

was

I

even a registered nurse had unwittingly found herself

on a regimen where she ingested enough toxic substances systematically

daily to

worsen her health!

was another way to treat this woman's health problems, and it involved giving her body the nutritional means to heal itself. That's a very important concept: Our bodies are supposed to heal themselves. When we get an infection, the body is supposed to cure it. When we are injured, the body is supposed to heal. It does Fortunately, there

this

innumerable times each day of our Dr. Albert

Schweitzer put

it

thing except help the doctor within." self-healing,

are quite safe. So,

don't

do any-

Our bodies are hardwired

And compared to

to be

drugs, these natural chemicals

you may wonder, why did the

U.S.

Department of

Human Services set the RDA levels so unrealistically low?

Dr. Linus Pauling also

After studying the Prize

"We doctors

but to do so they must be given the optimum natural

substances needed.

Health and

lives.

eloquently:

asked that question, and answered

RDA

standards thoroughly, this

it

himself.

famous Nobel

winner concluded that the RDA's daily nutrient allowances are

"enough to keep people barely

alive in ordinary

poor health."

Repairing Biochemical Error and

Reaching Organic Equilibrium Once

in a great while, a researcher with a doctorate in chemistry de-

cides to

—

become a medical doctor as well a lucky break Pfeiffer, Ph.D., M.D., was such a scientist. In the

six-

discovered that blood histamine levels were

ele-

mankind! Carl

ties, Dr. Pfeiffer

for

vated in the lab tests of obsessive-compulsive individuals. As these

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patients improved, their histamine levels lifted.

YOUR MIND

IN

dropped and their depression

In patients with very low levels of brain histamine, Pfeiffer

found that they were

likely to

be paranoid and have hallucinations.

Thus, individuals with either high or low levels of histamine

some degree istry

showed

of thought disorder and overarousal. True to his chem-

background, Pfeiffer then began the search to determine which

natural substances could

make or block liistamine in the brain. (Chap-

ter 7 applies his valuable discoveries to

your

own needs.)

So, thirty years later, are psychiatrists systematically testing the

histamine levels of their patients? Not yet! (You will see the array of

abnormal histamine symptoms when you do the written screening

on page 219. You'll also learn what you suspect, and last, how to

tests for low/high histamine levels

what

lab tests to take to confirm

repair this biochemical error.) It

makes much more sense

to restore the

natural levels of bio-

optimum balance. This organic equilibrium is called homeostasis. From that state you have the best shot at reaching your potential in life! And this is what we will try to achieve chemicals, to re-create

in

Seven Weeks

to

Emotional Healing. The

emotional health should be short-term ral

—a bridge

until

proper natu-

balance has been achieved. In the seventies, Carl Pfeiffer

called the als

role of drugs in your

"mauve

factor."

confirmed the presence of what he

Sometimes the urine of normal

under stress or individuals suffering from mental

to a

mauve

color after lab tests.

der "pyroluria."

A

He named this kind

cluster of psychological

individu-

illness

changes

of anxiety disor-

and physical symptoms

are identifiable in these people, not the least of

which

is

a high level

of inner tension and anxiety that steadily worsens with age. Pyroluria appears genetic, as

it

seems

to run in families.

Here

is

a de-

scription of an extremely pyroluric client:

Ted brought his mother with

him

to

our appointment. His shyness

was almost painful to behold as he let her answer my questions. This man was a computer whiz and a gifted writer. Still unmarried in his mid-fifties, he had never had a sexual experience because he was just too fearful to date women. He had worked at the same job all his life and kept a low profile. He still lived at home. Ted had been separated from his family as a toddler, and blamed his deep-seated fears on that circumstance. But my thoughts went

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and symptoms, I was sure of it. He seemed so was hard not to blurt out right then and there

pyroluria. Judging by Ted's pale complexion

to

his answers to a list of

miserable that that there

it

was probably a biochemical answer

his anxiousness.

to

Two weeks later his lab results confirmed my suspicions. (You'll find out more about pyroluria and how to treat it in Chapter 5. If

doctors looked for such biochemical mistakes before writing

prescriptions for benzodiazepine tranquilizers, treatment centers

across this nation would not be

full

of miserable patients powerfully

addicted to Librium, Ativan, Valium, and Xanax and struggling to en-

dure the painful and long-lasting symptoms of withdrawal.

The Fats Our Brains Depend On In the 1970s, another

door opened to our understanding of the sub-

stances that are vital to our sanity and health: prostaglandins, which are

made

in the brain

from omega-3 and

-6 essential fatty

acids

(EFAs) and which regulate the neurocircuits throughout the brain

and body. According to researcher David Horrobin, M.D., "the level of prostaglandin Ei in the level of

f

PGEij

PGEi

is

of crucial importance to the body.

will lead to

A

fall

a potentially catastrophic series of

untoward consequences including increased vascular

reactivity, ele-

vated cholesterol production, diabeticlike changes

in insulin release,

enhanced

risk of inflamma-

risk of

auto-immune disease, enhanced

tory disorders, and susceptibility to depression." At Health Recovery

we have consistently seen suicidal depression completely week by normalizing PGEj levels in the brain! (Til exhow in Chapter 6.)

Center, lift

in

plain

only one

Hyperactive children have long been invoked

in studies

with the

EFAs. Richard Passwater, Ph.D., describes one such study by Horrobin, at the Institute for Innovative Medicine in Montreal:

About 20 children were treated with substantial about two-thirds of them.

Some responses were

benefit in

dramatic! In

one case a boy who had been threatened with expulsion

from school because of

his impossible behavior

was put on

Dr.

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IN

YOUR MIND

(gamma-linolenic acid) without the knowledge

oil

of the school authorities. After teacher,

NOT ALL

who was unaware

two weeks on GLA, the

of the treatment, contacted the

parents and said that in thirty years' experience she had

never seen such a dramatic and abrupt change for the ter

Some

in a child's behavior [emphasis added].

do equally well no matter whether the

oil is

or by rubbing into the skin. In others, there

given by

is

bet-

children

mouth

the distinct im-

pression that skin absorption, which will bypass malabsorp-

may have a better effect.

tion problems,

In the last decade,

on essential

we have seen an avalanche

fatty acids.

During that time

Donald Rudin, M.D., present his research ing session in

New

York

City.

He spoke

I

of exciting studies

heard molecular biologist

at

a Huxley Institute

nection between omega-3 fatty acid deficiency and mental

omega 3

is vital

because

it

train-

passionately about the conillness,

provides the base from which the power-

prostaglandin hormones are created. These hormones regulate

ful

every neurocircuit throughout the entire brain and body.

Rudin particularly urged using omega-3

fatty acid in the

linseed oil to treat schizophrenia. Immediately he

as

I

was then attempting

had

to stabilize a middle-aged

form of

my attention,

man who was an

alcoholic schizophrenic.

Carl had been referred to our clinic by our county's chemical and mental health unit, and was busy terrorizing my staff to the point where we were ready to part company with him. As soon as I re-

turned from the

New

York conference I began giving

doses of omega-3 fatty acid in the

form of

him

large

linseed oil (as per

Rudin), along with megadoses of certain other nutrients.

me

What emerged was a soft-spoken, brilliant minister, who told as a young man, his bishop had chosen him to study ad-

that,

vanced theology in Switzerland because of his exceptional gifts. I could not believe the personality change! At this point in time he lived on welfare, but said he was going to approach his bishop to ask for support To

make a

to

reenter his chosen profession.

knew Carl had had and turned him away. With his

long story short, the bishop

schizophrenia for

many

years,

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and having no money or support, Carl stopped

taking the omega-3 fatty acid replacement therapy.

A year later he

had regressed into his schizophrenic world. Since that time

we at the Health Recovery Center have pondered -6 essential fatty acids research, and we those clients who showed marked deficiencies.

on much of the omega-3 and have applied

The

results

it

to

have been rewarding, as you

will see.

The Role of Amino Acids in Our Well-being The

eighties brought another explosion of exciting nutrient knowl-

edge.

Thanks

to researchers like Eric Braverman, M.D.,

and Richard

Wurtman, M.D., amino acids emerged as powerful tools for psychiatry

because they convert

to,

or are our, brain neurotransmitters.

These neurotransmitters create the chemical language of the enabling

it

to function, to have

brain,

memory, emotions, thoughts,

feel-

They stimulate the mind, control depression, produce sleep, and create energy, excitement, and all manner of human responses. I know this must seem somewhat complex, but it's important to ings.

take in the

full

meaning of that statement. These natural brain sub-

stances are creating sanity

and

well-being.

And now,

cases, the levels of these substances in our bodies can be

in

many

measured

tests and supplemented as needed. The impact of amino acid research on psychiatry should be monumental. But once again they have the misfortune of being created by Nature, not man; drug companies cannot patent and sell them at exorbitant prices. So there is little monetary reward for researchers who pursue the secrets of amino acids.

by lab

NATURAL SUBSTANCES VS. DRUGS: POLITICS FOR PROFIT? The emphasis today seems to be on creating artificial drugs that mimic amino acids. For people who are depressed because of too

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serotonin, the rush to artificially duplicate the

little

amino acid tryptophan, which converts in

many

with

YOUR MIND

IN

it

SSRI-type* drugs that

in the brain.

What

fail

to increase serotonin but

the SSRI drugs do

tonin's neurotransmitter firing

work of

the

into serotonin, has resulted

mechanism

is

do play

hot-wire the sero-

to artificially speed

up the

pumping of serotonin into the brain. In addition, they block serotonin from being reabsorbed back into the neurotransmitters, as it was designed to do. This results in serotonin accumulating within the brain, artificially

creating

what humans generally create

naturally

—that

is,

enough serotonin to avoid depression. The human body normally does

this

by supplying enough of the natural amino acid tryptophan,

which then converts to serotonin, rotransmitters. This

ways true little

is

mechanism works

that our firing

serotonin to

fully loading all

our serotonin neu-

nature's design. Unfortunately,

fire in

certain brains.

it is

but there

fine,

almost

is

al-

just very

(And many SSRI drugs

can't

increase the amount.)

What depletes

poor

and drugs shortchange our natural supply of

nutrition, alcohol,

tryptophan to serotonin.

it?

Ongoing

stress, genetics,

And studies have correlated the depletion of

tryptophan, and the decreased ratio between tryptophan and other

amino

acids, with suicide, depression,

and even violence.

SSRI drugs cannot make serotonin. Nor can they supply serotonin.

They can only play with the

even though

it is

brain's

uptake mechanisms

almost always true that the mechanism that

serotonin into the brain

is

fires

undamaged.

Taking SSRI drugs can lead to a myriad of unfortunate

results, in-

cluding severe agitation, violence, and suicide (such results were

made

public in hearings conducted by the U.S.

Food and Drug Ad-

ministration in September 1991). To better understand the SSRI

drugs and their possible effects,

Prozac by Peter Breggin, M.D.

(St.

I

recommend Talking Back

to

Martin's Press, 1994). Dr. Breggin

suggests another sinister outcome as a result of ongoing use of these antidepressants: To

overcome an SSRI-induced

glut of serotonin, the

brain compensates by down-regulating, or shutting down, excess

serotonin receptors. Dr. Breggin documents animal studies that the

numbers of receptors

show

The most likely exknows if these serotonin receptor losses are permanent. Drug companies will not

planation

*

is

drastically diminished.

that they have died off, but

no one

really

Serotonin-stimulating receptor inhibitors; for example, Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft.

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—undoubtedly because a finding of irreversible

receptor loss could generate a rash of class action lawsuits.

The choice American consumers might have had to relieve dewas a $12 bottle of Lrtryptophan capsules or a $200-a-month

pression

made

Prozac-type drug. But very shortly before Prozac

FDA removed

its

debut, the

—because a limited

tryptophan from the U.S. market

supply of tryptophan had been contaminated by

Showa-Denka. While the

rest of the

phan, in the United States

it

world can

its

manufacturer,

readily

still

buy trypto-

has remained available only by prescrip-

and is only dispensed from a few pharmacies in certain cities. The cost has increased to close to $55 per bottle as of this writing plus your doctor's visit.* This is an example of politics played for tion

profit. It also

sheds

light

on why you may have

little

awareness of

what science really knows about the natural chemicals creating your emotions. The good news is that we can measure our amino acid levels

with lab testing

—and once we attain a proper balance, we

will ex-

perience huge improvements in terms of our emotional contentment.

Discovering the Chemistry of

Emotions and Behavior To sum up, many dedicated researchers have been burning the midnight

oil

know their work and apply their findown problems in the pages ahead. While we all live with

for you. You'll get to

ings to your

a neurosis or two, some are serious enough to interfere with our happiness. In Seven Weeks

to

Emotional Healing

I'll

help you to

identify the clues that point to chemistry, not personality, as the

cause of your emotional woes. The actual studies and the formulas

we have

tested at the Health Recovery Center are in the chapters

ahead. You will soon have the tools you need to help yourself back into balance so that

balanced, and *

full

you are emotionally content, extremely

well-

of energy and vigor.

A supposedly "safe" form of tryptophan, 5HTP, is now available over the counter, but

while

5HTP raises the serotonin levels in the body,

another drug, carbidopa, accompanies

And

too

much

little is

(In Europe,

serotonin around the heart will do the

fen-phen (fenfluramine, diet serious heart

it.

damage and

pills),

admitted to the brain unless

5HTP

is

used with carbidopa.)

same damage as we saw with

which raised serotonin

levels in the body, causing

death! Warning: Use tryptophan, not 5HTP, to be safe.

PART TWO

Understanding the Chemistry Behind the

Emotions

CHAPTER

2

Recognizing the Clues to

Biochemical "Glitches"

you always longed for total mental a sense of joy Have and resiliency in and boundless energy? Have you had clarity,

living,

enough of up and down moods, anxiousness, anger, irritability,

tension, sadness,

muddled thinking, exhaustion, and feelings of pow-

You may doubt that a book can change any of this, but you will soon see that today's science has some new and powerful soerlessness?

lutions for you.

And

the program you are about to begin will perma-

nently impact your quality of

life.

This program

is

not asking you to

change your thinking or reprogram your emotions, or to therapize yourself into wellness.

computer, your brain, so

I it

am

proposing to

will finally

Your physical recovery, however,

fix that

malfunctioning

begin to serve you normally. will

depend on your

strict ad-

herence to the repair program that your body requires. You

will find

you have to take many replacement nutrient supplements, based on the results of screening and lab tests. You will be making

that

big changes in your diet

and

lifestyle.

you about becoming a health your discipline and results!)

So expect your friends to tease

nut. (Smile; they only

wish they had

On the Road to Your Personal Recovery We

all

start

have our

own

specific emotional needs, but everyone should

with the basic repair program and

diet.

After that,

we can

assess your specific needs, one by one, and add only the appropriate 31

RECOGNIZING THE CLUES

32 formulas for your recovery.

As we

begin, don't be tempted to casu-

ally read bits and parts of the chapters. To follow the program as it

out for you, read the entire book first. Then go back and, be-

is laid

ginning with

this chapter,

study each chapter that the "Bio-Types

of Emotions List" (page 33) has red-flagged for you.

want

to

know what your

specific

I

know you

symptoms mean biochemically

proof that there are underlying biochemical mistakes that are causing your grief. Well, the following section will help

comfortable with this concept. Each

a physical cause, even though

it

you

feel

more

symptom listed is connected to feel emotional in origin. Once

may

you have completed the screen and tallied your results, you will know what specific biochemistry you need help with. The chapters ahead

will

provide you with specific answers. You will also

come

to

know, through tracking your genetic history as well as your personal history, the conditions to

which you are predisposed.

Last, we'll lay

out a basic formula that you should start taking immediately to begin to bring

you back to optimal functioning.

Let's get started.

BIO-TYPES OF EMOTIONS Using the

list

on page

33, circle the

corresponding number of each

emotion that sometimes ox frequently applies to you. Then take those

numbers and

them wherever they appear on the chart 1 on page 33 is the symptom of "some mental confusion." If sometimes ox frequently you feel mencircled

circle

found on pages 34-36. Example: Number tally

confused, circle the #1. Then, circle each #1 appearing in the chart

on pages 34-36. After you have finished both the

list

and the

chart,

cled under each chapter

count up

on the chart

circling all the

numbers on

how many numbers you have cir(the vertical

column) and put the

Number Count." If your total for each chapter is at least as high as the bold number in the "Count total in the

corresponding box under "Your

per Chapter" box, you

will particularly benefit

question. For example: If the total

numbers

from the chapter

circled

in

under chapter 9 are

10 or above, this chapter has important information for you.

The case studies

in

your special chapters

will

confirm that you

are not alone in your travails, and that you can, and successfully, as I

know

it is

will,

recover

many others have. tempting to skip ahead to the chapters that sound

.

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY important to you. Don't!!! of the puzzle.

It

will all

I

don't

come

want you

33 to miss important pieces

together for you very soon.

BIO-TYPES OF EMOTIONS LIST 1.

- 2.

-

Some mental confusion

—

30. Aggressive; lives in high

arousal

Apathetic, "I don't care" attitude

31. Hyperactivity

3.

Difficulty concentrating

32.

4.

Dizziness, light-headed --'33.

at times

Seeing or hearing

what

there

isn't

Low vitality

5.

Sluggishness

34.

Trembling, shakiness

6.

Depression

35.

Headaches

7.

Inner fearfulness

36.

Weakness

8.

Suspicion, paranoia

37.

Poor

9.

Insomnia

38.

Mood swings throughout

appetite, skips

meals

the day

10. Irritability

angered

11.

Exhaustion

39. Easily

12.

Sleeps restlessly

40.

Mind often races

13.

Often feels withdrawn

41.

Impulsive

around people

42. Violent outbursts

44. Inner tension

—-43. Short attention span

15. Anxious, easily stressed ^--44. Sensitivity to chemical 16. Tires easily,

odors

short

on endurance 17.

PMS symptoms

18.

Feels better to

(i.e.,

perfumes)

45.

Food bingeing

46.

Task completion

is

libido (sexual energy)

skip breakfast

Nervous exhaustion

19.

Don't handle stress well

48.

20.

Sadness

49. Feeling unreal

21.

Poor dream

22.

Muddled thinking

23.

Paranoia

24.

Poor memory

5 1 Suicidal thoughts

25.

Panic attacks

52. Easily agitated

26.

Obsessive/compulsive

53.

behavior, feeling driven

28.

Restlessness

29.

Tenseness

.

.

.

perceptual

disturbances

recall

27. Fatigue

hard

^M7. Very high or low

50.

Talking or walking while asleep; or

have nightmares

Clumsiness, lack of coordination

54. Sighs

a

lot

55. Difficulty

morning

waking up

in the

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in

Your Body

Testing of mineral levels can be done through blood, urine, or hair analysis.

An

inexpensive but accurate test choice

sample to any of the laboratories

listed in

is

to submit a hair

Appendix

C. All of the labs

cited have voluntarily accepted the guidelines for hair element

analysis established

by the Hair Analysis Standardization Board of

the American Holistic Medical Institute. Please note:

misleading to accept certain high readings

and

soft tissues,

Therefore,

it is

all

it

can prove

of your mineral levels at face value, because

may indicate

and yet it will

still

storage of the mineral in the hair

be unavailable

in

blood and bone.

important to have the tests interpreted by a knowl-

edgeable physician or nutritionist.

VITAMINS THAT AFFECT YOUR BRAIN In Chapter 2 (on pages 48-49),

we

talked specifically about the

B

vitamins and their powerful effect on the brain and nervous systems,

so

I

won't get into detail here again. The following table of vitamins

gives you a complete account of vitamin deficiency, toxicity, and ideal therapeutic dosages.

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How to Tell What You Need Don't panic, thinking that discovering what your brain needs

monumental

task!

When

I

started working with clients,

that way, too. But over the years

tools that save a lot of wear

are worth the expense. In the

yourself to determine

if

I

devised

and tear

many

in discerning

I

felt

is

a

exactly

written screening certain lab tests

if

upcoming chapters are ways

to screen

your symptoms cluster around certain bio-

chemical imbalances. There are also detailed explanations as to

which lab

test will confirm absolutely that

you are on the

After that, you will have the opportunity to use the very las for

your recovery that

But

let's

we use at our Center. if we go

back up a moment. What

steps, but lab tests

right track.

same formu-

through the above

cannot seem to link your symptoms to a bio-

chemical shortage or toxicity? This happens, of course, but

happen

often.

At that point,

we can choose

to

do a blood

it

doesn't

test called

a functional intracellular analysis (FLA) also called the comprehensive 3000 (see availability of

Appendix C

many key

for lab information).

It

measures the

vitamins and minerals and amino acids at

the cellular level. Most tests measure what nutrients are present

m

your blood; the FLA gives you the real picture of how much actually

up by your cells. All of us have some glitches in what we most never find out these important facts. I'm a good example. I took B vitamins daily, so I knew I had those bases covered, yet my FLA showed low levels of B b B 6 and Bi 2 inside gets taken

actually access, but

,

my cells. Many

of you

may

also have

some

nutrient "dependencies,"

enough of what your body uniquely requires. You will need to supplement, sometimes in megadoses, until those levels are sufficient for your needs. Then you will feel nor-

meaning

mal and So

diet alone can't supply

stable.

let's

get

on with our

discoveries. In the next chapter, we'll

tackle the anxiety and inner tension with which so

learned to co-exist. list

to be sure

But before

we move on,

you are making the

initial

many of you have

use the following check-

changes

we have

discussed.

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134

CHECKLIST You are on the diet that is right for you: low carbohydrate or moderate carbohydrate (read Chapter 3).

You are taking your Balanced Emotions Basic Formula (read Chapter

2).

You are choosing a physician to run lab tests, as you discover which ones are appropriate for you (see Appendix

B

if

you need help with

this).

Now let's add one more big item. You agree you will exercise regularly (minimum ment here: a half-hour walk, four times a week).

require-

PART THREE

Your Specific

Emotional Needs

CHAPTER

When You

5

Want

Just

to

Hide in the Closet Soothing the Anxious Brain

you have battled anxiety

f

all

your

life,

you are not alone. In

the 1980s, the National Institute of Mental Health conducted the largest study ever

done on mental disorders.

disorders are the second most

common

It

found that anxiety

mental health problem

in

the United States, second only to substance abuse. Surprisingly,

medical intervention

is rare,

according to a second massive

NIMH

showed that over three quarters of these people never received any treatment for anxiety, despite frequent visits to study.

The

results

their doctors.

As

for those

arrive at the

had

first

who do

—these are some of the typical clients who

door of HRC, acutely anxious and seeking

Ben, age twenty-four, came

He

relief.

Each

sought help from a psychiatrist or family physician.

to

HRC because of his anxiety attacks.

complained of living in a state of high inner tension since his

teen years.

Ben

suffered

from frequent bouts of nervous exhaus-

His eyes were sensitive to sunlight. He had acne and stretch marks on his skin. He said he tired easily but slept poorly, and had little dream recall except for nightmares. A psychiatrist had given him Xanax for his anxiety, and later went on to double his daily dose. By the time Ben came to us he needed even more to get tion.

relieffrom his

symptoms. (Xanax

escalation of the daily dose to

was on

the

road

to

is

highly addictive yet requires

reduce anxiety.) Ben could see he

addiction and he didn't want

1

37

to

add

that to his

WHEN YOU JUST WANT

138

problems. This

was when he

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called Health Recovery Center.

Lab

testing pinpointed several underlying causes of his anxiety:

1.

an inherited but

correctable

biochemical mistake that

causes anxiety, called pyroluria. (Pyroluria will be explained, in detail, later in this chapter.) 2.

a heavy accumulation of copper in the brain, which can create anxiety. (Ben is a welder by trade.)

3.

a sudden drop on his glucose test into a hypoglycemic state, accompanied by nervousness, anxiety, and worrying.

These biochemical errors would only grow worse for Ben over

How much Xanax would he finally need

time.

to relieve

his symp-

toms? If Ben continued to use drugs, he would be a lifelong customer of his psychiatrist and a full-blown addict. And, as he observed, he

were

was only partially helped by

still there,

the drug.

His symptoms

as real as ever, just beneath the surface.

Marge, a thirty-five-year-old nurse, complained of anxiety, depression, and exhaustion. She had seen her doctor, who ordered some

When I looked at saw numerous white flecks and dots. She told me she gets frequent colds and often has headaches. She has been medical

tests,

but the causes were not found.

Marges fingernails,

I

on antibiotics frequently over the years for urinary tract infections. She also said she is becoming more of a loner with each passing year. Her feelings of anxiousness and sadness go all the way back to childhood. On herfirst visit with me, she confided that the stresses of life were simply too much for her. Lab tests showed some major reasons for her struggle: 1.

Marge was pyroluric, so we realized she had always

suf-

fered from anxiety and fearfulness, although she covered

up 2.

it

well.

The many rounds of antibiotics had altered her immune system and allowed heavy colonization of Candida yeast. This alone could account for her exhaustion, anxiety, and depression!

3.

She had low

levels

of important minerals: potassium,

calcium, magnesium, chromium, boron, iodine,

and

zinc.

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139

Such malabsorption often occurs as a result of Candida yeast compromising the intestinal tract. Also, her low magnesium levels are significant, as this increases the lactateto-pyruvate ratio in the body, which contributes

It

was

vital to address all of these imbalances.

to

anxiety.

They were the real

causes of Marge's unstable moods. Eventually Marge normalized

with treatment. Richard, a forty-five-year-old unmarried businessman, described

himself as a loner

who

hadn't dated in years.

He

me

self except

for his work.

strangers,

and

room in a

restaurant; he wanted his back

told

he

felt

He

that he refused to be seated in the middle of the to the wall.

He

sometimes his face seemed swollen when he became

that

His feet were usually he had gone ness

from

to

cold,

and he

great lengths

others.

A

moods, but instead vegetarian

him-

isolated

uncomfortable with

who

to

tired easily.

Throughout his

life

hide his inner tension andfearful-

doctor recently put it

noticed

stressed.

him on Prozac

to lift

gave him severe headaches. Richard

believes protein doesn't agree with him.

his

is

Lab

a

evi-

dence showed:

1.

low thyroid functioning, which was keeping him tired and

2.

pyroluria, which

cold.

was driving him more and more

into

isolation. 3.

high Candida antibodies, which indicated his

immune sys-

tem was at war with an cans yeast. (The Candida yeast lined his intestinal

overcolonization of Candida

4.

albi-

tract,

causing poor absorption of many nutrients.) adrenal exhaustion, resulting in his having no buffer against stress.

Richard had lived with these conditions for

many

years. Fortu-

some scientific answers. Within a month, his mood and energy had greatly improved. By our last session, he had met a young woman whom he was dating seriously. Life had finally brightened for him. nately, he finally decided to get

WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO HIDE

140

IN

THE CLOSET

A New Way of Treating Anxiety Anxiety that lingers across the months and years

caused by an imbalance

in

is

almost always

your brain/body chemistry. Just because

is no reason you should be told you need a psychiatrist to drug you, or a psychologist to try to talk away your imbalances. As we approach the

your doctor doesn't find these biochemical mistakes

twenty-first century, science has learned a lot about

functions.

Lab

tests

can

now

how

the brain

pinpoint abnormal levels of brain

chemicals and body hormones, nutrient deficiencies, toxic chemical buildups, cerebral allergy reactions,

necessary to limp through

and much more.

feeling unstable

life

malfunctioning body. Unfortunately,

it's still

It is

no longer

and trapped

true that

in

a

some medical

doctors:

don't give sufficient time to patients to ask the right questions

•

and gather enough

facts.

don't order the lesser-known lab tests that help to solve the

•

riddle of your

And many

HMO

symptoms.

and preauthorized health plans may not pay for may not consider it "customary." But all

these lab tests because they is

not

lost.

My purpose for writing this book is to help you recognize how your profile fits with bio-

groups of familiar symptoms and chemical errors

show you how

known

to cause such symptoms. These chapters

to gather the right facts.

to seek confirmation in lab tests.

I

Thus armed, you only need

will describe these tests in detail

so you will understand clearly what to ask for, which tests will tell you about your health, and why they are recommended. Hopefully, your family physician will agree to order what is needed. If not, I will provide you with a list of national medical organizations that can put you in contact with doctors specializing in your area of need. If

you

can't

have the

tests

done at

this time, but the clues fit

you, I urge you to use the suggested repair formulas on

mental

basis.

I

say this because

I

know

an

experi-

that these natural sub-

stances do not carry the risks that drugs do. Plus, any "negative"

information

is

included with each formula for your protection. With

or without testing, recovering your biochemical balance

mate

goal.

is

your

ulti-

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141

WHY NOT JUST USE ANTIANXIETY DRUGS? No doubt about calming

fire

it:

antianxiety drugs

drugs—Valium,

family of

GABA

work

fast!

The benzodiazepine Ativan—artificially

Librium, Xanax, and

neurotransmitters into the brain at a fast

clip,

damping down any ripple of anxiety. At first, no one suspected the level of addiction they could induce. But it finally became apparent that our tolerance for these tranquilizers just grows and grows. And simultaneously, their ability to control symptoms weakens unless the dosage increases. For many unwary Americans (mostly women), tranquilizer addiction has continually

turned their lives into nightmares. In their drugged state they act

and

feel like

zombies, but

when

they try to reduce or quit taking the

drugs, they suffer full-blown fearfulness, sweating, racing heartbeat,

upset stomach,

jitters,

tenseness, even panic attacks.

The Physi-

cians Desk Reference (PDR) warns that these benzodiazepine drugs are only for short-term use, yet

been on them for

many people

I

have treated have

years. Several years ago, our clinic

came

close to

tragedy while trying to solve a heavy tranquilizer addiction in a strapping, thirty-year-old farmer, Andy. His doctor

with antianxiety drugs for several years until he

zombie

had loaded him had reached the

and children had walked away, seeing them as a family. At that point, his parents brought him

stage. Finally, his wife

no future

for

to our clinic.

Andy was a sweet-natured hulk

of a man, and the staff

became

We began to lower his daily drug dose while reloading his near-empty GABA transmitters. And we ran lab tests to identify the biochemical causes of his lifelong anxiety. We were finding the answers we needed, but we cut back on his drugs too rapidly—and

very attached to him.

halfway through the program he attempted suicide. us up, and time

I

learned a valuable lesson

is really

quilizers. It

home

I'll

It

certainly

never forget about

woke

how much

needed for reducing dependence on those wretched tran-

took eight weeks of a slow reduction before Andy went

—and even

then,

we

more weeks before he was Through the

continued lowering his dose. finally free

It

was many

and healthy again.

years, doctors have continued to prescribe a suc-

cession of addictive drugs, especially for anxiety, in the mistaken belief that

they will not cause dependence, or

the patient's

fault.

if

they do that

it

was

For years morphine was used to treat opium

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142

was

addiction. Later, heroin diction. Barbiturates

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routinely used to try to break cocaine ad-

and benzodiazepines are

still

today for anxiety. After twenty-five years and a the addictive nature of these drugs

As all

I

PDR

mentioned, the

is finally

widely prescribed

lot of patient anguish,

being recognized.

entries for Librium, Xanax,

and Ativan

state that they are for "short-term relief of anxiety." In fact, the ef-

—which de—"has never been

fectiveness of Ativan and Librium for long-term use

PDR

fined in the 1998

as

more than four months

is

assessed in systematic clinical studies."

PDR

About Xanax, the

"Even after

says:

relatively short-term

use at doses recommended for treatment of transient anxiety (.75 to 4.0

mg

daily) there is

some

risk of

dependence

Withdrawal of

may

cause a return of symptoms to a level substantially greater in frequency or more severe in intensity than those seen the drug

before active treatment

was

initiated

In

any case, reduction of

dose must be undertaken under close supervision

may prove

.

.

.

some

patients

resistant to all discontinuation regimens" (emphasis

added).

Describing

the Physicians

Ativan,

symptoms

that "withdrawal

Desk Reference warns

similar ... to those noted in barbiturate

and alcohol withdrawal: convulsions, tremors, abdominal and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating

have occurred following abrupt

discontinuance."

These benzodiazepine drugs create a no- win

situation.

They pro-

vide temporary relief while they addict you.

You may be wondering about the new, nonaddicting antianxiety drug BuSpar. This antianxiety agent differs from the benzodiazepines in that

it

has no muscle relaxant or sedative

nonaddictive and so vitro studies

ceptors,

But

show

and may

effects. It is

not classified as a controlled substance. In

is

BuSpar has a high

that

affinity for

serotonin re-

affect other neurotransmitter systems.

drug has never been tested for effectiveness beyond

this

three to four

weeks

in controlled trials. Plus, the

danger of BuSpar

causing "acute and chronic change in dopamine-mediated neurological function" hasn't

been resolved (according to the 1997 Physi-

cians Desk Reference).

When BuSpar marketed

it

first

made

its

appearance, the manufacturer

heavily to alcohol treatment centers, because

it is

com-

mon knowledge how anxious and stressed the newly abstinent alco-

DEPRESSION-FREE. NATURALLY hoik

Our BBC physician

is.

even though almost

and stopped

it

143 amoved with

n

I

it.

prescribing

immediately, or Stopped raking

it

after their initial

supply ran out. This went on for almost

on

me

that this drug

was

nearly -5100 for an

initial

unknown damage BuSpar

dawned

it

much of anything

nor delivering

its

high

am more concerned

with

for

sup;

But rather than the cost of the

it

of our clients either hated the Bide effects

all

this drag,

I

could cause

bom

artificially stimulat-

we all damage caused by fenfluramine, a popular prescription diet pill that works by increasing the neurotransmitter serotonin just as BuSpar does. Unfortunately, too much serotonin stockpiled in the body ''not the brain heart valve damage and even death. We don't know if BuSpar ran inadvertently create a ing important brain neurotransn

tly.

the cardiovascular

—

overabundance of

similar

mould exercise

bi

caution.

Another class of drugs used Inderal. Atenolol.

Tenormin

for anxiety are the beta -blockers

— that suppress the bran

is

—

epinephrine.

quieting a pounding heart and tremors. Michael Ormes. M.D.. and

Matthew Connolly. M.D.. point out

in the

PDR

thai beta-blockers

do

not address the cause of anxiety and create such side effects as feelings of mental and physical slowness, cold hands and feet.

aching muscles, and. occasionally, asthma.

popular with some public speakers

them

if

Still,

such drugs remain

— who probably would pass on

they realized that beta-blockers slow their brain functioning.

By now

I

hope you are beginning

to agree with

me

that utilizing

the body's not ami chemicals, rather than drugs, offers a far greater safety net against irreversible emotional and physical damage.

Do You Have an Anxiety It is

time to discover

order, as tic

and

denned

if

you

in the

Statistical

fit

the categ)

i

Disorder"? eratiaed Anxiety Dis-

American Psychiatric Associations Diagnos-

Man vol.

third edition,

known widely

as

DSM

III.

The following questionnaire divides anxiety symptoms into four categories. If you are experiencing more than one symptom from three out of four categories listed, and if these symptoms have an least

one month

u can

"officially" elassify

yourself as suffering from a generalized anxiety disorder:

WHEN YOU JUST WANT

144

TO HIDE IN THE

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 1.

CLOSET

Symptoms

Motor Tension Shakiness

Inability to relax

Jitteriness

Eyelid twitch

Jumpiness

Fidgeting

Trembling

Restlessness

Tension

Startle easily

Fatigability

2.

Autonomic Hyperactivity Sweating

Frequent urination

Heart pounding or racing

Diarrhea

Cold,

clammy hands

Lump

Dry mouth

3.

in

throat

Flushing

Dizziness

High resting pulse

Upset stomach

&

rate of respiration

Apprehensive Expectation Anxiety

.

Worry

Rumination Anticipation of misfortune to self or others

Fear

4.

Vigilance

& Scanning

Hyperattentiveness resulting

Insomnia

in:

Distractibility

Feeling on edge

Difficulty

Impatience

concentrating

Irritability

Two

other categories of anxiety disorders are panic attacks and

phobias. In both, people suffer tidal waves of inexplicable

These "attacks" occur without any

real

fear.

danger being present. Major

biochemical changes, however, are taking place within the body during each episode.

The sudden outpouring of adrenal hormones

sponse to perceived danger or in response sugars, will produce

many common symptoms

to

loading refined

of anxiety: pounding

heart, rapid breathing, racing pulse, rising blood pressure.

body swings

into fight-or-flight

line to mobilize for action.

When

Your

mode, flooding the brain with adrena-

Anxiety attacks are often one of the

symptoms of low blood sugar dictable:

in re-

glucose levels

levels.

fall

This

is

too low, the

biochemically pre-

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result

nally,

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HYPOGLYCEMIA, OR EXCESSIVE SUGAR AND CAFFEINE USE,

AS A CAUSE OF DEPRESSION You'll recall that

hypoglycemia means having too

able to fuel your brain adequately. (Glucose

This condition occurs from pumping too

little

glucose avail-

the brain's only fuel.)

is

much

insulin as

a result of

junk-food diets high in refined sugars, caffeine, and nicotine. In his studies of twelve hundred hypoglycemic patients, Stephen Gyland,

M.D., found that

86 percent were suffering from depression as well. More recently, positron-emission to-

That's an amazing percentage!

mography (PET) scans have

verified that glucose

reduced in the brains of patients 203,

which

is

based on

who

Dr. Gyland's

metabolism

are depressed.

The

list

is

often

on page

work, compares the symptoms

tributed to hypoglycemia with those

common

to depression. If

at-

you

suspect that hypoglycemia underlies your depression, reread Chap-

3 carefully; you should experience noticeable relief of your symptoms once you adopt the hypoglycemia diet recommended there. ter

BRAIN ALLERGY REACTIONS TO FOOD,

AND CEREBRAL

SENSITIVITIES

TO AIRBORNE CHEMICALS, AS CAUSES OF DEPRESSION

The connection between food allergies and depression was a revelation to me. Early on at HRC, I became aware of bizarre mood swings in some of our clients, even though they were closely following a hypoglycemia

He

is

a

met George Kroker, M.D., about that time. and chemical ecologist who taught me that

diet. Luckily, I

brilliant allergist

and to foods with an

sensitive brains can react to chemicals

response, even as other body organs do lergically, I

first

(i.e.,

your skin

allergic

may react al-

with hives).

saw

this

phenomenon

in alcoholics

tive to the alcoholic grains they drank.

Once they were

who were

supersensi-

Wheat usually topped the

list.

abstinent, they chose to replace their alcohol intake

with lots of pastas, breads, cereals, and other wheat products

—and

then they continued to complain about depression and fatigue!

One of our

early clients, Mary,

showed such a Jekyll-and-Hyde

change in her behavior, I could hardly believe a food was responsible for

this.

Our protocol

at that time

was

to clear the

brain of allergy

substances through a modified five-day fast and then ible foods.

test for

suscep

At the end of Marys fast, her constant depression was

THAT SADNESS INSIDE YOU

204

SYMPTOMS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA AND DEPRESSION Hypoglycemia

Depression

Nervousness

Nervousness

Irritability

Irritability

Exhaustion

Exhaustion

Depression

Depression

Drowsiness

Drowsiness

Insomnia

Insomnia

Constant worrying

Constant worrying

Mental confusion

Mental confusion

Rapid pulse

Rapid pulse

Internal trembling

Internal trembling

Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness

Headache

Headache

Unprovoked anxieties

Unprovoked anxieties

Digestive disturbances

Faintness Cold sweats

gone and she was til

elated.

But her newfound

stability lasted only un-

she tested wheat. Within two hours she crashed! Crying over the

me

the program didn't work and that she would not day she had recovered enough to talk about what happened. She recognized her abnormal brain response to wheat and began to see that she craved wheat in her diet to take her out of withdrawal and make her feel better temporarily. It provided her with a short high before a corresponding low. Mary had never associated the downside her depression with her wheat "binges." Proof was easily established by avoidance for several days and then

phone, she told

be back. The next

—

—

by consuming a meal of the suspected substance. Still, Marys resolve to avoid wheat lasted only a few days.

Then she succumbed to temptation and ate an entire pizza for An hour later she arrived for her therapy group and began

lunch.

sobbing inconsolably, while the others groped for emotional explanations for her behavior. After her wheat reaction wore pression once again

Of course, wheat

off,

her de-

lifted.

is

not the only substance capable of triggering

a maladaptive reaction in the brains and nervous systems of sensitive people.

Many

of us have found that the foods

we choose

to

binge on (bingeing offers a big clue as to what we're allergic to) and

D E P R E S S

N

I

F R E E

-

NATURALLY

,

many chemicals we

the

breathe

dehydes) cause reactions in I

personally

(e.g.,

205

gasoline, paint odors, formal-

us.

know how affected my brain used to get from heavy

colognes and perfumes. In just over an hour's time,

slowed and

spacey.

felt

I

ethanol (almost

all

trollably sleepy.

I

me and

side

I

was

dozed

off.

my head on the

When

few mysterious drops under Today

thinking

perfumes are ethanol-based) and became uncon-

leaned

embarrassed and bewildered ing tested.)

my

tested in a clinical ecology lab for

I

came

at being

few minutes

later, I

was

so completely taken over by a

my tongue.

my immune

shoulder of the person be-

to a

system

didn't

(I

is far

know what was be-

stronger, but

mildly light-headed around ethanol products. Others

Some

chemicals with anger or by feeling low.

by craving another kind of ethanol: alcohol. In

may

I still

get

react to

alcoholics react fact,

many house

painters and garage mechanics have a low state of intoxification as a result of breathing these

head

fumes

all

day.

It is

not by chance that they

straight for a bar after work!

Food addictions keep you coming back for more of certain foods because you love the initial highs they provide as they lift you out of your withdrawal state. You don't understand that the downside of your addiction(s)

may be

depression, anxiety, or confusion

from the inevitable withdrawal.

you suspect you are food-addicted or chemically sensitive to substances that affect your brain and cause depression, be sure to If

read Chapters 8 and 9 carefully to leam about identifying and eliminating these culprits.

SYSTEMIC BUILDUP OF FUNGAL MOLDS AND CANDIDA YEAST

AS CAUSES OF DEPRESSION

During the past fifteen years, clients

mon first

who

are fighting an internal

intestinal yeast

interview

related

we

who

is

Candida

at

HRC

have seen a long

line of

war with overgrowth of the com-

albicans.

I

can usually

tell

during the

a probable candidate for treatment of candida-

complex (CRC). People suffering from

this

problem appear

depressed, tired, anxious, and so spacey that they often can't follow

what I'm

saying.

They tell me they crave

sugar,

and they have

signs of yeast invasion throughout their bodies. Their

telltale

immune

sys-

tems are depressed, and many foods cause bloating and produce allergic/addictive responses.

THAT SADNESS INSIDE YOU

206 If

you

suffer

from CRC, your depression won't

lift

until these

yeast colonizers are attacked and eliminated. In Chapter 9 you will find

a

full

discussion of yeast-related disorders and their symptoms,

why some of you are particularly sus-

as well as an explanation as to

ceptible to yeast overgrowth. There are also instructions for testing

and treatment of candida-related complex. HISTADELIA (ABNORMALLY ELEVATED HISTAMINE LEVELS)

AS A CAUSE OF DEPRESSION Histamine

is

your brain,

it

a chemical that

found everywhere

is

can cause emotional havoc

if

in the body. Inside

levels sink too

low or rise

too high. High histamine persons (histadelics) tend to be compulsive, obsessive, driven,

high-energy types

who

often suffer from on-

going depression. Because of their inborn energy and impulsivity, they are at high risk for suicide sion. In the

abnormal It is

next chapter

levels of histamine

important

to

if

they cannot alleviate their depres-

describe the other emotional states that

I

can cause.

recognize that the depression high levels of

histamine triggers does not respond or

to electric shock.

tin,

usual drug therapies

is

done by blocking and detoxifying

A natural amino acid,

methionine, does this safely. Dilan-

about the needed histamine.

to the

But lowering the histamine levels does bring

relief.

This

the antiepilepsy drug, has sometimes been used because

destroys the folic acid that

is

needed to make histamine. Yet

I

it

have

not liked the side effects, such as abrupt personality changes, our

HRC tin.

clients

have experienced from blocking histamine with Dilan-

Usually, a regimen of methionine, calcium, zinc,

and manganese

has proved sufficient to stabilize a high histamine person. If

you suspect

this familial disorder fits you,

tadelic screen in the next chapter (on

toms.

If

you score

high,

you

will

status with a laboratory blood test.

formula for histadelics are

in

complete the

his-

page 219) to check your symp-

want

to confirm your histamine

Recommended labs and the HRC

Chapter

7.

BUILDUP OF HEAVY METALS AS A CAUSE OF DEPRESSION

A buildup

of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, and copper can

result in severe brain alterations

and seeming "personality changes"

of confusion, mind racing, paranoia, violence, and hallucinations. Specifically, excessive

mercury

in the brain

causes depression.

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY The

greatest

207

mercury exposure the public faces

amalgams, pesticides, cosmetics (read the

labels),

is

from dental

and inland lake

whose waters have become chemical dumping grounds. Mercury toxicity symptoms include fatigue, depression, weakness, tremors, memory loss, nervousness, uncoordination, numbness and fish

and feet, and emotional instability. Luckily, selenium binds mercury and protects against its toxic effects. A hair analysis will measure your mercury exposure, whether re-

tingling of the lips

cently or long ago. Using hair analysis instead of blood

as blood analysis can only

show

is

preferred,

recent mercury exposure. Mercury

can be successfully removed from the body through vitamin C

intra-

venous chelation therapy. Consult your physician or refer to the ternative Medicine Resources" in

doctor in your area

who can do

Appendix B

"Al-

for a referral to a

chelation therapy.

One last word about mercury poisoning: Mercury-silver amalgams are being phased out worldwide. In Sweden, Japan, and Germany, mercury

fillings

are outlawed in

women of childbearing age.

In

the United States today, our "silver" dental amalgams typically contain 48 to 60 percent mercury, 15 to 37 percent silver, 12 to 18 percent tin,

and up to 26 percent copper. With each additional

filling,

particularly subject to exposure to high daily

silver dental

our mercury levels increase. Dentists and their assistants are

—and dentists now lead

all

mercury concentrations

other professions in suicides!

BRAIN DAMAGE FROM ALCOHOL OR DRUGS,

PRESCRIBED OR OTHERWISE, AS A CAUSE OF DEPRESSION Alcohol, street drugs, and prescription drugs

all

have one thing

in

common: They deplete your body and brain of essential natural chemicals, many of which keep you emotionally stable. They fire off excessive amounts of your brain's neurotransmitters and endorphins, leaving near-empty sites in the brain. In fact,

abusers

may have

many substance

only marginal stores of natural chemicals in their

brains even before using their drug of choice.

The

ability of

drugs to

deliver a quick "feel better" fix strongly appeals to these individuals

with molecularly unstable brains and nervous systems, and this unavailability of

most

likely

drug use.

normal amounts of essential brain chemicals

is

the

reason that most drug experimenters embrace ongoing

THAT SADNESS INSIDE YOU

208

ALCOHOL AND OTHER STREET DRUGS: Alcohol- and drug-addicted persons who stop their use still experience cravings, depression, anxiety, and unstable moods. Without the buffer of drugs, they feel the full brunt of brain and nervous system changes that their heavy use has caused. Without embarking on a program of physical repair, feeling good is not just around the corner, and uncomfortable symptoms linger for years. According to a Johns Hopkins University study, researchers found the following ongoing symptoms in 4,312 abstinent former alcoholics over a ten-year period:

•

depression

•

hostility

•

anxiety

•

paranoia

•

psychosis

•

phobia

•

inadequate and inferior feelings

The study also showed a painfully slow reduction sity,

in

symptom

inten-

with levels dropping slowly over a long period of time. So, suicide remains prevalent even

among

treated alcoholics

one

in four

first

year after treatment (Archives of General Psychiatry, 1984).

deaths

from suicide and

is

it

usually occurs within the

The disease of alcoholism assaults one's stabilizing

damage. Physical repair In

sanity

by depleting key

chemicals in the brain. Counseling cannot correct such

my book Seven

is essential.

Weeks

to Sobriety,

I

laid

out a self-treatment

al-

coholism program very similar to our successful model at the Health is about 75 percent. The same basic HRC detox formula (see the book for additional formulas). It is a combination of amino acids, vitamins,

Recovery Center, where our recovery rate

table

on page 209

is

the

minerals, and other nutrients that eliminate cravings and reduce

withdrawal symptoms. This formula does the

critical

work of

re-

placing the natural chemicals that alcoholism has destroyed and repairing the damage.

It is

based on the work of researchers world-

wide. The doses have been tested and fine-tuned over eighteen years

of use.

We

have also devised formulas for recovering from cocaine,

narcotics, marijuana,

and other drugs. Those of you who have gotten

D E P R E

SS

I

N

-

F R E E

NATURALLY

,

yourselves hooked on a drug that better

way

now owns you,

trust

me: There

09

is

a

to feel good! Just call the center at 1-800-24-SOBER. Tell

us the drug to which you are addicted and right

2

we

will individualize the

formula to get you drug-free and stable.

PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS:

Throughout

this

book,

I

repeatedly preach about avoiding

all

pre-

scribed medications whenever possible. They are toxic and cause

many worrisome side effects. Certain prescription drugs are well known for causing depression. According to a 1993 British Medical Journal

article,

the following prescription drugs cause depression:

heart medications

blood pressure medications

(i.e.,

and calcium channel

diuretics

blockers)*

estrogen replacement therapies sleeping pills

benozodiazepines It is

imperative that you examine the dates of your prescription

medication(s) in conjunction with your onset of depression symp-

THE HRC DETOX FORMULA® Nutrient

Dose

Glutamine

500

Directions

mg

2 capsules 3 times 1

/2

Free-form aminos*

750 mg

2 capsules 3 times 1

/2

Tyrosine*

800 mg

1

500 mg

daily,

hour before meals

capsule 3 times

Vi hour before

Tryptophant

daily,

hour before meals

daily,

meals

2 capsules V2 hour before bedtime

Vitamin C (Ester C)

675 mg

2 capsules 3 times daily with meals

*New research shows a 500 percent

increase in suicide in calcium channel blocker

users (British Medical Journal 316:741-745, 1993).

2

THAT SADNESS INSIDE YOU

1

Multivitamin/mineral complex

2 capsules 3 times daily with meals

300 mg

Calcium/magnesium

(1

50

mg

2 capsules 3 times daily with meals

per capsule)

Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA)

300 mg

1

capsule 2 times daily

with meals

Pancreatic

enzymes

mg

2,000

2 capsules 3 times daily

pancreatin

with meals

Omega-3

360 mg

fatty acids

(Cold-water fish [EPA])

Melatonin

3

(for sleep)

mg

1

capsule with breakfast,

1

capsule with supper

1

or 2 capsules

V& hour before bedtime

Note:

your *

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts

total

dosage (see chart page

Do not take

t Tryptophan

these amino acids is

if

you have

liver

damage.

available only by prescription in the United States

from certain pharmacies. The two that

for

56).

we use

are:

and Canada. Your doctor can order it only

Hopewell Pharmacy, 1-800-792-6670, and College Pharmacy,

1-800-888-9358.

Read instructions

for this formula in

Seven Weeks

to Sobriety or call:

1-800-247-6237

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

toms.

If

you trace your depression back to embarking on a prescripyou will want to find a more natural solution for your

tion drug,

Make an appointment with a

problem.

such help. At the very

least,

naturopathic physician for

ask your doctor to choose an alternative

drug for you.

Where Do You Now

that

you are

Fit In?

familiar with the various biochemical

that can underlie depression,

it's

problems

time to determine what to do about

the one(s) responsible for your bleak mental state. Here are your options.

Check all the categories and means of repair that apply to you: Identify

and

treat

vanadium

disorder (page 174).

toxicity that

can cause bipolar

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY

211

Raise taurine and natural lithium levels through the Natural

Formula for Bipolar Disorder (page

175).

Restore levels of folic acid, vitamin C, calcium, and thyroid if

presently taking lithium (see formula for those on pre-

scribed lithium, page 175).

Restore the neurotransmitters serotonin and/or norepi-

nephrine (through the formulas on pages 182 and 184).

Replace the omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids (through the formula on page 192).

Restore key vitamins and minerals (review the tial

list

of essen-

vitamins and minerals earlier on pages 194-195).

Treat hypothyroidism (consult your physician).

Correct hypoglycemia (review Chapter

3).

Avoid foods/chemicals responsible for cerebral allergy actions (see Chapters 8 and

Treat candida-related complex (see Chapter Identify

and

for

more

information).

and remove any toxic stores of mercury. (A hair

analysis will sult

9).

treat histadelia, or high brain levels of hista-

mine (see Chapter 7 Identify

re-

9).

measure toxic metal buildup.

If

present, con-

your physician about removal.)

Eliminate alcohol and other drugs, prescribed or not, that

cause depression. (For alcoholism, detoxify with the

mula on page

209.

for-

For those recovering from addiction to

cocaine, narcotics, marijuana, and other street drugs, call

1-800-24-SOBER for specific help. For prescription drugs, consult with your physician for alternative choices that do

not induce depression in you.)

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212

SPECIFIC

DOCTORS FOR YOUR

SPECIAL BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEM I

urge you to seek medical advice

when

dealing with depression, es-

you to choose a doctor attuned

to

your special needs. Orthomolecular physicians have expertise

in

pecially

if it is

severe.

I

also urge

both allopathic and nutritional medicine. They are willing to treat physical disorders with an array of biological weapons, a combina-

and powerful nondrugs from our natural pharmacy. These physicians can help you with:

tion of both drugs

Restoration of neurotransmitter levels

Hypoglycemia testing and treatment Vitamin, mineral, and essential fatty acid testing and restoration

Histamine testing Hair analysis

Thyroid testing and treatment

For a

list

of orthomolecular physicians in your area, within Canada

and the United

States, contact:

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 16 Florence Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M2N

1E9

1-416-733-2117

A clinical ecologist will be able to test you for food and chemical allergies

and candida-related complex. For a

list

of such physicians in

your area, contact:

American Academy of Environmental Medicine

Box CN

1001-8001

New Hope, PA

18938

1-215-862-4544

If

you need help getting free of alcohol or street drugs, Health Recovery Center 3255 Hennepin Avenue South Minneapolis,

MN 55408

1-612-827-7800

or at

BIO-RECOVERY: 1-800-24-SOBER

call

me at

CHAPTER

When You're

7

Living with Paranoia

or Compulsive Perfectionism The Two Extremes

There

is

Imbalance

of Histamine

a single substance in our brains that causes incredible

chaos when

rises to

it

abnormal highs or

falls

dangerously low.

Histamine causes our tears to flow, and determines our pain sensitivity

and sexual

libido.

The paranoid soul who

lives

with

sweaty palms, a racing mind, and a growing sense of grandiosity

is

on an ever-dwindling supply of brain histamine. On the other side of the spectrum is the compulsive and obsessive, sleepexisting

deprived go-getter:

He

normal amounts of

this neurotransmitter.

living out their

or she has a brain that

How

is

bathed in super-

unfair that both are

days as prisoners of unbalanced chemistry! Today,

solutions exist. But that wasn't the case during

Health Recovery Center,

by the high histamine high arousal about

my

early years at

when I found myself completely frustrated who swept into my office, in

levels of clients

life in

general.

Being compulsive, obsessive people, these clients had come to

HRC for an instant fix. Many of them had extremely successful ca-

reers, fueled

by

their

remarkable drive and energy, but they were

crumbling internally from continual tension and depression. Usually they were seriously depressed, and

own much or

tempts in their didn't sleep

terribly impulsive.

may even have had

suicide

or in their family history. They told well.

They cried

at the

Those of them who had

me

at-

they

drop of a hat and were

tried drugs

tended to get

hooked on heroin or other narcotics and sometimes alcohol. (That's because all of these substances block histamine and improve symptoms only temporarily.) And the pattern repeated itself in these 2

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214

kinds of clients: Their enthusiasm ran unrealistically high the

few days, but there was no staying power. Often, before the

was

down another

off

road.

When

characteristics of these dropouts,

first

week

and abandoned the program

over, these clients lost interest

order to return to drugs, or they found

them

first

I

I

some new

finally

in

project to take

recognized the similar

realized their profiles

fit

per-

fectly with Dr. Carl Pfeiffer's description of high-histamine persons! I

then

knew we must

their attention.

intervene immediately

We began

if

we hoped

to hold

using Dr. Pfeiffer's instructions for lower-

ing histamine that appear later in this chapter. These natural hista-

mine blockers turned the

tide,

and made enough difference early on

to thwart the impulsiveness of these people.

Now we rarely lose such clients, some It

and once they are well they are

of the most vocal supporters of these methods.

be invaluable for you to be able to identify your

will

own signs

of abnormal histamine levels, because they are 100 percent cor-

You

rectable.

will

chemistry, and

no longer be a

you

will finally

lifelong prisoner of

your brain

be feeling good for years to come.

This chapter will alert you to the profiles of the paranoid as well as the obsessive perfectionist, and point you to the natural corrective

formulas that treat these histamine imbalances and help you to heal emotionally.

How Histamine Works in the Brain Inside the brain, histamine plays an important role in

all

sorts of re-

actions. In the hypothalamus, histamine stimulates the release of the

important neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.

Another role of brain histamine

in that area of the brain that filters

With too

little

having too

histamine,

little

dopamine

dopamine

incoming sensory information.

levels are elevated.

if

your mind

is

The

result of

playing tricks on you. You

or hear things abnormally, and your ears

probably

them

to counterbalance

histamine can be thought disorders like paranoia, or

hallucinations that feel as

may see

is

make grandiose

may ring. You

will

plans but never have the energy to carry

out.

Other psychiatric symptoms develop when too

much

histamine

heightens and distorts the release of the key neurotransmitters.

When

histamine levels are abnormally high, there

is

a tendency to

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215

hyperactivity, depression, aggressiveness, compulsive behavior,

a racing brain. You

abnormal

fears,

may grow

obsessive about sex, cry

and contemplate

discovered at the

New

have

in the brain

were

suicide.

Such consequences of histamine imbalance first

and

easily,

Jersey Psychiatric Institute in 1966. Dr.

Carl Pfeiffer and his colleagues devised a

method

for accurately as-

saying the histamine content of tissue, followed by the discovery that the blood (and therefore, presumably, the brain) of most schizo-

phrenics contained abnormal levels of histamine.

They watched seventy-two chronic schizophrenics with abnormally low histamine gradually improve as levels were restored to normal. Another group of their patients showed highly elevated histamine. These patients experienced a marked reduction of such

symptoms gage in

as depression, obsessions, compulsions, and need to en-

ritual as their

histamine levels were brought

down

to the

normal range. It is

now well

established that over

two

thirds of schizophrenics

have abnormal histamine readings. However, many of the people treat at Health

and almost

malities Let's

we

Recovery Center also have marked histamine abnorall

are not schizophrenic.

look closely at the examples of abnormal histamine symp-

how to

toms, and then figure out

correct this errant chemistry.

ALL ABOUT LOW HISTAMINE

Low

histamine (histapenic) people share certain characteristics.

These are a direct result of diminished neurotransmitter

firing,

ex-

cessive blood copper, and ongoing deficiencies of zinc, vitamin C, folic acid,

stores

and niacin (B 3 ), which continue to deplete histamine levels. The resulting mental overstimula-

and elevate copper

tion often produces racing thoughts

be sensory dysperceptions

—that

and grandiose

is,

hallucinations

in the perception of time

and how they see

and suspicion

common

is

usually a

ideas.

There

may

— or distortions

their bodies. Paranoia

identifying

symptom. Use of

al-

cohol or recreational drugs tends to occur in binges, and contributes to increasing their paranoia. Since such people are easily fatigued

and

frustrated,

pletion.

none of their many grandiose plans ever come

Ongoing

irritability

to coexist. Physically,

makes them

difficult

any excess weight

is

to

people with

com-

whom

unevenly distributed

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216

THE LOW-HISTAMINE CHILD book Orthomolecular Psychiatry,

In his

Dr. Linus Pauling

gives a composite case history of a low-histamine child.

The patient

is

get

a hyperactive male child

For example, the

rally healthy.

head colds, but

this

is

is

unnatu-

may

low histamine child misses the produce a

cold, or the virus infection fails to

He

who

rest of the family

rhinitis.

may show no signs of pain bruised or when a venous blood

hypoallergic ... he

even when seriously

sample

is

obtained. Corporal punishment

useless because a slap causes

little

pain.

is

relatively

The

child

is

constantly active and sleeps poorly. His attention span short, so learning is poor.

is

some areas may be high when disperception

may be

time, body, self,

on hips and thighs

Although his tested,

present

They have gies

Diet and

dental

fill-

allergies,

and headaches than

sensitive.

to tolerate a great deal

focus on

many

hair is always plentiful.

ears.

characteristic of histapenics

them

body

They may even suffer from stutCommonly, libido is low and there is achieving orgasm due to low body secretions. An unusual

and from ringing

difficulty

such as sensory,

are not histapenic, but they do tend to have food aller-

and to be chemically

tering

.

pear-shaped). They have

(e.g.,

fewer colds, airborne

far

who

.

and perception of others.

ings because of a lack of saliva. Their

persons

.

ability in

a high degree of

is

their high pain threshold, allowing

more pain than most

how to treat low levels

people.

Now let's

of histamine.

Low Histamine

Diet plays a critical role in abnormal levels of histamine, as

experience at

my own

HRC shows.

Seth's parents

had come

to

HRC

and begged us

to test

him for

A

chubby, was "unmanageable" at age four. fair-skinned youngster, Seth was phenomenally healthy: no colds,

imbalances, as he

earaches, or infections.

He seemed

continually agitated andfrus-

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-

sometimes exploding into temper tantrums. In one of these a lightbulb in his hand but showed no pain. His mother said discipline had proved relatively useless, as Seth trated,

rages, Seth crushed

did not react

any punishment for

to

at their wits' ends to

Seths lab

We

low.

tests

his antics. His parents were

manage him.

showed histamine levels that were abnormally and environmental allergies, accumu-

also checked for food

lation of heavy metals in the brain,

ment centered on raising using a formula similar

and nutrient

deficiencies. Treat-

his histamine into the

to the

normal range

one on page 221, and by adding

other nutrients that Seth lacked. Diet especially played tant role.

A high-protein diet worked best,

amino acid

as

it

an impor-

provided the needed

which easily converts to histamine. Refined carbohydrates sugar, white flour, and junk foods were prohibited. Seth had been living on white flour in the form of white bread histidine,

—

—

sandwiches, crackers, potato chips, and pasta.

He loved cookies and

family loved colas and kept a ready supply on hand. Seths special diet needs meant no more junk food in the house. sweets. The

Within a few weeks the tantrums stopped and a calmer, more alert

youngster emerged.

Seth was fortunate to be able to correct his chemistry at such a

young little

age.

I

often see adults in midlife

histamine

all

their lives.

them, although they

may

who have

wrestled with too

They don't know what's wrong with

instinctively feel the cause is biochemical.

Diet can play an important role in fixing what's broken

extremely

critical that

—but

it's

also

copper levels be measured.

Copper and Low Histamine a recent client, was living on two antidepressant drugs, WeUbutrin and Effixor, but he still felt anxious and depressed and had bouts of crying. Brett complained that he had lost his sex drive, tired easily, and felt irritable and frustrated most of the time. A growing sense of paranoia had affected his job relationships. Lab testing showed not only low histamine levels but also abnormally high hair copper: eight times the normal level!

Brett,

The toxic stimulant.

effect of

copper stems from

its

properties as a nervous

Excess copper creates histapenia (low histamine) by

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218

decreasing histamine in the brain. regulate histamine, so too to take place.

It

also contains the

much copper allows

The lowered histamine levels,

enzymes that

histamine degradation

in turn, allow

more copper

to accumulate. High levels of copper in the brain can cause a state of restlessness, insomnia, violence, depression, irritability, paranoia,

and

high blood pressure. The gradual accumulation of copper in the brains of aging people also contribute both to hearing loss and paranoia. Brett's

blood was Type A, and such people are far more prone to

sequestering copper.

disproportionate

Among

hospitalized schizophrenics, there

number with TYpe-A blood

A

schizophrenics are histapenic!

mine

levels of 22 (the

months of

norm

raising her

is

—and

young Type-A

is

a

50 percent of

woman with histame that after four

40 to 60 mg/ml) told

low histamine

levels,

her inner "voices" had

stopped!

The formula on page 221 includes generous amounts of zinc, manganese, niacin (B 3 ), and vitamin It is

—

C

all

of which

work to lower copper.

also imperative to avoid all multivitamins that contain copper.

THE PARANOID PROFILE

Paranoid low-histamine individuals aberrations,

all

live

with a variety of mental

due to copper intoxication. They are unduly suspi-

cious; experience disorientation, depression, clouded conscious-

and self-destructive tendencies; and may develop unusual

ness,

religious preoccupations.

They are

sensitive to tiny inconsistencies,

adversities, or criticisms in life situations that

no one

else notices;

these get blown out of proportion in their minds and overemphasized.

Many paranoiacs become

tacts

and to cut down on the stress and noise that

night owls, both to avoid social conis

prevalent

during the day. Dr. Pfeiffer points out that the sun's geomagnetic forces,

ened

which have been shown to influence schizophrenia, are

at night. Yet going without sleep for several nights contributes

to paranoia.

(LSD) terns.

less-

And

certain drugs like cocaine, amphetamines, or acid

produce paranoia by interfering with normal sleep patIn fact, as Dr. Pfeiffer tells us, "Alcohol, barbiturates, and will

unmask latent paranoia." Be aware that two more common

sleeping pills can Note:

the problems of paranoia.

An

prescriptions can cause

antiepileptic, Dilantin, destroys the

body's intake of folic acid. Over several years of use this will cause se-

vere paranoia and a state of low histamine. Birth control pills also raise

DEPRESSION

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NATURALLY

219

COPPER AND POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS Postpartum psychosis also has, as a

likely cause, greatly ele-

vated copper and ceruloplasmin due to increased estrogen levduring

els

Symptoms of

pregnancy.

psychosis

this

are

disorientation, depression, sleep disturbances, self-destructive

tendencies, and paranoia.

The mother may biochemically be so new baby. The low histamine

distraught that she rejects her

formula (on page 221) the

new

mother. Note:

may be used If

to reduce copper levels in

no treatment

is

given, the

copper

will

gradually drop to normal over several months, finally providing

a total remission of her psychosis.

copper

levels,

and so can cause similar problems.

Physically, excess

copper can cause restlessness, insomnia, and high blood pressure. also tends to foster right-brain dominance.

ness

is

as high as 30 percent

The prevalence of

among younger

It

deaf-

paranoiacs. Copper's

stimulative effect in the central nervous system

is

similar to that of

the drug dexedrine.

you have low histamine levels, it is important to get suffiand to avoid both recreational and prescription drugs that induce paranoia. But most important is correcting the So

if

cient nightly sleep,

high tissue copper level. The imagined

enemy simply

dissolves with

biochemical rebalancing.

DO YOU HAVE LOW HISTAMINE? The following screen mine. (A lab test will

will reveal

a strong indication of low hista-

then be a good investment

for confirmation.)

THE HISTAPENIC PERSON (LOW HISTAMINE) Yes

No 1.

2.

Do you get canker sores? Do you have slow sexual responsiveness

or a low

libido? 3.

Do you have

tension headaches or seldom have

headaches? 4.

Do you have heavy growth

of body hair?

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220

Do you tend to

5.

carry any excess fat in your lower

extremities rather than evenly distributed around

your body (a pear-shaped figure)?

Do you have a lot of dental fillings? Do you have a head full of grand

6. 7.

plans but are

easily frustrated? 8.

Are you suspicious of people or do you

feel

paranoid? 9.

10. 11.

12. 13.

Have you ever heard voices inside your head? Are you able to stand pain well? Do you have ringing in your ears? Do you get few or no colds? Do you have low tolerance for medications or drugs?

15.

Do you tire easily? Do you need at least

16.

you a slow riser in the morning? Is your mouth usually dry?

17.

Do you have a tendency to

14.

eight hours of sleep,

despair, or

and are

have bouts

of crying?

Do you

18.

experience frequent

irritability?

TOTAL SCORE

Note: Don't expect to have

or

more suggests

of these symptoms. But having ten

that a lab test for blood histamine

To get tested for histamine measures the

all

levels,

is in

order.

you can take a blood

test that

level of histamine available in the brain/body. Health

Recovery Center's preferred lab for such a tently accurate results that

match

client

test

(because of consis-

symptoms)

is:

Bio Center Laboratory

3100 North Hillside Wichita,

KS 67219

1-800-494-7785

Results are usually available within two weeks.

How

to Treat

Low Histamine

raise

(Histapenia)

low histamine formula on page 221 interact to histamine to normal levels in your body. The amino acid trypto-

The substances

in the

D

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221

-

THE HRC FORMULA FOR LOW HISTAMINE© Nutrient

Dose

Directions

Tryptophan*

500 mg

2-4 capsules

Histadine

500 mg

1

at

capsule 3 times daily

Vi hour before

Vitamin

675 mg

C

1

meals

capsule 3 times daily

with meals

(Ester C)

GLA

Omega-3

bedtime

fatty acids

300 mg

1-2 capsules per day

360 mg

1

capsule with breakfast

1

capsule with supper

1

capsule 2 times daily

(Cold-water fish [EPA])

Niacin (B 3 )t

500

mg

with meals

(nontimed released

B 12 dots

500 meg

Folic acid

800 meg

2 dots per day

1

capsule 3 times daily

with meals

Manganese

10

mg

1

capsule daily

with meals

gluconate

25

Zinc

mg

1

capsule 2 times daily

with meals

picolinate

300 mg

Quercetin

1

capsule 3 times daily

with meals

Note:

your *

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts

total

Tryptophan

dosage (see chart page is

available only

for

56).

by prescription

in the

United States

and Canada. Your doctor can order it from

certain

pharmacies. Two options are: Hopewell Pharmacy 1-800-792-6670 and College Pharmacy 1-800-888-9358. T Do not take niacin

if

you have

liver

damage.

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

phan, taken with

fruit juice, easily

reloads serotonin, a calming

neurotransmitter that reduces agitation

and corrects sleep

bances. The amino histidine elevates histamine levels, but portant to

remember

unavailable,

and

that histidine also binds with zinc,

this zinc deficiency

distur-

it is

im-

making

it

then results in the inability to

PARANOIA OR COMPULSIVE PERFECTIONISM

222

store histamine. For this reason, our formula calls for generous

amounts of zinc. (Pyrolurics need to pay particular attention to providing themselves with adequate zinc; otherwise, there will be a

prompt

return of symptoms rather than a permanent solution.) Zinc, vitamin C,

and manganese have the tion in your body.

ability to excrete

copper or inhibit

its

absorp-

They also protect against copper harming your brain

tissue for oxidation.

The B vitamins niacin (B 3 ),

duce and raise histamine. But for the

must be a substrate of omega-3 brain. Cold-water fish is

folic acid,

and Bi 2 pro-

B vitamins to act effectively there

essential fatty acids present in the

a rich source, and

combine omega-3 with omega-6 EFAs

(like

it is

equally important to

GLA)

to protect against un-

balancing these two powerful brain chemicals. Quercetin helps the

body build up histamine

stores.

tion that will guarantee

you noticeable improvement

time.

It is

much

These nutrients have a synergistic ac-

easier to raise histamine than to lower

in

a very short

it.

Once you embark on the low-histamine formula, you can expect relief from some symptoms in about one week.

THE TIMETABLE FOR RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS •

IN

HISTAPENIA*

Drippy palms

Mind racing •

Insomnia

Hypomania •

Hallucinations •

Obesity •

One Week

HIGH HISTAMINE: A

Paranoia

One Year

One Month

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS— OR TRAGEDY

High histamine (histadelia) runs

in families. This

can well account for

successful "dynasties," as such families, like the Kennedys, are en-

dowed with

the kind of energy and drive that most of us only

dream

about. Individuals with histadelia are aggressive, productive, TVpe-A

people

who

drive themselves obsessively toward success.

The

large

histamine pools they possess cause their brain neurotransmitters to overfuel and

*Taken from

fire

excessively.

Dr. Carl Pfeiffer,

The following conditions may result.

The Schizophrenias: Ours

to

Conquer.

DEPRESSION •

223

Histadelics are often overstimulated, almost manic. Their

compulsive drives

may

their inner tension

and

•

NATURALLY

FR EE,

-

Sleeping

ers, usually

them to alcohol some peace.

lead

find

in

an

effort to

break

problematic. People with histadelia are light sleep-

is

needing seven or less hours. Yet insomnia can be severe.

histamine levels are too high, phobias, compulsions, and

• If

disappearing thoughts and words develop. These people are the per-

and the "doers" who never seem to know how to relax. Histamine increases their cellular metabolism so their body temfectionists

perature

may be above normal and

they burn up their food quickly.

Thus, typically, histadelics have no problem with weight gain. there

is

a weight problem,

gies that set off

ance of these

body weight ral

it is

coming from food and chemical

If

aller-

hunger or bingeing. Upon identification and avoid-

allergic triggers, histadelics will slowly lose

(this

process

unwanted

may take a full year) and recover the natu-

high-energy levels that their allergies were masking. •

Because of their elevated metabolic rate and higher body tem-

perature, histadelics have bodies that develop anatomically to help dissipate the extra heat; their ears, nose, hands, larged. Fingers

me

their

big toe.

and toes are usually

second

They

toe. In

histadelic,

also have very

more

help to promote the •

a

long.

little

it is

facial

I

and

feet

may be enshow

often ask clients to

frequently longer than the

and chest

hair,

body

heat.

rapid loss of extra

which again

Suicidal depression puts these people at high risk because

they have the energy to carry out a suicide plan and the impulsive-

ness to act quickly, without thinking are depressed.

It is

not

it

over.

known why some

But not

all

histadelics

are depressed and others

are not. •

Since histamine produces an abundant production of fluid se-

have an overproduction of saliva that keeps

cretions, histadelics

their teeth free of cavities. (Sometimes, saliva is literally dripping Let's look more closely now at the many people with histadelia engage

from the corners of the mouth.)

common behavioral in.

tendencies

Achieving sexual orgasm

cus. This

mucus

ning the race to

is

easy because of their increased mu-

sperm in winso high histamine families produce

also assists the smaller, faster male fertilize

the egg,

mostly male children. •

Most

histadelics have a very

react to pain.

low pain threshold and

Headaches and respiratory

allergies are

will over-

common.

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224

THE HIGH-HISTAMINE CHILD Most

and achieve-

histadelic children are very self-motivated

ment-oriented. Some, however, are so self-directed that they resent giving up control to a parent or teacher.

They

can't

stand being told what to do by adults. These youngsters be-

come

and classrooms, and

disruptive within their families

physical discipline only causes their behavior to intensify.

They may not

easily make friends with their peers, preferring much younger children or adults. If counseling is pushed upon

them,

it

typically will

fail.

A diagnosis

of "oppositional defiant

disorder" often results. Histadelic children tend to get obses-

hooked on

sively

child

lems

who if

This can be advantageous to the

activities.

pursues learning or sports, but will present prob-

the focus

is

on negative

games excessively. Drug use among

activities,

such as playing video

histadelic (high-histamine) teens

is five

times as likely as with histapenic (low-histamine) young peo-

These drugs steadily worsen

ple.

ances.

If

their nervous

system imbal-

they start smoking cigarettes, they

may become

chain-smokers.

It is

important to channel the child's obsessive-

compulsive tendencies into more productive If

you suspect your

child

fits

activities.

the category of high histamine,

a blood test will be able to pinpoint the usually required to lower histamine, as

level.

you

Drugs are not

will see

from the

formula on page 229. To have histamine levels just on the high side of normal to succeed in

ger

a real blessing. The natural energy and drive

is

life

lies in letting

gives this child a competitive edge.

The dan-

histamine rise to such high levels that there

is

suicidal depression, impulsive sexual addiction, or uncontrollable obsessions.

Drugs and Alcohol Attract Many Histadelics For years

I

wondered why

obsessive, driven people

wanted

to

pump

tons of caffeine and sugar, and even cocaine, crack, and ampheta-

mines, into their systems to further stimulate them. that

many are attempting to

lift

I

finally realized

a chronic black depression that does

not respond well to antidepressants.

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225

histadelics have discovered that opiates (heroin, mor-

phine, opium, codeine) are strong histamine reducers. Alcohol also

has some histamine-reducing action.

When the histamine is lowered,

the depression often fades. Unfortunately, each of the above drugs

has a dark

side.

By the time such

histadelics arrive at Health Recov-

ery Center, their drug use has driven

them

right to the edge.

Carla, a young professional woman who was using both cocaine and alcohol in large amounts to control her black depression, drove from the East Coast to Minneapolis seeking help from Health Recovery Center. She then spent three more days cruising around the center, "checking us out." I finally had the opportunity to talk to her and ease her mind. I could tell she was histadelic as she recited

her history. Despite tion, self.

much

success in a high-powered sales posi-

Carla felt suicidal and exhausted.

She had

many

Still

she kept pushing her-

physical complaints: joint pain, headaches,

hay fever, and stomachaches. Carla had a mouthful of gorgeous white teeth, and long fingers and toes. She was thin and attractive, yet she said she ate every hour because of hunger! Her life story included a suicide attempt. She had been doing a chemical balanc-

—she could — handle a quart without a hangover and relieving her depression ing act of using alcohol

quiet her obsessive drive

to

with cocaine. But this was killing

her.

Carla had been

to

a stan-

dard type of chemical dependency treatment program the prior year, where she spent thirty days telling a group of strangers the intimate details of her life. The experience did nothing to control

and inner sign her into the same

the pools of histamine that fed her suicidal depression

tension.

She said she feared I was about

kind of treatment. Only when I began

to

chemistry and what had

describe to

relief did she begin to trust It's

to

to

Carla

all the

earmarks of her

be done biochemically to finally bring

me.

been over a year since Carla completed the Health Recovery

Center program. Her recent

letter told

me

she is

still

on a

strict

diet and taking her regimen of natural chemicals, and that she still

is

sober and free of depression. She described her recent activities:

She had applied for and had been offered three new sales positions. (She settled on the best one.) She sold her house and bought a new one in the last month, works out at the gym three days a week, and

PARANOIA OR COMPULSIVE PERFECTIONISM

226

takes skating classes four times

high-histamine person, but

a week. Obviously, Carta

now her

is still

a

her the

strict controls allow

joy of accomplishing without the pain of depression or the inner tension of being driven to perform. That balance had to happen biochemically. Talk therapy

had changed nothing for her.

Suicidal Depression and High Histamine Out-of-control histamine levels lead to serious depression in about

He

one half of

histadelics, according to

offers both

Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe as examples of proba-

ble histadelics

Most

a study of Dr. Carl

who suffered a suicidal

Pfeiffer.

death.

histadelics have several suicides in their family history.

The

depression that plagues them does not respond well to antidepressants and not at

Wstamine

is

all

to shock therapy.

important as

it

An

early diagnosis of excessive

safeguards them

— or you—against im-

pulsively deciding to deal with continual inner tensions

and

suicidal

ideations by ending their lives. Ordinary brochures about suicide to

warn

most

that the

likely candidates are compulsive,

fail

depressed

kids and adults. I

cannot help but think of the suicide of

my own

son,

which

happen without warning. Rob had many histadelic characHe was full of overabundant energy and was always active, yet his room was unbelievably neat and orderly (compulsiveness). He ate continually but was lean and lanky (rapid metabolism). His teeth were in excellent shape (high saliva production). In many ways he was a perfectionist and very creative. His decision to take his life came without warning to anyone. Rob even had a wild love life, un-

seemed

to

teristics.

beknownst scribed to

to me. At his wake, girls

me how

night. His casket libido, indeed, is

I

had never seen before de-

they had climbed in and out his

became a

window

late at

repository of love notes. High sexual

a sign of high histamine

level.

Sexual Addiction and High Histamine

seem

them up for trouble. Being loyal to one partner is a big order for someone who is addicted to the joys of sex. I have had clients who describe their compulsion to pick up a prostitute or cruise porno bookstores and peep shows as being a part of their regular activities. They claim this addiction is not unlike that with alcohol or drugs; it seems to build up

The high

libidos of histadelics

to set

DEPR ESS ION- FREE, NATURALLY the longer they try to abstain, ing

on these

fairs

activities.

until, finally,

227 there

is

a period of binge-

Other clients simply engage

in multiple af-

without trying to resist them. Also, the employee

who

is

sexually harassing co-workers through inappropriate touching or

sexual language is

may be

suffering

from a sexual addiction. Therapy

certainly needed, but also important is modifying the out-of-

control histadelic libido by lowering the histamine levels.

And

that

can be achieved through adhering to the formula on page 229.

DO YOU HAVE HIGH HISTAMINE? The following screen is used at Health Recovery Center mine the likelihood of excessive blood histamine.

to deter-

THE HISTADELIC PERSON (HIGH HISTAMINE) Yes

No Do you tend to sneeze

in bright sunlight?

Were you a shy and oversensitive teenager? Can you make tears easily, and are never bothered by a lack of saliva or a dry mouth? Do you hear your pulse in your head on the pillow at night?

Do you have frequent muscle cramps? Do you have a high sensitivity to pain? Do you find it easy to have orgasms with

sex,

and do

you have a high libido? Do you get headaches regularly? Does your mind go blank at times?

Do you have seasonal allergies, such as hay fever? Do you tend to be a light sleeper? Do you need only five to seven hours of sleep each night?

Do you burn up

foods rapidly?

Have you thought seriously of suicide? Can you tolerate high doses of medication or drugs? Do you have large ears and long fingers or toes? (Is

your second toe as long as or longer than your

big toe?)

Are you addicted to drugs, alcohol, or sugar?

PARANOIA OR COMPULSIVE PERFECTIONISM

228

Are you a perfectionist or an obsessive, Type-A personality

who feels driven?

Are you impulsive?

Do boys predominate among your siblings? Note: Don't expect to have will suggest that

all

of these symptoms. Ten or

a lab test for blood histamine

in order.

is

more

See the ad-

vice earlier in this chapter about the test (page 220).

How

to Treat

High Histamine (Histadelia)

Histamine levels will decrease and symptoms lessen in response to daily doses of methionine, fies

an amino acid that

significantly detoxi-

histamine by methylating the ring structure forming N-methyl-

histamine in the brain. Calcium, taken morning and evening, releases additional histamine stores and lowers levels in the body. With mag-

nesium, If

it

acts as a natural tranquilizer.

your histamine

level is

extremely high, your physician

may

prescribe the drug Dilantin (phenytoin), which works rapidly to terfere with histamine

and bring

levels

back to normal.

I

in-

have not

—insomnia, severe headaches, mental confusion, hyperexcitability, and more —that seen with Dilantin, so liked the side effects

I've

use should be reserved for

difficult

its

cases only.

Avoid a high-protein diet, as most proteins contain histadine, the amino acid from which you will synthesize even more histamine. A preferable diet is one high in vegetables and fruits. The HRC formula on page 229 offers other substances to specifically address compulsivity and obsessiveness.

A

Tobias, M.D., established that tryptophan

mins C and B 6

1977 study by

and

its

J.

Yaryura-

co-enzymes

vita-

stabilized obsessive-compulsive patients within six

months by using tryptophan to increase

serotonin, the brain's calm-

ing neurotransmitter. Often a dose of 500 milligrams,

a small amount of Prozac (5 well in difficult cases.

An

combined with

mg per day), seems to work

Israeli

amazingly

study recently appearing in the

American Journal of Psychiatry reports that the B vitamin inositol effectively eliminates symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder over a six-week period, and unlike current drug treatments, solutely

no side

effects! Inositol

serotonin within the nerve

cells;

it

has ab-

works by regulating the action of it has a soothing effect on spinal

— DEPR ESS ION- FREE

NATURALLY

,

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THE HRC FORMULA FOR HIGH HISTAMINE AND COMPULSIVE/OBSESSIVENESS© Nutrient

Dose

Tryptophan*

500 mg

Directions

1

capsule, 2 or 3 times

Vfc

500 mg

Methionine

1

capsule, 4 times daily,

Vfc

675 mg

Vitamin C (Ester C)

1

daily,

hour before meals

hour before meals

capsule, 2 times

daily,

with meals

150 mg

Calcium/magnesium

75

2 capsules, 3 times

mg

250 mg

B6

daily,

with meals

1

capsule

daily,

with meals

Inositol

(1

8 g

total)

"IVfetsp.

3 times

daily,

with meals

Phosphatidylcholine powder

2 heaping Tbs

55%

with meals

conversion tc acetylcholine

Note:

your *

If

daily,

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts for

total

Tryptophan

dosage (see chart page is

available only

certain pharmacies. The

56).

by prescription

in the

United States and Canada. Your doctor can order it only from

two that we use are: Hopewell Pharmacy, 1-800-792-6670 and College Pharmacy, 1-800-

888-9358.

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

cord nerves, the brain, and cerebrospinal

fluid,

and produces an-

tianxiety effects similar to the drug Librium. Histadelics also benefit

from

raising depleted levels of acetyl-

choline in their brains. This can be done by taking the precursor phosphatidylcholine. Phosphatidylcholine

is

found

in lecithin,

but also

elsewhere. Acetylcholine stabilizes brain membranes, greatly improves

mood, and restores short-term memory. form

We

use a granular powder

of phosphatidylcholine that has a 55 percent conversion rate

the highest available today.

It

can be mixed with milk or applesauce.

Note: Avoid taking multivitamins or

B complex

vitamins that

contain folic acid and Bi 2 both of which increase body stores of ,

PARANOIA OR COMPULSIVE PERFECTIONISM

230

histamine. But

you

will

want

to take the other

huge role

tioned, as they play a

in stabilizing

B

vitamins I've men-

your nervous system.

THE TIMETABLE FOR RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS OF HISTADELIA* Depression

•

Blank mind

•

Obsessions

•

•

Compulsions •

Rituals •

One Week

One Month

Phobias

One Year

A Word About Getting Your Doctor's Cooperation If

you

know

fit

the profile of too high or low histamine, you deserve to

with scientific accuracy what the real picture

schedule the

tests,

you may discover that not

heard of this relatively I

all

is.

As you

try to

doctors have even

new research.

urge you not to be dissuaded from ordering the confirming lab

tests. If

your doctor

physician affect

who

is

unwilling to cooperate,

cares. Refusing

your doctor at

all,

but he

you

this

it is

time to find a

needed information doesn't

may be condemning you to a lifetime B has a list of

of struggling with an out-of-balance brain. Appendix

medical organizations that will provide you with the names of physicians in your area who will work with you. It is very important you consult with the appropriate physician regarding your own ticular case and course of treatment.

WHERE DO YOU We've

now

tions. If

FIT IN?

covered more possibilities that

you recognize that you is

may cause

unstable emo-

feel paranoid, continually plan big

projects but lack the energy to carry

weight that

them

out, or that

distributed in a pear-shaped fashion,

you put on

you have some

strong clues to follow. *

Taken from Carl

Pfeiffer, M.D., Ph.D.,

that

par-

The Schizophrenias: Ours

to

Conquer.

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY Or,

if

you have the markers of a

231

driven, compulsive person with

a high sex drive and/or are depressed and suicidal, to press

on

in finding the relief

I

encourage you

you deserve. Here are your options:

Find an orthomolecular or holistic physician to work with

you (see Appendix B

Have the

for referrals).

lab test that

Appendix C

measures your serum histamine (see

for lab references).

Correct any abnormal histamine levels by using the appropriate formula (page 221

Please

mine

same

remember

in this chapter.

that the formulas for treating high

levels that are

found

we

from Bio-Recovery

get your questions

and low

hista-

in this chapter are easily obtainable.

high-quality nutrients

available

and 229) provided

answered

The

use at Health Recovery Center are

at 1-800-247-6237. at this

your orders sent to you overnight.

You

will

be able to

800 number, as well as having

CHAPTER

From Zero

to

Spontaneous

Combustion Controlling

now your

Irritability,

repair

8

Seconds

in

Anger, and Sudden Violence

program should be picking up speed. You've

altered your diet to include mostly fresh,

By

whole foods and

You are remembering to feed yourself quality snacks that keep your blood sugar tossed out the sugary junk food and

These changes are slowly paying

up.

problems

off.

all

that caffeine.

We've looked at a number of

traditionally categorized as "psychological" (anxiety, de-

pression, paranoia,

and compulsiveness) that may

really

be due to the

depletion or overabundance of certain brain chemicals, and you

now

have the insight to identify and correct these biochemical mistakes.

On bursts, still

the following pages

I'll

discuss ongoing

irritability,

angry out-

and aggressive behavior that can lead to violence. The debate

rages as to whether the basic causes of violence are psychologi-

cal, sociological,

ject

may

or biological in origin, but

surprise you.

basis? Yes. There act out in this little

way

nurturing,

is

new research on this sub-

Can these emotional

states

have a physical

mounting research indicating that people who

are not just the product of too

much

poverty, too

and other social/psychological problems. There are

biochemical triggers in some of us that

make

outbursts of anger and

violence predictable. Let's take a look at the evidence.

What's Causing Our Anger and Violence? Matt had a hard time keeping a job because of his short fuse and aggressive behavior. As a child, he had been diagnosed as having attention-deficit disorder,

and had grown up on

232

Ritalin.

Now

his

D E P R E S S

N

I

psychiatrist

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,

NATURALLY

had put him on

233

three different antidepressants simulta-

calm him doum. When I met Matt, he was feeling miserable because his wife had recently filed divorce papers. He seemed not to be hearing most of what I said to him. He was restneously in an attempt

less

to

and made several double entendre sexual remarks

that irked me.

That first week at the Center, he became so angry that he put his

hands choke

tightly her. I

around

the neck of a female staff worker as though to

hoped we could

tolerate his behavior until his lab results

came back and gave us a reason to work with him. When the results were in, it was a relief to see that Matt was loaded with high levels of copper, cadmium, and lead. To add to his distress, his histamine was severely elevated, and he was hypoglycemic. All of these physical abnormalities

made him appear emotionally out of control.

to go, and his histamine level had to come sudden anger and wild outbursts would quiet down. Gradually, Matt's aggressiveness faded and I became quite fond of him. After almost a year, we heard from Matt again. He

The toxic metals had

down

before the

was doing

well

and taking

college courses

with the intent of work-

ing with kids with attention-deficit disorder. (With his experiential

knowledge, he should prove invaluable in his

new field.)

Tom, another client with a hair-trigger temper, came

New

Mexico.

tolerance to

test,

He was

severely hypoglycemic.

to us from During his glucose

he released an extremely high amount of adrenaline

raise his blood sugar. That outpouring of adrenaline,

brain is too low on fuel

to

We were

gressive behavior.

when

the

function normally, often triggers ag-

able to control

Toms wild outpouring of

adrenaline by correcting his hypoglycemia. But his story was a

lot

more complicated. Tom had built his home in an area of the country that is high in uranium. The water he drinks is coming through carcinogenic granite. The body's uranium level should he under .2; Tom's was 819! He was actually radioactive! Tom's copper levels were also quite elevated, probably because of his occupation as a plumber. The

cumulative

effect

of all these toxins were depression, fatigue, and

severe irritability. We used zinc to chelate out his excess copper, but

no one was able told that

to

how

advise us on

calcium chelation

may

provement in Tom's energy

to

remove uranium. We were

be of some value. The eventual im-

level

and temperament probably came

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234

about because of his strict diet and his regimen of chelating nutrients. (Note: Certain states are at risk for uranium radioactivity: Ver-

New Mexico,

mont, Colorado,

and

Today, anger and violence are

California.)

around

all

us,

from drive-by and

freeway shootings to the explosive tempers and hostile "drop dead!" expressions on the faces of salespeople, office workers, neighbors,

and even

Our

children.

last half

lifestyles of

What

is

making Americans

most of

us.

We

call

yet twenty-first-century models.

and immune system simply rise in the intake of 1.

Poor

so angry?

century has produced a cascade of changes in the it

progress, but our bodies are not

The

brain, central

can't adapt fast

nervous system,

enough

to the abrupt

substances that alter us:

The foods and drinks we consume are laden with and dyes, and are highly sugared; many are pro-

diets:

additives

cessed and refined until

all

nutrition

is

gone. Such diets create

hypoglycemia. 2.

Chemical

sensitivities:

We

thetic chemicals in the air

we

eat,

and the drugs we

live

with daily exposures to syn-

we

breathe, the sprayed produce

ingest.

3.

Toxicity of trace metals: Increasing stores of toxic metals and

4.

Vaccinations:

toxic trace elements accumulate and alter our brain chemistry.

We

inject several

dozen

live viruses into

our

children over and over for immunization purposes.

common reasons for Americans living in high arousal most of the time. We are unable to feel and act normally because of the toxic condition of our brains and bodies, and so we exThese are the most

plode into anger,

irritability,

But there are things

and even violence.

we can choose

to

do to reduce the

risk of

these conditions. Let's find out what they are.

DIET

AND VIOLENCE: HOW ADEQUATE

BRAIN FUEL (GLUCOSE) STEMS VIOLENCE AND ANGER

A

tribe of Central American Indians, the Quolla, were studied by American anthropologists back in the 1970s. These Indians have a reputation for violence dating back to the sixteenth century, unpremeditated murder being common among them. The researchers

discovered that Quolla diets were very poor: high in refined sugars

DEPR ESS ION FR -

NATURALLY

EE,

and alcohol, and short on basic

235

of the Indians had spectacular surges of adrenaline

cose levels

fell

tribesman

nutrition. In fact, every

tested turned out to be hypoglycemic. What's more, the

most violent

when

their glu-

too low!

By now, you should know enough about hypoglycemia to understand what can happen under these circumstances: by the time the adrenaline

is

released, the "reasoning" brain

is

turned

off,

leaving

the "animal" brain in charge. At best, this situation can erupt into

verbal anger. At worst,

it

can bring on physical aggression that can

have tragic consequences. Consider this depressing scenario:

An

abusive individual leaves

a party in a hypoglycemic state that was brought on by an evening of drinking and junk-food snacks.

He

or she arrives

home about

the

time the adrenaline hits the bloodstream. At this point, anyone unfortunate enough to cross his or her path

may be

subjected to un-

controllable anger, even physical abuse. Counseling has

little

to

offer these people; our prisons today are full of violent hypo-

glycemics

who

are paying a high price for uncontrolled behavior.

Thus, maintaining constant adequate glucose levels should be one of the most important functions of our biochemical being.

need glucose so that we can think Luckily,

some very

clearly.

exciting research exists

can control violent behavior

Our brains

in boys. In 1980,

on how

diet

changes

an East Coast juvenile

home compared the behavior of boys who ate their "normenu (high in sugar and processed foods) with a second group

detention

mal"

whose sugar intake was secretly reduced: no more soft no more table sugar or highly sugared breakfast cereals, jel-

of their boys drinks, lies,

or sweets. Researcher Stephen Schoenthaler, Ph.D., found the

results astonishing:

The two dozen boys on the low sugar

diet

had a

45 percent lower incidence of reported disciplinary actions than the first

group! Dr.

Schoenthaler has since expanded the study to include 276 ju-

He has found that those who were arrested for showed the greatest behavioral improvement on a "no

veniles at that center. violent crimes

sugar" Dr.

—a 77 percent reduction

menu

Carolyn Brown, Ph.D.,

in Berkeley, California.

is

in disciplinary incident reports.

the director of a similar institution

She treats violent and delinquent juveniles

with biochemical repair as well as therapy. Special attention

is

paid to possible hypoglycemia, allergies, and brain toxicity. She

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236

WORD TO PARENTS

A

How ironic

that

I

after having put

from it.

my own

am now handing out advice on this subject, up with countless out-of-control behaviors

teenager, Rob, without a clue as to

Looking back now,

ate with us.

He drank

fast food. His

OF UNRULY TEENS

mood

it

really hits

me

in the face!

several colas daily

how

to stop

Rob seldom

and loved candy and

swings were incredible.

My formerly well-

mannered "A" student was even arrested for taking a swing at a plainclothes policeman and breaking the man's glasses! I had no idea until only months before he took his life how hypoglycemic Rob was. He would have been a perfect model for the roller-coaster confusion and irritability that a hypoglycemic brain endures.

you have teenager(s) who never eat with the family and

If

are subsisting on the great American junk-food diet,

down and starving to prove

and abusing it

them

Make a

clean up their diet and limit will

and feelings of

They are old enough them to drastically sugars for one month. The re-

their delicate brains.

to themselves.

wards by then

all

deal with

be obvious: a clear brain, sustained energy,

and calm. Regaining access

stability

healthy, curious brain that will

sit

teach them about the high price they are paying for

change their whole

wants to learn and succeed

future.

to a in life

How I wish someone had given

me this advice for Rob!

described her nutritional approach to correcting behavior to the 1977 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and

"We have seen noticeable one

incredible results in the last is

related to blood sugar.

two hours, The difference

protein every control [they]

If

two

we

Human

years.

give these children

their behavior is kept in is

Needs:

The most

much

better

amazing. They are learning to read

.

.

have truly moved ahead. [These kids] probably would have

been the kind of children [who] would never have [attended] school again." If

you see your

moods every few anger or

children, partner, or

even yourself shifting

hours, and failing to control sudden flare-ups of

irritability,

the most likely explanation

is

fluctuating blood

D E P R E S S

sugar.

N

I

F R E E

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,

NATURALLY

237

You should reread Chapter 3 on the hypoglycemia

want absolute

scientific proof, call

hour glucose tolerance

The Need

test (see

Omega-3

for

Oils in

diet. If

your doctor to schedule a

page

you five-

72).

Our Diet

Violent behavior has also been escalating worldwide, wherever the

American

EFA

omega-3

has been adopted. Despite dire warnings from

diet

many

cultures

in their native diets

with the

research pioneers like Donald Rudin,

have replaced the omega-3

oils

found

high omega-6 fatty acids (vegetable oils) found in ours. Only recently have Japanese researchers begun piecing together

been happening to

their population,

culture after World

War

II.

Dr.

what has which began Westernizing their

Harumi Okuyama and

noted in 1992 that "increased dietary relative

Omega-3

linoleic acid

diseases,

and also for

possibility that

(Omega major

essential fatty acid deficiency are

tors for western-type cancers, cardiovascular

EFA

6)

and

risk fac-

and cerebrovascular

allergic hyperreactivity.

a relative Omega-3

his colleagues

We also raise the may be affecting

deficiency

the behavioral patterns of a proportion of the young generation in industrialized countries" (emphasis added).

Japanese youth today have very low plasma omega-3

which

is

directly

fatty acids,

due to their being the biggest consumers of modern

in high omega-6 (linoleic acid) The increased ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 over the last decades was a result of following the mistaken Western advice that reducing animal fat by replacing it with omega-6 linoleic acid (corn, safflower, sunflower, and soybean oils) will lower cholesterol,

commercial foods that are soaked

vegetable

oils.

thus preventing heart attacks. But statistics

now

correlate a very

high incidence of death through violence, including suicide, in this population, so a drop in mortality has never been achieved. In 1996, Dr. T.

Hamazaki and

his colleagues did

a double-blind

study with Japanese university students where they monitored their "aggression against others" responses during an entire school year.

During this time, one of the two groups was supplemented with

DHA, the

highly polyunsaturated omega-3

oil

that

is

needed

in the

brain and eyes for proper visual and central nervous system functioning. This

group showed no change from normal behavior. The

control group, however, which received no

crease in aggressive behavior!

What

all this

DHA, showed a big inmeans to you and me is

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238

that to achieve a sense of calmness

a

lot

of salmon and cold-water

powder or

of flax

fish,

and

control,

we

should be eating

or taking a couple of tablespoons

flax oil or capsules of cold-water fish oil every

—besides, of course, eating the proper diet (see Chapter

day

3).

CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES AND ANGER

A few

years ago, a counselor from another clinic

came

me.

to see

Roger was having trouble controlling his emotions and feared his explosive anger was about to cost him his job. Worse, he recognized

He was

he was having suicidal thoughts. initial interview I discovered that

very frightened. At our Roger was drinking twenty-five

cups of coffee and a six-pack of cola every day! Correcting his hy-

poglycemia calmed the mood swings, but his behavior was predictable.

begin

to

Not until he

me

told

and thinners

that just

new

was inhaling

might explain the symptoms

that continued to trouble him. To find out, I sent ecologist (a

un-

about his hobby, taxidermy, did I

suspect the culprit. In his off-hours, Roger

solvents, glues,

still

breed of medical allergist) for

him

tests.

to

a

clinical

Roger's test re-

showed a dramatic reaction to ethanol and formaldehyde. the lab, Roger became quite paranoid and angry. The tests also revealed sensitivities to wheat and dairy products that brought on delayed reactions of severe irritability and fatigue. Roger recovered by giving up caffeine, nicotine, refined sugars, and wheat and dairy products and minimizing his exposure

sults

Upon exposure in

to

ethanol

and formaldehyde.

Over the years

I've

met many house

hair salon workers, printers,

chemical fumes on the job.

painters, garage mechanics,

and others who continually inhale

Many are severely reactive to these toxins.

Their altered brains create drastically altered behavior. Sudden anger, irritability,

The

and even violence have been linked to brain

late,

proposed over orders

may

allergies.

distinguished allergist, Theron Randolph, M.D., fifty

years ago that

many physical and emotional

dis-

be related to exposure to environmental chemicals. He

discovered that susceptible people

first

experience a pleasing,

addictive high followed eventually by withdrawal symptoms.

chart

first

on page

239, adapted

from Randolph's book,

An

The

Alternative

D E

PR ESSI ON- FREE,

NATURALLY

2

39

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF ADDICTION INCREASING STIMULATION

++++

Manic, with or without convulsions

+++

Hypomanic,

++

Hyperactive,

+

Stimulated, but relatively

o

Behavior on an even keel, as

toxic, anxious,

irritable,

and egocentric

hungry, and thirsty

symptom

in

free

homeostasis

Localized allergic manifestations

Systemic

allergic manifestations

Brain fog, mild depression, and disturbed thinking; increasing withdrawal

Severe depression, with or without altered consciousness

INCREASING

WITHDRAWAL Note: The plus signs indicate increased brain stimulation, as a reaction to ingesting allergic or addictive substances. The

minus signs mean decreased brain functioning following withdrawal of the

allergic or addictive substances.

Approach to Allergies, will give you an idea of the range of these symptoms, from the initial "up" to the subsequent withdrawal or "down." The more stimulated (intoxicated) by the chemical you are, the more severe your withdrawal will be.

A Health Recovery

Center study published in 1987 in the Inter-

national Journal of Biosocial and Medical Research showed that 56 percent of our alcoholic clients were sensitive to chemicals in the

environment. The most

common

offender

contained in a wide range of products:

•

natural gas

•

gasoline

•

some paints

•

automobile exhaust

•

alcohol

was

ethanol,

which

is

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• soft plastics •

certain

hand

(new car odors) lotions and perfumes

•

disinfectant cleaners

•

tobacco smoke

•

hydrocarbons

The most common

allergic

spaciness,

mental confusion, and depression. The magni-

irritability,

reactions were fatigue, exhaustion,

tude and severity of these responses was

den intense anger, tears and sobbing, inability to think or

All of these in

startling,

and included sud-

falling asleep,

and the sudden

speak coherently.

symptoms can be readily produced and extinguished lab. The procedure involves placing a sample of

an allergy testing

the suspect chemical under the tongue (sublingual testing). tion occurs,

it

(neutralizing) dose of the

test

results

evidence for skeptical clients and those are

all in

a reac-

same substance under the tongue, using a

homeopathic technique. These

symptoms

If

much more minute

can be turned off by placing a

provide convincing

who

suspect that their

their minds.

Plus, certain physical conditions

can compromise the blood-

brain barrier, so that neurotoxic substances in our blood can penetrate into the brain.

physical

When we are ill,

damage

there

is

tially

harmful substances

Candida albicans other allergens and

mune

depressed, or overstressed, or

if

to the body, this can occur. Then, poten-

yeast,

like

heavy metals

(e.g., lead,

cadmium),

inflammation-producing kinins, and/or

their reacting antibodies

can enter the brain. Im-

damage nerve and reduce access to oxygen (energy), and may unbalance neurotransmitter production all of which radically affects reactions within the brain can cause swelling,

structures,

—

our thinking and behavior.

Are You Chemically Sensitive? Chemically sensitive persons often

fight

a losing battle to feel stable

because their brains are continually "under attack" day

society.

The following describes the

upon entering the twenty-first century the description applies to your

(you'll

we

in

our modern-

lead as

humans

recognize that

much of

life

own life):

Most of us spend our nights sleeping on polyester sheets and

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pillowcases. Usually, these have been saturated with formaldehyde in

our dryers to

make them

smell and feel good. Our clothing

synthetic and laced with no-iron and drip-dry chemicals.

is

often

Our shower

water reeks of chlorine, "a poisonous element with a suffocating odor" according to many dictionaries. Perfumes in our soaps, lotions, and shampoos come from ethanol, as do most cosmetic aromas. The foods we eat are a hodge-podge of chemicals. Our fruits and vegetables have been grown and sprayed continually with synthetic pesticides.

Our meats are

Breads are loaded with

full

of synthetic hormones and antibiotics.

artificial flavoring, additives,

come wrapped in polyethylene. Our new houses and office buildings

and dyes. Most

foods

their synthetic fibers

and materials

(i.e.,

are built so tightly that

plywood and carpeting)

can't gas out, leaving sensitive persons with

low-grade illnesses. Today, there

open a window

at

is

ongoing headaches and

often no such thing as throwing

work for some much needed fresh

Thus many chemically

air!

sensitive persons fight a losing battle to

feel stable.

The chemical screening

test

by

naire originally developed

(page 242)

Dr.

clinical ecology." If after taking this test,

cally allergic

(sensitive),

allergist for further testing

referrals).

in

I

you should consult a

page of symbols.

result

was a

for medical

George Kroker

real eye-opener. Before ex-

I

fifty

I

felt

I

as though

was

my

points. Then, with a neutralizing dose

brightened up. The substance responsible for ethanol, the base of

my

IQ had suddenly

under

my tongue,

confusion and

most perfumes and aftershave

why I had been having trouble when clients wore a lot of cologne or after-shave.

This test result explained ing

Dr.

me to match was asked to match another was so sleepy and muddled that I simply could not

perform at a normal pace.

tigue

clinical ecologist/

myself was tested several years ago by

symbols. After the mysterious dose,

I

you believe you are chemi-

had completed a short exercise that required

I

dropped

based on a question-

and treatment (see Appendix B

La Crosse, Wisconsin. The

posure,

is

Theron Randolph, the "father of

fa-

lotions.

concentrat-

GATHERING MORE EVIDENCE

Besides the provocative challenge testing I just described, helpful to look at

two more

tests that

may prove

it is

invaluable:

often

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HEALTH RECOVERY CENTER CHEMICAL SCREENING TEST Does exposure

to

any

dislike to noticeable

of the following

substances tend to provoke a response, from strong

symptoms? Yes

1.

Newspaper

2.

Soft plastics

3.

Tobacco smoke

4.

Fabric store odors

5.

Diesel or auto exhaust

6.

Cooking gas

7.

Pesticide sprays

8.

Insecticide strips

9.

Mothballs or crystals

print

(i.e.,

vinyl, acrylic)

10.

Fabric softeners

11.

Detergents

12.

Ammonias

13.

Bleaches

14.

Scented cosmetics

1

5.

(i.e.,

Bounce)

Scented perfumes or aftershaves

16. Scented deodorants, antiperspirants

17.

Oven cleaner

18.

Furniture polish

19.

Floor

wax

20.

New

carpets

21.

New

car odors

No

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22.

No

House paints

23. Turpentines

24.

Foam rubber

25.

Copier machines

pillows

Answer yes

or no to the following questions.

.

Do you

live

near heavy traffic?

2.

Do you

live

near factory pollution?

3.

Do you

live

near crop spraying?

4.

Do you have a gas clothes dryer?

5.

Do you have a gas water heater?

6.

Do you have a gas kitchen stove?

7.

Do you have a gas

8.

Do you have a gas space heater?

9.

Do you

1

10. Are you

1 1

.

feel

worse

aware

fireplace?

in

the winter

of smelling

•

Musty, moldy smells?

•

New house

•

Plastic smells?

•

Leaky gas?

Is

when

your

home

is

more closed up?

any odors upon entering your house

smells?

your sense of smell below average?

1

2.

Have you been bothered by chemicals that you encounter on the job?

1

3.

Have you been exposed

14.

Do you have hobbies

to

chemicals at work, either

now

or in past jobs?

that involve working with glues, solvents, paints, or other

chemicals?

1

5.

Do you get severe hangovers from alcohol? TOTAL YOUR ANSWERS HERE

Scoring:

„

If

you have

fifteen or

more yes answers,

it

is highly likely that

you are chemically sensitive.

N

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A hair analysis

is

the best indicator

buildup in the brain.

(I'll

talk

we have

of heavy metal

more about this simple

test later

in this chapter.) •

A

test for

Candida yeast may uncover what

is

suppressing

your immune system and muddling your brain (more on Candida in the next chapter).

TURNING OFF YOUR CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Once you have nailed down (through play tricks

with your brain,

First:

the

chemical

A chemical ecologist can prepare a neutralizing dose con-

taining minute this is

amounts of the chemical

to

which you are

sensitive.

placed under your tongue, the chemical sensitivity

fades within minutes. At the ability to

to

can occur through a three-step procedure.

culprit(s)

When

lab tests) the substances that

desensitization

handle that chemical

scription of "drops" to take

same is

time, your

immune system's may get a preuntil your immune

strengthened. You

home and use

daily

system can handle the exposure normally. Second: Your doctor will

potassium bicarbonate

in the

recommend you take sodium and

form of Alka-Seltzer Gold or give you a

prescription for alkali salts. These salts effectively neutralize the ex-

cess acidity that develops in the body during allergic reactions. tablets of Alka-Seltzer

Two

Gold help reduce the symptoms that occur

from chemical exposure. The adult dose

is

two

tablets every four

hours, not to exceed eight tablets in a twenty-four-hour period.

Third: to

It is

essential to avoid as

which you are

much

as possible the chemicals

sensitive. Also avoid or eliminate chemicals in

home that could potentially cause problems, •

your

including:

gas appliances

smoke

•

cigarette

•

perfumed cosmetics and perfumed hair spray

•

soft vinyl

•

spray cleaners for ovens, baths, and kitchens

•

air

You can

and

acrylic items

fresheners

further reduce chemical intake

by drinking only deep-well

water or bottled spring water. Avoid chlorinated tap water and foods

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been heavily sprayed with chemicals. Switch to organi-

grown products. Room and car air filters also help minimize exposure to chemical fumes. If you must work around chemicals, cally

consider wearing a portable charcoal mask.

FINDING THE RIGHT

DOCTOR

In the United States,

we have

the American

mental Medicine, which can refer you to a

who can test and pendix B for details). area

treat

Academy

of Environ-

clinical ecologist in

you for chemical

your

sensitivities (see

Ap-

There are also a number of excellent books on chemical hypersensitivity (see

on

this

Appendix

common problem.

D),

which can give you more information

Meanwhile, begin taking several capsules

of antioxidants daily (see the formula on page 50). These will help protect your brain from oxidation

damage and heighten your im-

mune system functioning.

TRACE METAL SENSITIVITIES AND VIOLENCE found myself seated next to the main speaker at a state conference on brain disorders a few years ago. Dr. William Walsh, Ph.D., spoke I

about being able to identify violent people through their trace metal chemistry. His story at

is

fascinating. In 1975,

he and other researchers

Argonne National Laboratories decided to get involved with help-

ing just-released prisoners

from a nearby penitentiary that he de-

scribed as a "dumping ground for the hopelessly violent and incorrigible."

The researchers began

their

work

believing that these

men were products of their environment and poor nurturing. So when a prisoner was released, the scientists met him at the gates with new clothes, a job interview, a place to live, and so on. It took two years of watching the high recidivism of these before realizing something was very wrong. Once

violent offenders Dr. Walsh's

faced the fact that psychological or sociological changes difference, they turned to exploring

whether

be physiologically different from the

rest of us.

team

made no

this population

could

Their search began with lab tests of blood and urine. But they

could not find any significant clues to a violent predisposition in the results.

About this time they met

Dr. Carl Pfeiffer,

who

advised them

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on trace metal buildup (such as lead, copper, zinc, and manNew studies were showing lead and cadmium are predomi-

to focus

ganese).

nant only in violent people! The scientists therefore began testing

hundreds of violent prisoners, looking erals

and metals

—and

at the hair levels of trace min-

the results were just as Pfeiffer had pre-

dicted! Moreover, they could

fit

most of the violent subjects

into

two

categories from the results of their hair analysis: Ttype-A people

were episodically violent but

felt

remorse following an "explosion";

Type-B individuals, with a different configuration of trace metals,

mean and

were, according to relatives and teachers, ally.

Type

no remorse

B's felt

nasty continu-

for their acts of violence,

and had been

antisocial since childhood.

The

first

Institute,

study published by Walsh's group, the Health Research

was an

eye-opener, too.

They had studied pairs of brothers,

one of whom had many violent incidents and the other

same house) who was a well-behaved

kid and doing very well in

school. In every instance, the violent boys levels that fell into either

Type

(living in the

had abnormal trace metal

A or Type B of the four classifications

of disordered chemistry that they put together from their research.

These four divisions

are:

Type A: severe episodic violence TVpe Type

B: sociopath/severely assaultive C: intermediate episodic violence

Type D: mild episodic violence After publishing their research, the Institute

UCLA

was challenged by

researchers to prove their findings by matching two hundred

blind hair samples, half from violent prisoners and half from stu-

dents and businesspeople. The accuracy of identification was almost 100 percent, except for a mistaken identification of a couple of prison guards as belonging to the violent group.

What follows

are the four biotypes identified by the Health Re-

search Institute. (Their research base included more than 150,000 people!) Early identification of these violent types and effective

treatment through rebalancing their errant chemistry

hope we have of reducing the incidents of violence

is

the best

in this country.

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Four Types of (Violent) Behavior Disorder (As identified by the Health Research

Institute, Naperville, Illinois)

Type A (Includes

40% of all behavior-disoriented chemistries)

COMMONLY OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS Episodic violence, followed by remorse for behavior Jekyll-Hyde behavior,

common in men

Poor stress control Attention deficit disorder

Academic underachiever Tantrums and physical fighting common Resistive behavior, promiscuity,

quency,

in

males

mood swings, and nonviolent delin-

common in women

Acne Blood histamine either abnormally high or low Sunburns easily Allergies

Behavior changes triggered by chocolate HAIR ELEMENT TEST LEVELS Elevated copper

Depressed zinc Elevated lead, cadmium, and other toxic metals

Elevated iron

Depressed sodium, potassium, manganese, and calcium (Note: The

magnesium

is

either very elevated or very depressed.)

OTHER BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES 40 percent are pyroluric 30 percent are hypoglycemic 30 percent are malabsorbers All histamines levels are in the

abnormal range (too high or too low)

Treatment for Type As involves correcting abnormal levels of minerals

and toxic metals, and

normal histamine

levels,

testing for pyroluria, hypoglycemia, ab-

and malabsorption. Type

A

children

improve substantially (85%) within twenty-five days of treatment.

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— only 0.3% of the population)

(Rare

COMMONLY OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS Frequently assaultive Total lack of conscience or remorse

Pathological liars

Cruelty to animals and people Antisocial/sociopath behavior

Sleeps only three to four hours nightly

Could be

serial killer/mass

Fascination with

murderer

fire

Strongly aggressive

High pain threshold Obsessive compulsive HAIR ELEMENT TEST LEVELS Elevated calcium Elevated magnesium

Depressed manganese Elevated sodium Severely depressed copper

Depressed zinc Elevated iron Elevated lead and/or other toxic metals

OTHER BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES Elevated histamine levels Elevated kryptopyrroles (pyroluric)

Treatment for Type B's involves restoring normal levels of mineral

and histamines and removing toxic metals. Pyroluria must also be corrected.

Type C

COMMONLY OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS Malabsorber (50% need hydrochloric acid [stomach

have an

intestinal

Underachiever Delinquent

problem)

acid]; others

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Argues, but does not hurt others

Slender Shoplifter

Seldom maintains a driver's license Impulsive Mildly aggressive

Low amino acid levels

in

blood testing

Irritable

Can't hold job,

shows poor work performance

HAIR ELEMENT TEST LEVELS

Depressed calcium Depressed magnesium Depressed copper Depressed zinc Depressed manganese

May have

elevated levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel, alu-

minum, or other toxins C's shows that most nutrient levels are They need treatment for malabsorption and multivitamin

Blood testing on Type low.

supplementation.

Type D

COMMONLY OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS Reactive to sugar: hypoglycemic Mildly aggressive

May be overweight Irritable after eating

Drowsy

after

sugar

meals

Nonviolent, but never reaches potential in Allergies

HAIR ELEMENT TEST LEVELS

Extremely high calcium Elevated magnesium (also extremely high)

Depressed sodium

Depressed potassium Depressed copper

Depressed zinc

life

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Depressed manganese Depressed chromium Treatment for Type D's involves correcting the hypoglycemic and

al-

lergic reactions.

Applying These Patterns

The above pattern types were first identified about ten years ago. Since HRC regularly does hair analysis tests on all our clients, we began comparing our own

clients' hair analysis test results to the

mineral and

We

consistently

trace metal abnormalities in the above four patterns.

found that the deficiencies and symptoms named in these four types fit our

and symptoms. Furthermore, we saw a gradsymptoms as the biochemical imbalances were

clients' deficiencies

ual reduction of these corrected. eocpect

When you set out to apply these patterns to yourself, do not

a perfect fit, but do recognize the clustering of your predomi-

nant characteristics, and of most of the mineral/toxic metal pattern listed.

Your recovery depends on normalizing these abnormal

you are young, the prognosis

for fast recovery is

sorry to say that older bodies take

much

levels. If

higher. I'm

more work and patience.

What You Need to Know About Hair Analysis Tests Hair analysis

is

often a better indicator than blood testing of defi-

ciencies or toxic buildup of the minerals, trace elements, and toxic metals. That's because metals can be stored in tissues even

they don't

show up

can detect: Arsenic

Cadmium Calcium

Chromium Copper Lead

Magnesium Manganese Mercury Nickel

Potassium

in the blood.

when

Here are the metals hair analysis

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Selenium

Sodium Zinc

You or your medical

doctor, chiropractor, or nutritionist can send a

sample of your hair to any of the laboratories

listed in

Appendix

C.

These labs have voluntarily accepted the guidelines for hair element analysis that

were established by the Hair Analysis Standardization

Board of the American

Holistic Medical Institute.

The following preparations are necessary before you submit a hair sample for analysis:

•

Do

not submit dyed hair or hair that has a permanent wave

less than

one month old (a pubic hair sample may be

tuted for scalp hair •

substi-

necessary).

Cut the hair as close to the scalp as possible, and discard but the

•

if

If

first

from the nape of your neck.

possible, clip the hair

• If you

all

one-and-a-half inches closest to the scalp.

are ordering an analysis directly from the lab, place a total

of one gram in a small envelope for submission. (A kit with a

cardboard scale for weighing the hair can be obtained from the laboratory.)

The

results will

come

directly to you, in

a printout.

Note: Please take the results to a trained professional for inter-

An

pretation.

readings,

untrained eye might misconstrue certain high

which actually may indicate storage of the mineral

in

question in the hair and soft tissues and an unavailability in the

blood and bone. So, face value.

The

and a computerized (If

analysis.

for copies for your records.)

Reducing Toxic Metals is

vital not to accept all the readings at

the lab test results were sent directly to your doctor, ask

him or her

Here

it is

lab will provide duplicate copies of the results

in

Your Body

a brief summary of symptoms and treatment for the most

common toxic metals. aluminum:

Aluminum

toxicity

has been associated with hyperactivity in

children and with Alzheimer's disease. In early stages of

aluminum

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252

aluminum

absorption, before the "tangles" of nerve fibers appear,

can be lowered with magnesium. Your daily dosage should be

levels

Adding one cup of Epsom

1,200 milligrams.

salts to

your bathwater

can also help bring high aluminum levels back to normal.

cadmium:

cadmium, and so smokers inhale fumes

Cigarette paper contains

from

metal with every cigarette. One pack contains 23 micro-

this

grams of cadmium. Excess intake of

this

metal can contribute to

chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. There

is

also a direct correla-

between high blood pressure and cadmium

tion

move cadmium from your

intake.

You can

re-

tissues with daily doses of zinc (40 mg),

selenium (200 meg), and calcium (1,200 mg). lead:

Persons

who work

jobs that expose

as house painters, garage mechanics, or at other

them

to lead are at high risk of accumulating toxic

A

levels of this mineral.

lead buildup can impair your concentration

and shorten your attention span. Your thinking may also become muddled and

irritable.

move

Megadoses of vitamin Bi (200

mg

symptoms. Calcium (1,200

relieve these

mg

daily)

can help

per day) also helps

re-

lead from tissues. However, the preferred treatment for lead

toxicity is

EDTA

chelation therapy

combined with several

injections

of vitamin Bi (see mercury description for information about EDTA).

mercury: Sugar lovers tend to have terrible teeth with

lots of

mercury

fillings

(as of this writing, all silver fillings being used are over half mercury!).

these

Recent reports about the effects of the mercury contained

fillings

help explain

why

so

many

aches and pains, depression, and fatigue.

enced dramatic improvement their

mercury

fillings

in their

were removed.

travenous infusions of vitamin

C

in

people also complain about

Many of our clients

experi-

emotions and bodies after

It is

important to treat with

to counteract the

mercury the

intis-

sues have absorbed.

Mercury poisoning can cause loss,

headache, vision

loss,

suicidal depression, fatigue,

speech disorders, emotional

memory

instability,

and confusion. (The expression "mad as a hatter" comes from the

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EXCESS MANGANESE TIED NOT ONLY TO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BUT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER! In a five-year study

conducted by the chairman of psychiatry

manganese

at the University of California, Irvine, levels of

were found to be over 400 percent higher

in the

head hair of

63 percent of violent criminals (versus 11% of the nonviolent controls).

Researchers were even more surprised

when

three other

(ADD) children had 100 percent higher amounts of manganese than non-

studies reported that the hair of attention deficit

ADD children!

Scientists

have

now identified one major source

of manganese: today's infant formulas contain forty to sixty

times more manganese content than the manganese naturally present in mother's milk. Over thirty scientific papers

now

re-

port significant reductions in aggressive and violent behavior

by lowering the toxic element

levels,

ized nutrient treatment in such

days

In

some

cases,

became "mad"

individual-

ADD children.

when mercury vapor was used to

called hatters,

and providing

clean hats. The cleaners, then

as a result of their mercury exposure.)

mercury poisoning must be treated with

EDTA chela-

tion therapy. This involves intravenous administration of ethylenedi-

amine

tetra acetate, a substance that

combines with metals

like

mercury, lead, and cadmium, and removes them from the body. Your

how many treatments you need. For a EDTA chelation therapy, contact the

doctor will have to determine list

of physicians

who

use

American College of Advancement Drive, Suite 204,

Laguna

Hills,

in Medicine,

CA 92653,

23121 Verdugo

714-583-7666.

Minerals That Can Be Toxic Hair analysis will also indicate levels of copper and manganese (see

Chapter 7 for a discussion of copper toxicity and treatment). Elevated levels of these two minerals should be confirmed by serum

copper and serum manganese

tests.

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INFANT VACCINATION PROGRAMS AND BEHAVIOR: ALWAYS A GOOD THING? Infant vaccination programs: something responsible parents

to today are beginning to ture. It

from

come

do for

comparing the prevaccination era

their children, right? Well, studies

together,

appears quite possible that there

and

is

a frightening

it is

damage

serious

pic-

resulting

injecting all these live viral toxins into our infants to stave off

disease. Science

is

now assessing

our children's restlessness, aggres-

sive behavior, attention deficit disorder,

and even violence as

possi-

bly coming from vaccine-caused encephalitis (brain inflammation).

As background information, your brain functions impulses that jump across nerve synapses.

And

via electrical

like

electrical

wiring, these nerve cells require insulation to function normally.

This insulation are laid

down

is

provided by myelin sheaths of fatty material that

during the

first five

weeks of life. Experts

believe that

these viral injections can trigger an autoimmune reaction that

at-

tacks and prevents development of these myelin sheaths so that

all

future nerve impulses (messages) are damaged.

The battery of inoculations

when

they have no

that is given to our infants at

immune system

and be-

tection could very well account for today's unstable, antisocial, haviorally disordered

•

American

kids.

Here are just a few of the

Serious nervous system and other reactions to the measle

rubella erature.

(MMR vaccines)

have repeatedly been reported

to

is

in

findings:

mumps-

medical

These reactions include encephalitis. The prestigious

Journal Lancet published a 1998 study by that

impressive in

its

MMR vaccinations.

a time

protection nor myelin sheath pro-

Andrew

lit-

British

Wakefield, M.D.,

linkage of "regressive developmental disorder"

His newest study that

is

now

in press also con-

damage from MMR injections. The Dawbarris Law Firm of England has published a paper in which they report over six hundred instances of side effects following MMR vaccines, which were introduced in England in 1988. The side effects include autism, epilepsy, visual and hearing problems,

firms the shocking neurological •

and learning and behavioral problems

in the older children.

The Physicians Desk Reference on the MMR vaccine states that complications from MMR are encephalitis and optic neuritis. Reactions to dyptheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) vaccines include en•

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and brain damage,

leading, in a sizable

num-

ber of cases, to persistent diseases or death. Harris Coulter, Ph.D., in his 1990 lence tis

&

book Vaccination, Social

Vio-

Criminality, points out that vaccination-caused encephali-

can range from severe to extremely mild, but

still

it

does

long-term damage. The less serious cases are not mentally retarded,

but they do suffer a loss of IQ. Instead of blindness, these children

may have

astigmatism or be dyslexic

spelling, or

(i.e.,

have

understanding numbers). Often there

difficulty reading, is

a disturbance of

sleep rhythm, and the children turn night into day.

may have

Instead of being totally deaf, they

—

chronic earaches

specifically otitis

drainage tubes. This type of practice before the early

otitis

fifties,

mild hearing loss or

media or "glue

was unknown

the time

when

in

ear," requiring

American medical

the pertussis vaccine

was introduced. Now, over half of all American children have had otitis media by their first birthday, and over 90 percent by age Dr.

cephalitis as having "low self-esteem

of rage. ior, this

six.

Coulter describes children with vaccination-caused en.

.

.

they are given to outbursts

When combined with their tendency to compulsive behavleads to many acts of impulsive violence." Dr. Coulter esti-

mates that one out of

five children

vaccinations. This percentage

is

have been injured by childhood

comparable to the 20 percent of

American children who have been diagnosed as hyperactive. If the possible danger posed by infant vaccination sounds preposterous to you

still, let's

look at the chronological events in the

U.S. vaccination programs: • •

The The

first

vaccinations began in the late 1930s.

first

handful of autistic children were documented in the

early 1940s. Signs of autism are the inability to use

words

for

language, isolation from people, spinning, staring, and aggres-

toward people and even objects. After World War II, as infant vaccination programs expanded,

sive behavior •

the

number of autistic

children increased greatly.

The cases of

autism in the United States have risen from a total of 11 cases in 1943 to

over 250,000 today, and the number of children in

special education classes because of hyperactivity,

ADD, and

dyslexia has risen from zero in the 1950s to about one million today.

Ten million children are currently dyslexic.

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As the

first

generation of vaccinated children (from 1945)

reached age nine in the 1950s,

it

was found that most had seriWhy Johnny Can't Read

ous reading problems. (The popular

was published then.) •

In 1963,

ams and

when

same children took

these

college entrance ex-

military service exams, their IQs

were found

to be

lower than the previous generation, and IQ scores have been declining steadily ever since. •

As this same generation entered and have maintained a

early adulthood, they created

historically high incidence of violence.

(Since 1960, violent crime has increased almost 400 percent

nine times greater than the growth of the U.S. population in that period, according to the FBI.)

A large body of research on

the neurologic status of violent persons links them to postencephalitic (brain inflammation) conditions: hyperactivity,

low

And

IQ, allergies, seizure disorders, dyslexia.

increasingly there

seems

programs, behavior, and even

to be a link

illness,

between vaccination

as documented by scientists

worldwide:

•

In 1975,

Japan raised the age of pertussis (whooping cough)

vaccination to two years (rather than giving the shot in early infancy, as in the United States), in order to give their babies'

immune systems a chance that time, there has

to strengthen

and mature. Since

been a dramatic decline

in

sudden infant

deaths (SID), spinal meningitis, autism, violence, and other toxic vaccine effects in Japanese children. •

In 1979,

ering

it

Sweden banned the pertussis vaccine altogether,

one of the lowest infant mortality rates

in the world,

and has

fewer instances of ADD than does the United States per •

consid-

both ineffective and dangerous. Today, Sweden maintains far

capita.

England and a host of other nations have a voluntary vaccina-

program that is not as stringently enforced as is the U.S. program of vaccination. All these countries have lower infant tion

mortality rates than the United States.

were

Sudden

infant deaths

insignificant in the United States before the 1950s; today

8,000 crib deaths occur yearly. •

In 1999, the

New

York Times reported that the health minister

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"Hepatitis

B

vaccinations in schools

because of fears the vaccine causes neurological disorders." In the United States, tals

we now

give this vaccine to babies in hospi-

within twenty-four hours after they are born.

I

was with my

two-week-old granddaughter, Chrissie, and her parents when her pediatrician insisted on injecting her. Hepatitis

B

is

a

dis-

ease that can only be transmitted through infected blood, usually

by IV drug users or sexually promiscuous

adults.

When we

politely refused this vaccination, this doctor told us that

Chrissie

was not welcome

at his office again. Yet the risk of

American infant contracting

hepatitis

an

B is far less than one in a

million, according to the Centers for Disease Control! In 1996,

there were

more than three times

as

many reported hepatitis-B

vaccine-associated serious adverse events as there were re-

ported cases of the disease in children under age fourteen.

Weighing the Risks

By no means am I opposed like virtually all of the

to the use of

all

childhood vaccines, but

speakers at the 1997 National Vaccine Infor-

mation Center Conference

in Virginia,

I

decry the headlong rush into

these programs without adequate safety screening. lished fact that the drug

an estab-

It is

companies campaigning for more intensive

use of vaccines have not tested them sufficiently or heeded the red flags

being reported by the public.

One must weigh the have occurred

in the

risks against the facts: (1)

cases of polio

United States since 1979 except in children

were inoculated with the tors use the

No

live polio

vims. (Parents must

dead polio virus to avoid

this risk.) (2)

who

insist doc-

The

high-risk

side effects from pertussis vaccine certainly can worry a parent

about these injections. Parents who choose to wait a few years until their children's immune systems and myelin sheaths are developed need to keep in

mind that they are doing this because: •

Vaccines are showing immediate, sometimes

fatal effects

on

infants. •

Vaccines have

unknown long-term side damage in some.

effects, particularly

postencephalitis brain •

The protection from disease

that vaccines provide decreases

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over time, creating adult susceptibility of a far more serious nature.

Most childhood diseases for which we now inoculate are rare The balance appears to be tipping in favor of not

in this country.

risking neurological disease in your infant. Books, articles, tional organizations that will

tion are listed in

Appendix D. After you gather the

have to make your

own

and na-

send you additional tapes and informafacts,

you

will

decision.

Fixing What's Broken What can we do for the kids and adults who already live with neurological damage that leaves them hyper, agitated, irritable, or angry? Whatever the cause, we can address these symptoms by loading such brains with calming, natural chemicals, and we can build up the immune systems with substances that strengthen their capacity to protect us.

The Health Recovery Center formula for irritability, sudden and violence incorporates amino acids and essential fatty

anger,

acids

known

to

brain. At HRC we have seen the repeated My only caution, is that it seems to take a full

calm the

success of this formula.

two weeks before extremely agitated people calm down noticeably. We include tryptophan in this formula based on some hard facts about the chemistry of anger and violence that arose from a 1982 study of two groups of murderers. The first group had committed unprovoked murders their aggression was spontaneous. The second

—

group only

killed after

much

planning and premeditation.

An analysis

of the cerebral spinal fluid of both groups revealed that levels of a serotonin metabolite (hydroxyindoleactic acid or 5HIAA) were cantly lower

among

crime and planned to Since serotonin

is

(who

dampen and control their sudlittle premeditated group (who simply brooded on the

acted because of too

den anger) than the

signifi-

the unprovoked, spontaneous murderers

serotonin to

kill)

or a group of normal noncriminal controls.

derived from tryptophan,

we can

conclude that

calm, nonviolent chemistry requires an adequate intake of tryptophan plus

B3 and B6

,

the nutrients that convert tryptophan to serotonin.

Another brain chemical with calming properties (gamma-aminobutyric

by stimulating the

acid).

is

GABA

Valium and similar tranquilizers work

GABA receptors in the brain.

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THE HRC FORMULA FOR IRRITABILITY, SUDDEN ANGER, AND VIOLENCE Nutrient

Dose

Tryptophan*

500

Directions

mg

1

capsule 3 times

daily:

mid-morning, mid-afternoon,

and Alpha waves (Bio-Recovery™) •

Glycine

•

Taurine

•

Vitamin C (Ester C)

• Niacinamide •

Calcium

•

Magnesium

• Vitamin

•

bedtime

1-2 capsules, 3 times

167mg 167mg 100 mg 10 mg 16.7 mg 10 mg 25 mg 16.7 mg

GABA

•

at

B 6 (pyridoxine)

daily:

mid-morning, mid-afternoon,

and

at

bedtime

Passionflower

50

extract (6:1)

mg mg

• Inositol

50

Niacinamide

500

mg

1

capsule

daily,

with food

Coldwater

fish (EPA)

(Omega-3

fatty acids)

3519 mg

300 mg

Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA)

(Omega-6 EFA)

Note:

If

your

(oil)

1

tblsp with breakfast

1

tblsp with supper

1

capsule

daily,

with food

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts

total

'Tryptophan

dosage (see chart page is

available only

by prescription

certain pharmacies. The two that

we use

for

56). in the

are:

United States and Canada. Your doctor can order

it

only from

Hopewell Pharmacy, 1-800-792-6670, and College Pharmacy, 1-800-

888-9358.

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Glycine

is

combined with

another amino acid that can reduce aggression inositol.

when

Glycine strengthens the calming alpha brain

waves and reduces excitatory beta waves.

Taurine, another

amino acid,

helps to regulate the excitable tissues of the central nervous system.

The herbal passion flower extract

is

a formulation that also has

a calming influence on the brain.

Calcium and magnesium also work to calm the brain and central nervous system.

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260

The omega-3 essential fatty acids in the form of cold-water fish will calm and regulate the brain. There is compelling scientific evidence to

show that gamma-linolenic

verses hyperactivity.

An

acid (from omega-6

EFA)

re-

English study of ten thousand hyperactive

youngsters detected consistent abnormalities in their essential fatty acid availability.

New

The

findings

were challenged by two groups of

Zealand psychiatrists. They then tested hyperactive children

—

and came up with the same results: There was not enough omega-6 gamma-linolenic acid to load adequate prosta-

themselves

glandin Ei (PGE1) in the brain. Recently, researchers at Purdue University have again

proven the same research.

Doctors once believed that children outgrow hyperactivity in adolescence, but

symptoms tivity,

now we know Many

disappear.

that there

is

no magic age

at

which

adults exhibit telltale signs of hyperac-

including such nervous habits as nail biting, foot juggling, ag-

gressiveness, unstable emotions, restless sleep,

with a louder or more high-pitched voice

when

irritability,

speaking

stressed,

and adult

temper tantrums. If you suspect neurological damage is causing some of your problems, plan to couple the formula for irritability,

sudden anger, and violence with

the

formula

to

strengthen your

immune system, found in the next chapter. But remember, when determining the uppermost

safe dose

do not increase beyond the highest recommended dosage of any one formula (see point 2, page 55).

for any nutrient in this book,

Where Do You

Fit In?

Now that you are familiar with the various problems that can underlie

your sudden anger

tion or hyperactivity,

flare-ups, or

it's

your feelings of continual

irrita-

time to determine the actions to take. You

have options, so check the categories that best apply to you. Correct hypoglycemia through diet and a nutritional regimen (review Chapter

3).

Replace essential fatty acids and restore high levels of calming neurotransmitters and other natural chemicals that quiet your brain and central nervous system (review Chapter 3 and take the formula on page 259).

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Invest in a hair analysis to check your levels of mineral and

possible toxic metals.

Contact a clinical ecologist to test you for chemical ties.

Have

this

(see Chapter

9).

Consider strengthening your immune system the

full

sensitivi-

doctor also check for candida-related complex

if

you have had

childhood course of viral vaccinations (see Chapter

9).

Remember, the expert medical help you need can be obtained in Appendix B, and the exact same nutrient formulas that we use at HRC can be sent to you within two days by callfrom the references ing 1-800-247-6237.

CHAPTER

9

Me

Just Prop

Up,

I'm Too Tired to Care The Answers

f

you have

faithfully

What's Keeping You Fatigued

to

changed your

diet

of the bio-repair program outlined so is still

and applied the principles

far,

yet

you know something you to several

missing, take heart. This chapter will alert

huge troublemakers that are notorious for wiping out your energy

and mental

clarity.

Jack, a frail forty-jive-year-old carpenter, after he

was

had attempted

suicide.

friendly, outgoing,

and

He

told

came

to

and subjected

to

trauma of

the

less.

shortly

me, "As a young man, I

"kill

overcome

to

avail.

I'm just too tired

Jack

made

it

to

my fatigue and emptiness.

had very

little

As

tests I

We found

no

proposed would be his

expected, this testing revealed

immune system strength, most of which had

probably been knocked out long ago by his exposure ange.

to

stay alive."

plain that the lab

last stab at recovering his health.

that he

many

depressed and rudder-

spent twenty years going in and out of VA hospitals,

I've

My

Agent Orange

or be killed" over

to the States I felt

I have never been able to

me

full of anticipation for living.

problems began in Vietnam, where I was exposed months. When I returned

see

severe food allergies

and chemical

to

Agent Or-

sensitivities.

—

His Candida score was extremely high. His CMV (cytomegalovirus a herpes organism that creates fever, malaise, and joint-muscle pains) and Epstein-Barr (another herpeslike virus causing a mononucleosis-like infection) antibody levels were positive. Other tests

showed he was severely malnourished. Unfortunately, we 2

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information from the federal government on any residue of Agent Orange, the official position being "It didn't happen." As Vietnam veterans can't prove their symptoms are caused by Agent Orange, the government refuses to

how

to get

detoxify

to

assist with solutions for this contamination.

immune system from scratch by rewas causing the breakdown (more on this later in this chapter). We used IV infusions containing high amounts of vitamin C to detoxify him. It was a slow process, but Jack needed

ducing the

to

total

rebuild his

load that

gradually, through correcting his Jack's long-lost

many

biochemical problems,

stamina returned.

There are a number of reasons you might tigued. Like Jack, diet,

or your

you may be reaping the

feel chronically fa-

effects of

symptoms may be caused by a "mixed

an unhealthy

infection" syn-

drome, meaning you are co-existing with bacterial or tions, parasites, or toxins that are

viral infec-

weakening your immune system

and your stamina, triggering a chronic fatigue syndrome

may have

in you.

You

severe food allergies or an overgrowth of Candida albi-

cans, a fungal yeast that debilitates

its

many victims

systematically.

You may even be experiencing intense feelings of weakness and tigue from daily exposure to strong electromagnetic fields. I'll

discuss each of these complex causes of chronic fatigue.

whether you are

We'll determine

overcome these tic

fa-

recoveries

affected,

debilitating disorders.

among

I

clients afflicted with

and

if

you

are,

how

to

have seen some dramasuch problems, so don't

give up!

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), or Running on

Empty

Since the eighties, there has been a steadily growing

number

of peo-

ple classified as having CFS. This exhausted state affects several million Americans, causing a lingering state of profound

and

fatigue.

The average length of their malaise

this time, only half of those afflicted

is

weakness

years. During

with this immunodeficiency

order are able to work regularly because of their In 1985, the

two

dis-

illness.

Annals of Internal Medicine published a

profile of

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CARE

common symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome. Fatigue was the number-one complaint. Here are the others. Symptom

Percent Affected

Easily fatigued

95

Fatigue alternating

70

with periods of normalcy

Headache

80

Low-grade afternoon

78

fever

Swollen lymph glands

70

Poor concentration

70

Sore throat

70

Depression

70

Allergies

65

Muscle aches/joint pains

50

Anxiety attacks

50

Mental confusion

50

Sleep disturbance

50

Abdominal problems

35

Weight loss

20

Skin rash

15

Besides ongoing fatigue, a majority of CFS sufferers experience memory loss and deficits in their ability to think and communicate, according to a 1990 article in Medical World News. Their MRI scans often show brain lesions similar to multiple sclerosis patterns. With so many

symptoms arising from this syndrome, nailing the culprits that it is no easy task. In his book Solving the Puzzle of CFS, Michael Rosenbaum, M.D., makes a strong case for CFS patients succumbing to a "mixed infection syndrome," which may involve a diverse

give rise to

combination of synergistic viruses, yeasts, bacteria, and parasites.

DO If you

I

HAVE CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME?

have wondered

if

your fatigue

falls in

the "normal" category or

could be classified as "chronic," you will be interested in the 1994 vised definition of

CFS by

re-

the Centers for Disease Control (which

they offer for insurance purposes):

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onset of fatigue that causes a 50 percent reduction in

one's activities for at least six months. •

Exclusion of other illnesses that cause fatigue.

•

Eight of the following eleven signs and symptoms:

Mild fever (between 100°F to 102°F) or chills

Recurrent sore throat Painful

lymph nodes

Muscle weakness Myalgia (muscle ache)

Prolonged fatigue from mild exercise Recurrent headaches Migratory arthralgia (pain switches from joint to joint)

Neuropsychological complaints (anxiety, low moods) Sleep disturbance

Sudden onset of the symptom complex

If

you have some of the above symptoms, you have a malfunctioning system. The big question is, why is your immune system

immune failing

you?

Diet and Chronic Fatigue Over twenty-five years ago, a Russian research physician, Vladimir man, found that carbohydrate intolerances and an increase els in the

blood led to a dysfunction of large scavenger

macrophages) whose job fungi,

cancer

cells,

it

is

and other

in

Dil-

LDL lev-

cells (called

to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses,

cellular debris.

We

have already talked

about Americans' high sugar intake, which creates abnormal blood sugar levels (Chapter 3 fatty acids (Chapter

and their corresponding low intake of omega-

3), 6),

terol (and triglycerides)

which,

when increased, reduces LDL

and increases the good

choles-

HDL cholesterol.

So

if

you are running on empty, begin at once to make these changes: •

Systematically avoid rice to boost

all

white

flours, refined sugars,

your immune system. Also

sugar with daily glutamine (a 500

grams of chromium picolinate

mg

daily.

stabilize

and white

your blood

capsule) and 200 micro-

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Supplement the omega-3 and

amounts found

I'M TOO TIRED TO

UP,

CARE

-6 essential fatty acids daily (use

your Balanced Emotions Basic Formula on page 43) and fortify your health by reloading all the essential in

vitamins and minerals.

Viruses and Chronic Fatigue Concurrently with strengthening your immunity, you will want to

know what viruses, bacteria, and fungi have won the first rounds in the battle with your immune system. Laboratory tests will provide your physician with information you need to defeat these invaders. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been detected in

has the cytomegalovirus and

human herpes

many CFS

patients, as

Type VI (HHV-VT).

virus

Antibody blood titer tests for these can be routinely done by most labs.

Treating Viral Invaders Holistically Luckily, these natural substances are extraordinary in their abilities

to inhibit viral activity,

and

you'll find

them

in the

formula for

fight-

ing viruses (page 267):

•

Vitamin ies' It

(ascorbic acid) actually

makes interferon (our bodcompound) at high doses.

should be taken in divided doses to "bowel tolerance"

diarrhea •

C

natural antiviral and anticancer

is

The antioxidants are free-radical scavengers. They boost immune response to viruses. These include: vitamins zinc, dimethyl-glycine, cysteine,

•

(until

triggered).

A and E,

selenium,

glutathione, and methionine.

The B-complex vitamins boost energy and act as co-enzymes to vital chemical reactions.

•

The

essential

T-lymphocyte •

Alpha

lipoic acid is so

shown to •

amino acids produce antibodies and stimulate cell activity.

powerful that

it

has recently been

significantly inhibit replication of the

Co-enzyme

Q

10 plays a huge

HIV virus.

role in strengthening the im-

mune

system. Take 300 milligrams

ward

off cancer

daily, in

divided doses, to

and protect against radiation damage from

electromagnetic radiation. (A discussion of this real danger follows later in this chapter.)

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THE HRC FORMULA FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS NATURALLY Nutrient

Dose

Vitamin C (Ester C)

675

Directions

mg

3 capsules every four hours to bowel

tolerance

Antioxidant complex (A, E, zinc,

3 capsules with breakfast

dimethyl glycine,

cysteine, glutathione, methionine

3 capsules with supper >

Bio-aminos

3 capsules twice daily

on an empty stomach

100mg

Co-enzyme Q 10 (oil

1

capsule 3 times daily

with food

base)

Pyridoxine (B 6 )

250 mg

1

capsule daily with food

Lipoic acid

100

mg

1

capsule 3 times daily

Note:

your

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts

total

dosage (see chart page

for

56).

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•

B6

increases antibodies, thymus activity, and lymphocytes,

of which are needed to increase •

Herbs such as echinacea, gingko

immune

biloba, silymarin,

also have antiviral properties. At

all

function.

HRC we

and cat's claw

have long used

sily-

marin for treating liver damage due to alcoholism, and have seen

an astoundingly quick reversal of all elevated

liver readings.

Yeast Overgrowth (Candida)

and Chronic Fatigue Carol,

a pleasant thirty-five-year-old

teacher,

antibiotics in college to clear her complexion. ten years later, she

had started taking the time we met

By

was using them for recurring vaginal

yeast in-

fections and bouts with bronchitis. She complained of being tired all the time. Her concentration was so poor it was destroying her ability to teach.

Food did not energize

her. Instead, after

eating a

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meal, she often found she could hardly stay awake.

Her

CARE

solution

became skipping lunch and existing instead on coffee, cigarettes, and sugar snacks. Carol complained of ongoing sinus problems, itching ears, and constantly having to clear her throat. She felt cold most of the time. The chronic fatigue that had slowly engulfed her was gradually changing her life. She now slept nine or ten still felt exhausted and weak. At the time was on more antibiotics in the hope of recovering her health. Symptoms pointed to a yeast invasion that now had the upper hand in her body.

hours each night, yet she

we met

she

Lab

tests

showed elevated

levels

immune system was fighting,

its

war

against

had become systemic and were making on multiple fronts. Her antithyroid antibody panel was

Candida trouble

of Candida antibodies. Carol's

but not winning,

yeast. These fungi

also elevated, indicating her

immune system was

playing a role

in killing off her thyroid as well as the Candida yeast. (For un-

known

reasons, this occurs fairly often in our clients with Can-

dida.) Carol

was cold and tired all the hormone circulating.

time, partly

from having

too little thyroid

The good news

mour

that

all

of this

is fixable.

A prescription for Ar-

thyroid will quickly deliver that missing hormone.

next pages that

is

will describe

I

And

in the

a number of powerful nutritional weapons

knock out Candida yeast.

A HISTORY OF THE FUNGUS THAT LIVES IN OUR BODIES It

has been

fifty

identified as

years since the Candida albicans fungus

was

first

a cause of bodily infections under the right conditions.

Slowly the medical community has become aware of Candida's ability to proliferate

and invade practically every organ of the body

given the opportunity. According to public health experts, Candida

overgrowth

may affect as many as 20 million Americans today.

Candida albicans

is

a microscopic plant about the size of a red

a cousin to the molds that

damp basements

blood

cell. It is

and

related to the fungus that causes athlete's foot.

is

live in

The textbook

Medical Mycology describes Candida albicans as "mild mannered creatures incapable of producing infections in normal, healthy indi-

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can only cause trouble

viduals. [A yeast]

ened defenses.

NATURALLY

EE,

.

The

person with weak-

in the

clinical manifestations of

are exceedingly variable

.

.

.

Candida infections

[and] account for the vast majority

diseases caused by yeast." The Candida yeast normally inhabits the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, and colon. But sometimes something occurs that allows the yeast to colonize far beyond the immune system's abilities

of

.

.

.

to hold

it

in

check with antibodies.

SIGNS OF CANDIDA YEAST INFECTION Today's high technology

is

responsible for our current

woes with

fungal opportunists, mostly through our overuse of antibiotics.

These destroy

all

the friendly flora in our intestinal tract, leaving be-

hind only the Candida yeast, which not only survive but flourish and multiply in their

new environment. Our continued use

of antibiotics,

steroids, birth control pills, anti-inflammatory drugs, refined sugars,

alcohol,

and meats laced with

antibiotics, all contribute to the

steady invasion of Candida yeast throughout our tissues and organs.

With the right conditions, Candida can reproduce quickly. body's

immune system

is

When

the

impaired, this opportunist takes over.

Signs of possible Candida infestation include:

Bloating, swelling, or gas after eating

Frequent diarrhea or constipation Recurring vaginal yeast infections Recurring urinary tract infections

muggy days or in moldy places Feeling light-headed from a small amount of wine or beer Feeling worse on damp,

Recurring sinus infections or fungal infections of the nails

Chronic fatigue and fogginess Past heavy use of antibiotics that preceded any of the above

symptoms

DIAGNOSING CANDIDIASIS The doctors who have worked with me

at Health

Recovery Center

have considered patient history as important as the laboratory studies in

diagnosing Candida. In the

final analysis,

the most definitive

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may be the patient's response to an antifungal drug like Diflucan

or nystatin combined with an anticandida

Some

doctors

still

diet.

adhere to the old (and incorrect) view that

Candida yeast accounts for only disorders

in the intestinal tract,

for disorders occurring elsewhere in the body. Since they

ploy blood tests that doesn't exist.

If

show

Candida, these doctors

may

not

do not emtell

your M.D. dismisses the notion that Candida

you

it

may be

blame for otherwise unexplained symptoms, encourage him to test. If you have a yeast-related illness, your immune system is busy making high amounts of Candida

to

seek medical proof through a lab

antibodies in an effort to control the overgrowth, and these antibody levels

can be measured with a blood

The

we

test

test.

use to detect Candida albicans

candida-antibody panel.

measures

It

called the

is

levels of three different anti-

bodies: IgG, IgA, IgM. Normally, these levels are 100

MONA

(mea-

sure of normal activity) units or below. In people with candidiasis,

one or more of the antibody counts ing us the

immune system

is

elevated over 100 units, show-

is

fighting the yeast.

Of these three

anti-

body measures, the IgG signifies either a past or ongoing infection, IgA shows current mucosal or vaginal candidiasis, and IgM is the best indicator of current Candida infestation.

The

lab

ries (see

we

use for this analysis

Appendix C

drawback

is

that

it

for address

is

Immuno

Diagnostic Laborato-

and telephone). This

assumes your immune system

test's

is still in

only

the busi-

ness of sending out Candida antibodies. Yet in some chronic longtime sufferers, this immunal activity has

exhaustion and defeat. This current

is

finally

"dried up"

—in

a situation where the case history and

symptoms speak more

strongly than the testing, and a

trial

run of medication, nutritional antifungals, and diet are in order.

The Candida Questionnaire and Score Sheet on page 271 was signed by William Crook, M.D.,

awareness of

de-

who has long led the battle to elevate

this crippling disease.

The questionnaire

is

designed

for adults; the scoring system is not appropriate for children.

It lists

promote the growth of Candida albicans (Section A) and the symptoms commonly found in persons with yeast-related illness (Sections B and C).

factors in your medical history that

.

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CANDIDA QUESTIONNAIRE AND SCORE SHEET For each "yes"

record

it

in

answer

Section A, circle the point score

in

the box at the end of the section. Then

in

move on

that section. Total your score to Sections

and

B and C and score as

directed. Filling

out and scoring this questionnaire should help you and your physician evaluate the

possible role of yeasts

in

contributing to your health problems, but

it

will

not provide an

automatic diagnosis.

Section A: History POINT SCORE 1

Have you taken tetracyclines (Sumycin, Panmycin, Vibramycin, Minocin, etc.) or

2.

Have you,

at

any time

in

your

life,

taken other broad-spectrum antibiotics*

for respiratory, urinary, or other infections (for

shorter courses four or

3.

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other antibiotics for acne for one month (or longer)?

more times

Have you taken a broad-spectrum

in

two months or

35

longer, or in

a one-year period)?

antibiotic

drug*— even

a single

6

course?

4.

Have you,

at

any time

in

your

prostatitis, vaginitis, or other

5.

Have you been pregnant

Two

or

.

life,

25

been bothered by persistent

problems affecting your reproductive organs?

.

more times?

5

One time?

6.

Have you taken For

.

months

to

1

8

two years? or other cortisone-type drugs

.

more than two weeks?

For two

weeks

Does exposure

to

Moderate Mild

to

6

perfumes, insecticides, .

fabric,

shop odors, or other

.

20

severe symptoms?

symptoms?

5

Are your symptoms worse on damp,

muggy days

'Including Keflex, ampicillin, amoxicillin, Ceclor, Bactrim, they're killing off those that

.

1

or less?

chemicals provoke

9.

.

Have you taken prednisone, Decadron, For

8.

birth control

more than two years?

For six

7.

3

cause

infection.

or in

and Septra. Such

moldy places?

antibiotics

kill

off the

20

"good germs" while

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1

0.

Have you had

athlete's foot, ringworm, jock itch, or other chronic

fungus

infections of the skin or nails?

Have such

been

infections

.

.

Severe or persistent?

20

Mild to moderate?

10

11.

Do you crave sugar?

10

12.

Do you crave breads?

10

10

1

3.

Do you crave

1

4.

Does tobacco smoke

alcoholic beverages?

really bother

you?

10

TOTAL SCORE, SECTION A

Section B: Major

For each

symptom

Symptoms

that

is

present, enter the appropriate figure

in

the point score

column: If

a

symptom

is

occasional or mild

If

a

symptom

is

frequent and/or moderately severe

score 6 points

If

a

symptom

is

severe and/or disabling

score 9 points

score 3 points

POINT SCORE

1

1.

Fatigue or lethargy

2.

Feeling of being drained

3.

Poor

4.

Feeling spacey or unreal

5.

Inability to

6.

Numbness, burning,

7.

Insomnia

8.

Muscle aches

9.

Muscle weakness or paralysis

0.

Pain and/or swelling

memory

make

decisions

or tingling

in joints

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11.

Abdominal pain

12.

Constipation

13.

Diarrhea

14.

Bloating, belching, or intestinal

15.

Troublesome vaginal burning,

16.

Prostatitis

17.

Impotence

1

8.

gas

itching, or

discharge

Loss of sexual desire or feeling

19.

Endometriosis or

20.

Cramps and/or other menstrual

21.

Premenstrual tension

infertility

irregularities

22. Attacks of anxiety or crying

23.

Cold hands or feet and/or chilliness

24.

Shaking or

irritable

when hungry

TOTAL SCORE, SECTION B

Section C: Major Symptoms''' For each

symptom

that

is

present, enter the appropriate figure

in

the point score column:

If

a symptom

is

occasional or mild

score

If

a symptom

is

frequent and/or moderately severe

score 2 points

If

a symptom

is

severe and/or persistent

score 3 points

1.

Drowsiness

2.

Irritability

3.

Uncoordination

1

point

or jitteriness

t While the symptoms

in this section

commonly occur in

occur in patients who do not have Candida.

patients with yeast-connected illness, they also

commonly

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POINT SCORE

concentrate

4.

Inability to

5.

Frequent

6.

Headache

7.

Dizziness/loss of balance

8.

Pressure above ears, feeling of head swelling

9.

Tendency

mood swings

to bruise easily

10.

Chronic rashes or itching

1 1

Psoriasis or recurrent hives

.

1 2.

Indigestion or heartburn

13.

Food

14.

Mucus

15.

Rectal itching

16.

Dry mouth or throat

1

7.

18.

1

9.

sensitivity or intolerance

in

Rash or

stools

blisters in

mouth

Bad breath

Foot, hair, or

body odor not relieved by washing

20.

Nasal congestion or postnasal drip

21.

Nasal itching

22. Sore throat

23.

Laryngitis, loss of voice

24.

Cough

25.

Pain or tightness

26.

Wheezing or shortness

or recurrent bronchitis

in

chest

of breath

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,

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27.

Urinary frequency, urgency, or incontinence

28.

Burning on urination

29.

Spots

30.

Burning or tearing of eyes

31

Recurrent infections or

.

32.

eyes or

in front of

erratic vision

fluid in

ears

Ear pain or deafness

TOTAL SCORE, SECTION

C

TOTAL SCORE, SECTION

B

TOTAL SCORE, SECTION A

GRAND TOTAL SCORE The grand

total

score

will

yeast-connected. Scores exclusively to

women,

help you and your physician decide in

women

will

if

your health problems are

run higher, as seven items

• Yeast-connected health problems are almost certainly present

150 and •

in

men

men

•

men

in

women

with scores over

in

women

with scores over

women

with scores over 60 and

20 and

1

with scores over 90.

• Yeast-connected health problems are possibly present in

the questionnaire apply

with scores over 140.

Yeast-connected health problems are probably present in

in

while only two apply exclusively to men.

in

with scores over 40.

With scores of less than 60

in

women and 40

men, yeasts are

in

less likely to be the

cause

of health problems.

TREATING CANDIDA

When

they are

clients at

first

told about the protocol for treating Candida, our

HRC are almost too exhausted to take on the major changes

required. So, to

control your

you many

life

tired souls,

I

beg you to look

at

how

out of

has become because of these tiny yeast invaders, and

you might permit yourself to host these destroyers any longer Muster your innermost being to take charge, and I guarantee that you will fully regain your health and energy. don't even think

Ideally,

your

first

step

is

to partner with your physician.

from the hundreds who have called

some

after reading

my

of you will not be dealing with a sympathetic doctor.

I

know

book that The problem

first

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you need help now; you

is,

evolve and grow. To get the

I'M TOO TIRED TO

UP,

can't wait for

CARE

your doctor's knowledge to

name of a doctor in your area who will treat

you, telephone the International Health Foundation at 1-901-660-7090 or

Academy of Environmental Medicine at 1-215-862-4544. know from past experience that some of you are living in

the American I

also

rural areas or cannot afford medical costs at this time.

recovery

treat Candida: nystatin cess.

It

just

and Diflucan. This does not rule out your suc-

means you

(1) changing your

need to pay exacting attention to

will

diet, (2)

testing for food allergies at cal

taking the nutritional supplements, (3)

home, and

exposures as you can from your

tions to chemicals often result

(4)

life.

removing as many chemi-

(Food

allergies

and reac-

from yeast-related disorders, because

you no longer have a strong immune system tions.

For you, your

may have to exclude the one or two common drugs used to

Both help to keep you feeling

tired

and

to prevent these reacsick.)

Your Candida Diet If

you are already on the low-carbohydrate

diet (the first hypo-

glycemic diet in Chapter 3) you are halfway there.

If

not, please

switch immediately! Then there are only a few adjustments you

should

make

for your Candida diet.

need to avoid these • fruit • •

and

For the

first

three weeks, you

in addition:

fruit juices

cheeses (moldy cheeses like blue cheese are the very worst) vinegar-containing foods

(i.e.,

salad dressings, mustard, cat-

sup, relishes, sauerkraut, condiments, •

mushrooms

•

melons

•

leftover foods

•

breads

•

peanuts

(mold grows

quickly,

and sauces)

even

in the refrigerator)

weeks test your tolerance to these foods by eating each Then watch for a flare up of symptoms, especially fatigue. If you remain symptom-free, you can return them to your diet. Permanently avoid all refined sugars, milk sugars, and highcarbohydrate, simple-sugar foods. Eat fresh foods, not boxed or

After three separately.

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all

277

foods that you suspect

may cause

allergic re-

actions until you have tested them. (Instructions on this are found later in this chapter.)

steroids,

Of course, eliminate the use of

all antibiotics,

immune-suppressing drugs, and birth-control

you have a medical emergency

unless

pills,

that requires these drugs.

Your Nutritional Regimen

HCR

The

formula for Candida control (page 278) offers a two-

pronged attack to destroy the Candida and to rebuild your immune system. The following natural substances included in the formula are powerful nondrug yeast destroyers. •

Wild oregano* available.

It

is

probably the most powerful antifungal agent

can destroy even resistant fungal yeast forms, as

well as the mutated fungi that result from antibiotic overuse.

Jonathan Wright, M.D., has found wild oregano to be as tive as the

entire

using •

book on oregano, The Cure it

in the Cupboard, after

is

himself to recover from Candida.

Citrus seed extract

is

an antifungal agent that

fungi in the intestinal tract. testinal parasites, •

effec-

drug nystatin. Dr. Cass Ingram, Ph.D., authored an

such as

Caprylic acid has been

It is

fights

Candida

also effective against other in-

giardiasis.

shown

to heal the intestinal tract

and

to eliminate or greatly reduce the Candida growth in the intestinal tract within sixteen days. •

Kyolic garlic extract tifungal herb. In

is

a powerful

a study reported

antiviral, antibacterial,

in the

and an-

Journal of the American

Chemical Society, one milligram of allicin (the main constituent of garlic) proved equal to fifteen standard units of penicillin! •

Lactobacillus acidophilus

is

the

name

of the friendly bacteria

that normally inhabit your intestines. Candida fungus can thrive there only

when

antibiotics have

of your acidophilus

flora.

It

grow and

much

is

wiped out

important to replace

these "good guys" as you clear out the Candida yeast.

*

The pure wild oregano from Europe

imitation

is

is

not the spice you find in supermarkets. That

a Mexican plant of no value against yeast. Pure

tained from 1-800-247-6237.

oil

of oregano can be ob-

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THE HRC FORMULA FOR CANDIDA CONTROL® Nutrient

Dose

Directions

Oregano

700 mg

2 capsules at breakfast 2 capsules at lunch

extract

2 capsules at supper and several drops of oregano oil

super strength under the

tongue twice

Citrus

250

seed extract

mg

1,000

Caprylic acid

mg

daily.

1

capsule with each meal

1

capsule with each meal

(Time-released or enteric-coated capsules)

Kyolic garlic extract

600 mg

2 capsules with each meal

billion

3 capsules with each meal

Lactobacillus

1

acidophilus

lactobacillus

(nondairy)

(Live culture)

Vitamin C (Ester C)

675 mg

2 capsules with each meal

Antioxidant complex

3 capsules with breakfast 3 capsules with supper

Co-enzyme Q1 (oil

100

mg

1

capsule, 3 times daily

250

mg

1

capsule daily with food

base)

B 6 (pyridoxine) Note:

your

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts for

total

dosage (see chart page

56).

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

•

Hydrochloric acid with betaine will completely inhibit the

growth of Candida albicans

at a

pH

of

capsules are already on your daily nutrient

4.5.

list

(Note:

HC1

to increase ab-

sorption of foods and nutrients.)

In the

HRC formula for Candida control, we also combine yeast fight-

ers with strong

immune system builders,

including: vitamin C;

an

anti-

oxidant complex of A, E, selenium, zinc, dimethyl glycine, cysteine,

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY glutathione,

279

and methionine; co-enzyme Q10; and B 6 The formula .

should be used faithfully for two months

to

eliminate Candida yeast.

Food Allergies and Chronic Fatigue know

more bewitching (on a daily basis) than our abidHave you ever stood in front of your refrigerator after a big meal, searching? We want that certain I

of nothing

ing addiction to the foods that hurt us.

food that produces an allergic/addictive response high.

Never mind that

it

zaps our energy

persons aren't even aware of their need for a

home these foods Back

lift

or

most allergic

"fix."

They simply bring

Theron Randolph, M.D., a

brilliant allergist,

every shopping

in the 1950s,

—the mild

later. Actually,

trip.

made breakthrough discoveries on how foods can act like drugs for many of us. They can mimic the same cravings, produce a high, and create a demand for more of the same substance to satisfy our addiction. If

we

don't maintain our daily "supply,"

withdrawal reaction. From years of experience

I

we

experience a

can

tell

you that

getting allergic-addicted clients off their favorite foods is a haz-

ardous job indeed! as

I

I

have seen tears

demanded they abandon

who had stopped

down women's cheeks

rolling

dairy products.

I

have been told by

al-

was not possible. While they no longer drank fermented grain, they had to have their pizzas, cereals, breads, or crackers every day. The mere suggestion that they give these up turned them surly. Yet they were coholics

drinking that giving up wheat

complaining of fatigue; feeling depressed, muddled, headachey, or hyper, and they

had intermittent cravings for sugar or

alcohol.

Food

allergies often affect the brain as well as causing a general malaise

of aches and pains.

You cannot feel emotionally stable if you are a slave to your food addictions. Life becomes a roller coaster of emotional ups and downs, depending on where you are

in the cycle of craving, stimulation,

and

withdrawal. Take another look at the chart on pages 239-40, "The Ups

and Downs of Addiction," to remind you of how addiction works.

WHY SOME FOODS MAKE YOU

FEEL GOOD

You are not properly metabolizing the foods you crave. It may be as simple as not having sufficient digestive enzymes to break down and

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absorb these substances normally, or as complex as a leaky gut causing intestinal permeability. The antigens that attack undigested foreign food particles also release a psychoactive chemical in the

brain that produces an endorphin effect. This mild high convinces

us we love the food in question. We experience withdrawal symptoms when we don't have our "favorite" food, and we experience a relief from our withdrawal symptoms when we load up on these

substances our bodies "crave." Addictive foods have another effect on us: They store extra water weight.

When we

eliminate these troublemakers,

shed several pounds without

we

magically

dieting!

ARE YOU FOOD ALLERGIC? Maladaptive responses

commonly occur

milk, wheat, eggs, cane sugar, corn,

after

ingesting

cow's

and chocolate. Predisposing

factors are nutritional deficiencies; infestation of Candida; autoim-

mune

illness; thyroid, liver,

or adrenal disorders; or digestive prob-

The American College of Allergy and Immunology has cited the following medical conditions as provoked or caused by food lems.

allergy:

The

•

attention deficit

•

bronchial asthma

•

bronchitis

•

chronic diarrhea

•

chronic fatigue syndrome

•

depression

•

headaches (migraine and non-migraine)

•

hyperactivity

•

insomnia

•

learning disorders

•

sleep disorders

•

tension-fatigue

syndrome

self-screening test

on page 281 (designed by George Kroker,

M.D.) will give you a good idea of foods to which you gic.

Follow these instructions:

may be

aller-

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1.

Complete

2.

In part five, circle

3.

Women

all five

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parts.

any foods you

only: In part five circle

listed in part three.

any foods you

listed in part

four. 4.

In part five, circle

any heading above a section that contains

foods eaten six or seven days per week.

Screening Test for Food Allergies 1.

List

a typical day's meals and snacks:

LUNCH

BREAKFAST

2.

List

DINNER

SNACKS

your three most favorite foods that you ate regularly be-

fore starting this program:

3.

Do you

4.

(For

women) Do you

ally? If so,

5.

crave or binge on any foods?

If so,

which ones?

crave or binge on foods premenstru-

which ones?

Food Questionnaire

How many days in one week do you eat the following foods: (Write the

number of days

in the

parentheses following the food.)

wheat/yeast

Bread

Spaghetti

RoUs

Casseroles

Muffins

Pizza

Sandwiches

Breakfast cereal

Bagels

Crackers

Pasta

Cookies

Macaroni

Canned soup

Noodles

Pastries

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CORN

Popcorn Lunch meat

(

)

Jell-0

(

(

)

Jelly/jam

(

)

Tacos

(

)

Sweet 'N Low

(

)

(

)

Cornflakes

(

)

Equal

Corn (vegetable)

(

)

BEEF

Pancake syrup

(

)

OTHER GRAINS

)

Beef roast

(

)

Hamburger

(

)

(

)

Rice

(

)

Steak

Oatmeal

(

)

PORK

Other:

(

)

Ham

(

)

Bacon

(

)

DAIRY

Milk

(

)

Sausage

(

)

Cheese

(

)

Pork chops

(

)

Yogurt

(

)

OTHER PROTEIN

(

cream

)

Chicken

(

)

Coffee creamer

(

)

Turkey

(

)

Margarine

(

)

Fish:

Soy/tofu

(

)

Hot dogs

(

)

Ice

Butter

(

Cream cheese

(

Cottage cheese

(

)

EGGS Scrambled, omelet,

etc. (

)

BEVERAGES

Mayonnaise

(

)

Diet soda:

(

)

French toast

(

)

Alcoholic beverages

(

)

MISCELLANEOUS

Soda:

Vinegar

(

Salad dressing

(

)

Coffee

(

)

Mushrooms

(

)

Tea

(

)

Soy sauce

(

)

Fruit juice

(

)

Raisins

(

)

SNACKS

Dates

(

)

Potato chips

(

)

Prunes

(

)

Chocolate

(

)

Ketchup

(

)

FRUIT

Mustard

(

)

Apples

(

)

Peanuts

(

)

Bananas

(

)

Oranges

(

)

)

Pears

(

)

Melon

(

)

Other nuts: (

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Grapefruit

(

Grapes

(

)

Lettuce salads

(

)

Pineapple

(

)

Potatoes/french fries

(

)

Other:

SPICES )

Onion

(

)

)

Garlic

(

)

VEGETABLES

Pepper

(

)

Tomato Green pepper

(

)

Dry mustard

(

)

(

)

Basil

(

)

Peas

(

)

Paprika

(

)

Green beans

(

)

Rosemary

(

)

Ginger

(

)

)

Parsley

(

) )

Other beans: Carrots

(

)

Oregano

(

Celery

(

)

Cinnamon

(

)

Broccoli

(

)

Mint

(

)

Cabbage/coleslaw

(

)

Other:

Cauliflower

(

Other:

The foods you have dictive cravings

circled are the ones

and delayed

most likely to trigger ad-

allergic reactions.

You can get expert medical help with diagnosing and food allergies by contacting a physician ecology. For a

list

who

treating

specializes in clinical

of qualified physicians in your area, call the

American Academy of Environmental Medicine

at 215-862-4544.

You can take some steps to control food allergies on your own. Remove them from your diet; don't buy them when you shop; and remove them from your cupboards and refrigerator. Replace them with foods you don't often

eat.

For more information on food allergies/addiction, refer to the reading

list

in

Appendix D.

BE YOUR OWN DETECTIVE: THE ELIMINATION DIET

One

effective

problems as

it

is

way

to confirm that a specific food

to stop eating

sounds, because

if

it

for at least

you are

is

one week. This

allergic/addictive,

causing you isn't

as easy

you may develop

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withdrawal symptoms as your body pleads for

Symptoms vary from person

foods.

headache or fatigue during the

first

its

usual

to person,

days.

fix

CARE

of these

and can include

Back and joint aches may

develop on the third day and persist for a day or two.

Among

symptoms of withdrawal are anxiety, confusion, depression, and mood swings. Note: If you are chemically sensitive, during this week try to avoid exposure to fresh paint, new synthe "psychological"

thetic carpets, cleaning solutions, gas stoves,

tobacco smoke, auto

exhaust, perfumes, and shopping malls (which are

from the formaldehyde

in

new

clear reactions based

won't

know

if

the food

is

filled

and

with fumes

You on the substance you are testing. You causing the allergy if you are reacting to

want

clothing, furniture,

other chemicals that set off your symptoms. Also,

not smoke during an elimination

fabrics).

you smoke: Do

if

Cigarettes are loaded with

diet.

chemicals that keep allergic users in a chronically reactive

you won't be able to see the

effects of the diet while

state,

and

you continue to

smoke.

By the end of the week, withdrawal

agonies,

if

have

any, will

ceased. After that, reintroducing the suspected food(s) should pro-

duce noticeable symptoms. This

whether

To

it

is

your body's way of

telling

you

you

sus-

can tolerate the food.

test yourself, follow these directions:

1.

Test only one food per meal.

2.

Make a whole meal

of the test food. For example,

if

pect that dairy products are the source of your problems, eat only cheese, milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese; culprit, limit yourself to

if

wheat

is

the suspected

hot wheat cereal, wheat toast, pancakes, or

bread. Don't butter your bread unless you are certain that dairy

products (which include butter) are not a problem for you.

Take your pulse just before eating the food you are testing. Take it again five minutes after you finish, and again twenty-five minutes later. A pulse twelve or more beats per minute faster or slower 3.

than what

you are 4.

is

normal for you suggests an

allergic reaction to the

food

testing.

Make a note

of any changes in

how you

emotionally. (Reactions usually occur within the

some may be

delayed.)

Be aware

that

if

feel physically first

your brain chemistry

tered because of a reaction to the food, you

and

hour, although is al-

may not be able to think

DEPR ESS ION- FR clearly

enough

learned

how

NATURALLY

EE,

and record your

to accurately assess

difficult this

cept for spring water),

I

285

can be when, after a five-day

tested eggs at lunch.

I

soon

in

on the couch instead

such a fog that

I

If

5.

had no idea why

I

had dozed I

I

As the were

off at noon.

my reaction.

around. This way, will

very sleepy

realized that the eggs

when someone

possible, test the suspect foods

companion

felt

I

grip of the allergic response subsided,

responsible for

I

A half hour later, realized was lyof driving back to my office. At first, I was

and decided to take a short nap. ing

reaction.

total fast (ex-

if

you are too muddled by an

be able to observe your behavior and relate

food you tested. The day

I

tested wheat,

I

else is

your

allergic reaction, it

to the

had a meeting with

col-

leagues scheduled for afterward. After downing a stack of pancakes, I

hurried off to the meeting. Driving a familiar route,

turn not just once but twice! possibility that

wheat.

my

I

was

brain

I

losing

its

my

I

took a wrong

mistakes to the

smarts in response to the

my report in a halting voice, was mortified by my performance. Sud-

When I finally arrived,

struggling to think clearly.

never connected

I

delivered

denly a close friend began to laugh. "You must be in reaction. What did you eat this morning?" That embarrassing experience told

no uncertain terms that wheat was not good 6.

ing

Any uncomfortable symptoms can be

two

for

partially relieved

tablets of Alka-Seltzer Gold. Milk of

in

by

tak-

magnesia can also help

eliminate food-related problems. (Follow the directions 7.

me

me.

on the

label.)

Be sure to avoid any chemical exposure while testing a food,

and get plenty of fresh

air.

Drink only spring water, deep-well water,

or water that has been filtered—just not tap water, which chemicals.

One of our Health Recovery Center

that the groin pain that

is full

of

clients discovered

had plagued him for years disappeared when

he stopped using chlorinated water. He later found that he could turn the pain on and off by switching from spring to tap water.

have noticed that

allergic

people don't feel well

I

when they drink

also city

water treated with chlorine and other chemicals.

You can

also identify food allergies through a blood test your

doctor can order from Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratories. This

immediate and delayed reactions to ninety-six comAppendix C for the lab's complete address and tele-

lab test assesses

mon

foods. See

phone number.

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STAYING FREE OF FOOD ALLERGY/ADDICTION AND REPAIRING YOUR DAMAGED DIGESTIVE TRACT undermine your equilibrium

Identifying the foods that

is

only half

the battle. These foods will remain appealing to you because they

promise an instant high. Your heartbeat probably won't quicken at

—but the very word

the thought of eating green beans in the future "pizza" or salivating.

name

(insert the

And that is the

of your favorite food) can start you

anticipation of the promised high.

there are steps you can take to keep your brain and

Still,

balance so you don't continually crave a

The formula on

tigue.

mised

this

page

is

body in

you out of fadesigned to repair your comprofix to pull

you can better handle the digestion and

intestinal tract so

assimilation of foods without adverse reactions.

THE HRC FOOD ALLERGY REPAIR FORMULA© Nutrient

Dose

Pantothenic acid

500

Directions/Purpose

mg

2 capsules 3 times daily with food

Zinc picolinate

25

mg

1

capsule 2 times daily

with food

Glutamine powder

Va tsp

(1

3 grams 2 times

gram)

daily

on an empty

stomach

300

Quercetin

mg

2 capsules 3 times daily with food

Pancreatic

enzymes

2 capsules daily

between meals

Note:

your

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts

total

for

dosage.

Pantothenic acid works to repair the intestine, while glutamine

powder reduces

allergic/inflammatory reactions.

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inflammation. Quercetin inhibits

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Why You Overreact to

Stress

All of

our immune systems have a breaking point. Imagine that your

body

is

a ship loaded with heavy boxes. Each box represents a

stress in your

tional

Your body has a threshold capacity for multiple insist on overloading that capacity, your emo-

life.

you

stresses, but if

and physical health

trates the building-block

will suffer.

The chart on page 288

concept of stress overload. Each box

may be your total

chart represents a piece of what

illus-

in the

"load":

•

food allergies

•

your sensitivity to dust, molds, and pollens, or to auto exhaust or chemicals on the job

•

your high intake of refined sugars

and caffeine

•

cigarettes

•

Candida overgrowth

•

personal

life

stresses

(e.g.,

a divorce, a death, or a relationship

ending)

Stacked together, these boxes are the

total

overload that

is

buckling

your immune system and causing your physical and emotional bility.

You must jettison some of them

old under the level that triggers

in order to

insta-

lower the thresh-

mayhem in your health.

ASSESSING YOUR PERSONAL STRESS LOAD

How overloaded is your immune system? You can make an educated guess by

listing

on a separate sheet of paper the various "boxes" that "ship." Make up your mind to toss

you are carrying on your own

some of them over

the side so your

fend you properly. Appendix ing

immune system can

finally de-

D has a list of excellent books contain-

more information on food and chemical

sensitivities, controlling

Candida, and proven therapies that help us heal from the emotional stresses of that cause

life.

For

right

you instant

now,

start targeting the

stress: cigarettes

and

two hot "boxes"

caffeine.

TOSS OUT YOUR NICOTINE! Cigarettes contain hundreds of chemicals that sap your health and

weaken your immune system.

I

know you

meaningful changes to stabilize your health rette habit will

are resolved to

make

—and kicking the ciga-

be a major step forward. Giving up cigarettes can be

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BUILDING-BLOCK CONCEPT OF IMMUNE SYSTEM

BREAKDOWN FROM STRESS OVERLOAD Poor (impaired health)

Good Health

Diet High in Refined

Sugars (Hypoglycemia)

Cigarettes

Swo

Packs

ally)

Caffeine (Eight

Cups

Daily)

Candida Overgro

Chemical Exposure ...on

the Job

THRESHOLD

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,

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done. Millions of ex-smokers have done

289 it.

They were no stronger

than you are now, and you have the advantage of a strategy that

works.

I've

seen

it

succeed over and over.

If

you

let

it,

it

work

will

for you. (You can't afford not to.)

Use the following

steps:

1.

Set a target date to quit, two

2.

Continue to avoid refined sugars, junk food, and caffeine.

3.

Stay with (or embark on) your exercise program.

counteract any weight gain 4.

weeks from

when you

Over the two weeks leading to your cigarettes. This is easier if

today.

It

will help

stop smoking.

quit date, cut

down on

you take sodium/potassium

bicar-

bonate (Alka-Seltzer Gold) to alkalize your system and reduce

your nicotine cravings. Take two tablets every four hours, but

no more than 5.

eight tablets in

any twenty-four-hour period.

Avoid red meats, cranberries, plums, and prunes (they promote the acidity you are trying to neutralize with Alka-Seltzer Gold).

6.

Drink at least six glasses of water a day.

The Smokers Formula Certain nutrients help to rid your system of nicotine and reduce

your cravings. Read through the following descriptions to see

how

these nutrients can help you before you start the Quitting Smoking

Formula offered on page

290.

•

Lobelia is an herb that can help reduce your craving for nicotine.

•

The Alpha Wave* formula contains three amino acids that have a calming and centering effect: GABA*, glycine*, and taurine*. (Smoking a cigarette has a stress-reducing effect, lowering reactions to outside stimuli by altering brain neurotransmitters.) GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) has a soothing effect on the brain. Glycine strengthens the calming alpha brain waves and reduces excitatory beta waves. Taurine helps to regulate and quiet the excitable tissues of the brain and nervous system.

•

Glutamine*

is in

the formula to counteract the high sugar con-

Tobacco is cured with beet, corn, and cane The sugar content of cigarettes can run as high as 70 percent. Hypoglycemic smokers will never bring their blood tent of cigarettes. sugars.

sugar under control * If you already take

if

they regularly introduce these sugars into

any of these amino acids

in

your daily regimen, do not duplicate.

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THE HRC QUITTING SMOKING FORMULA Nutrient

Dose

Directions

Lobelia

375 mg

1

capsule 3 times daily

Alpha waves (Bio-Recovery™)

2 capsules 3 times daily

•

GABA

•

Glycine

mg 167mg 100 mg 10 mg 16.7 mg 10 mg 25 mg 16.7 mg 50 mg 50 mg 167

• Taurine • Vitamin

C

(Ester C)

• Niacinamide •

Calcium

•

Magnesium

• Vitamin B 6 (pyridoxine) •

Passion flower extract (6:1)

•

Inositol

B complex*

mg

Zinc picolinate*

25

Glutamine*

500

mg

1

capsule with food

1

capsule with food

1

capsule 3 times daily

on an

empty stomach

Note:

your *

If

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts for

total

Refer

to

dosage (see chart page

56).

your nutrient replacement list (page 56)

to

determine whether you need to add more of this nutrient

to

achieve the level suggested here.

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

their bloodstream. Glutamine,

an alternative source of glucose

for the brain, alleviates hypoglycemic reactions

B complex

as nicotine leaves your system. (thiamine),

Zinc levels

among smokers.

vitamins help allay the nervousness that develops It

also replenishes vitamin Bi

which cigarettes are known to seriously deplete. are usually deficient because your body uses a lot

of zinc to prevent the buildup of cadmium, a metal contained in cigarette

papers

(it

makes them

white). Increase your total

load of zinc to 50 milligrams daily for six weeks.

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Calcium and magnesium both calm your nervous system and brain.

•

Inositol,

a

B vitamin,

has strong antianxiety properties.

Current Prescription Gimmicks: Nicotine Patches,

We

Gum,

or Antidepressants

have watched clients switch from being addicted to cigarettes to

being hooked on the nicotine patch. Because the patch delivers nicotine even in your sleep,

from nicotine.

On the

other hand, Nicorette

needed to quench nicotine cravings. And scription.

ciation

its

often doesn't lead to total freedom

it

it

gum can be used

only as

no longer requires a

pre-

A 1987 study in the Journal of the American Medical Asso-

showed Nicorette gum doubled the success

rate of quitting

and minimized weight gain over the period studied. Though feeding you nicotine, the

it is still

gum is a better choice than the patch.

The antidepressant drug Wellbutrin (recently renamed Zyban) being sold on prescription as a potential help for smokers.

seen this drug benefit some clients but produce outbursts in others.

My

they are hard on your

advice

immune

is

irritability

We

is

have

and angry

don't trade one drug for another;

system.

Whatever way you choose to beat this addiction, you can do it. The real secret is to keep up your strong resolve. Do not, for one moment longer, give that pack of deadly chemicals any power over you. Don't let this drug undo the gains you're making by following your seven-week restoration plan. Set a stop date and go for

it\

Electromagnetic Fields and Before ending this chapter on chronic fatigue,

cause that remains

unknown

to

many

I

CFS

want

to talk about a

of you. Indeed,

we may be

well into the twenty-first century before Americans will accept what scientists are telling us

about our changing environment, both

within and around us.

This century has seen drastic changes in our electromagnetic

environment. Electromagnetic fields (EMF) vibrating at 60 hertz

now surround

nearly every person, from appliances at

chines at work. Over 500,000 miles of high-voltage

home

to

ma-

power lines cover

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The airwaves are full of low, medium, and high The density of radio waves around us is now 200 million times the natural level reaching us from the sun. Today it is common for us to spend many hours absorbing the magnetic fields of computers and TV signals. Robert Becker, M.D., whose life's work involves the effects of electrical fields on humans, has written a brilliant book, The Body Electric, that I strongly recommend to you. In it he shares a myriad of internathe United States. frequencies.

tional studies linking the effects these magnetic fields are having

on us.

These exposures can cause prolonged stress reactions leading to chronic fatigue and exhaustion. Scientists have found that subliminal activation of the stress response that electromagnetic fields have

is

one of the most important

upon

life.

Dr.

Becker

says:

effects

"The

sites

of the greatest changes (due to electromagnetic fields) are the brain's

hypothalamus and cortex. The hypothalamus ters,

links the emotional cen-

the pituitary gland, the pleasure center, and the autonomic sys-

tem, the single most important part of the brain for homeostasis and a crucial link in the stress response. tivity

Any

interference with cortical ac-

of course disrupts logical and associational thought."

At one point, Dr. Becker collaborated physician

who had

in

a study with an English

noticed that people living near high-voltage lines

were prone to depression. The study mapped the addresses of 598 power lines. The mag-

suicides in relation to the location of such

netic fields averaged 22 percent higher at suicide addresses,

strongest magnetic fields contained 40 percent tions than

more

and the

suicide loca-

randomly selected houses!

Other scientists have found startling results when researching the impact of electrical fields. Researchers at the University of

Kansas

in Wichita studied electropollution

airports' radar

whole

city,

beams. They

and found

it

coming from

their

two

plotted the cancer incidence for the

was highest where the

residents

were ex-

posed to both radar beams.

An Alabama public health researcher found a surge of birth deamong children of radar-exposed army pilots at Fort Rucker in

fects

Alabama. Nineteen radar emitters were in use at the time of the birth defect report,

and these pilots regularly flew helicopters whose them completely exposed to this radiation.

Plexiglas bubbles left

Researchers

now

link birth defects to the use of electric blankets.

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These blankets emit the most powerful electromagnetic

field

of any

household appliance! Furthermore, an alarming number of miscarriages

and birth defects have been documented nationwide, including pregnant women working in computerized offices where malfunctioning terminals emitted enormous amounts of electromagnetic field waves.

England has moved to

restrict the

use of cellular phones, be-

cause exposure to a person's head of thousands of microwatts has

been shown to do brain damage. Way back tute of

in 1971, the

USSR's

Insti-

Labor and Occupational Diseases identified a series of such

symptoms (from They are:

EMF

exposure) that they called microwave sick-

ness.

chronic excitation of the nervous system (stress syndrome) high blood pressure

headache dizziness

sleeplessness irritability

anxiety

stomach pain nervous tension inability to concentrate

hair loss

increased incidence of appendicitis cataracts

reproductive problems

cancer

Such chronic symptoms eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion and ischemic heart disease. Unfortunately, the changes in our electromagnetic environment are not going away, so there are to

do for yourself and your

LIMITING Here's

what we need

to

some obvious and

practical things

family.

OUR EXPOSURE TO EMFS do to best protect ourselves from the

tromagnetic fields in our environment:

elec-

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Don't settle your family into an apartment or house that

is

power lines. pregnant, do not work at an unshielded computer

close to high-voltage 2.

If

you are

terminal for those nine months. 3.

If

you know you have high exposure to electromagnetic fields job, and you are experiencing ongoing fatigue and

on your

other signs of "microwave sickness," change your job quickly. 4. 5.

Don't use electric blankets.

Keep your

cellular

phone turned

off,

and use

it

only in emer-

gencies. Limit your cellular calls to less than ten minutes.

What you should bear

many wondrous EMF develAnd the growing knowledge of doing much good for humanity! An example in

mind

opments are happening around electromagnetic energy is

is

is

that

us.

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which provides a sensational

new window The

body.

into the structure

future will bring even

reason to fear electromagnetic tious about shielding

and function of the human brain and

more

our bodies from

exposures. In the next decades,

about

We have no we are cau-

exciting discoveries.

field energies

as long as

the potential

we can

damage of high much more

expect to learn

how to safely coexist with these powerful,

invisible fields.

Checklist We

have

now covered many

of the possibilities for ongoing fatigue.

You've taken appropriate steps to identify the most likely areas of trouble for you:

chronic bacterial or viral infection

Candida albicans overgrowth food allergies chemical sensitivities (review Chapter 8)

exhausted adrenals (review Chapter 5) hypothyroidism (review Chapter 6)

low histamine

levels (review

Chapter

7)

effects of electromagnetic field exposures

of these conditions should be confirmed with lab tests and treated medically. I urge you to make an appointment with

Almost

all

DEPRESSION-FREE, NATURALLY your physician ASAP. (See Appendix

295

B for the organizations that can

you to doctors who specialize in these problems.) But even before you get medical help, stay with your

refer

sugar-free diet; keep your promise to kick cigarettes;

propriate nutrient formulas to restore your gestive tract. Ultimately,

doing

the repair.

So be a

it is

little

your

own

healthy,

and use the ap-

immune system and

di-

body's "inner healer" that

patient ...

it

will

happen!

is

PART FOUR

Keeping Your Emotional Balance

for Life

CHAPTER

10

Feeling Good and Living Long The "Lazarus

now you changes

in

By

Hormone

Effect" of Natural

Restoration

are reaping major rewards from

making smart

your diet and reloading the missing nutrients that

your brain and nervous system depend on for top performance.

You you.

feel good,

so you

may

think your hardest

only Mother Nature played

If

been genetically programmed:

fair!

Problem

We peak

is,

work

is

behind

our bodies have

sexually early on,

we

repro-

duce, and then our bodies start to self-destruct as the aging clock accelerates. In

ing

The Melatonin Miracle,

Dr. Walter Pierpaoli, M.D., defines ag-

and how

it

Aging

actually the loss of the body's ability to adapt to

is

occurs:

its

environment. Our bodies are constantly forced to respond to various stresses and stimuli such as adjusting to temperature change, fighting off a virus, or even just it's

band.

When

we're young and strong our bodies can easily

bounce back from the force of these

we

knowing when

time to sleep and wake. Think of your body as a rubber

stresses, but as

we

increasingly lose our ability to rapidly adapt to

—

situations

in short,

we

worn-out rubber band,

it

age,

new

lose our resiliency. Like an old,

takes longer and longer to bounce

back.

Up how to

until

a few years ago, scientists could only speculate on

interrupt

and slow down 2

this aging process. Today, the field

99

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

300

of antiaging medicine offers cutting-edge scientific answers. In a sentence:

The declining substances that signify the occurrence of the aglevels. Thousands of

ing process in our bodies are our hormone

now

studies

record this

downward

which usually starts when we're

mones

in

spiral in

hormone production,

our twenties or thirties. These hor-

are the source of our youth, vigor, stamina, sexual interest and

immune system, and mental sharpness.

performance, energy, memory, This chapter

is

for those

who want

to maintain their emotional,

mental, and physical health throughout their lives and to

who

are willing

do what it takes to grow younger with hormones and to add decades

to their

life

span.

To those who are

willing to just let nature take her

me remind you (while there is still time) that you are agree-

course, let

become frail and weak, lose your mental capacity, and, become dependent on others. To me, that is a fate far worse

ing to slowly finally,

And I am speaking not from the role of researcher but from my own life experience. Next year (as of this writing) I will be seventy

than death.

years old.

I

continue to

Center, writing eight fits

hormones

work

books and that

I

full-time: directing the

articles,

and

lecturing.

will discuss in this chapter,

they give me. Truthfully,

I

I

Health Recovery take most of the

and

I

an unknown future than to stay vigorous and mentally

monal rejuvenations, taken let

love the bene-

can think of no better insurance against

in consultation with

alert

with hor-

your doctor

first.

But

me convince you with facts.

Rewinding the Aging Clock There are eight incredible hormones to which nature has assigned the task of maintaining our peak potential.

When taken together, they

can work toward and create a personal blueprint for age reversal. In combination, they control virtually

all

of the body functions, includ-

and our immune and reproductive systems. They how we age by controlling our physical and mental health.

ing our metabolism

determine

We start to decline physically and mentally as the levels of these hormones decrease with

aging. Their loss saps our energy

and ultimately takes decades

off

life.

and

These super-hormones

Hormone

Location in body

Melatonin

Made

in the pineal gland,

the body's aging clock

vitality,

are:

which houses

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Location in body

DHEA

Produced brain,

in the adrenal glands,

and skin

Synthesized from cholesterol and

Pregnenolone

produced

and adrenal

in the brain

the parent

hormone

cortex;

it is

DHEA,

testosterone, estrogen,

for

and

progesterin

Estrogen

Produced

in the ovaries

glands; in

men, small amounts of

and adrenal

estrogen are produced in the adrenals

Produced

Progesterone

in the

corpus luteum of the

ovaries, the adrenals,

pregnant

Manufactured

Testosterone

Thyroid

and the placenta of

women in the testes

and adrenal

glands; in

women, small amounts

produced

in the ovaries

Produced

in the thyroid gland,

are

which

is

located at the front of the neck

Human growth

Made

hormone

the body's master gland

Some

in the pituitary gland,

which

is

called

of these hormones are already well known, not only to the

medical community but to the general public as well. Estrogen, progesterin, thyroid,

and testosterone replacement have been

for years (these require a prescription

available

from a doctor). Others have just

recently broken into print: melatonin,

DHEA, and pregnenolone

all

—

have brand-new breakthrough research that is exciting and none of them are prescription drugs: They are classified as natural substances. Human growth hormone, or HGH, is in a class by itself, and whether you need a prescription to increase your HGH is dependent on your age. Your own natural supply can often be stimulated to

much higher levels

simply by taking a combination of certain amino

acids together with niacin, another growth-hormone-releasing nutri-

ent (more about this later). Let's examine each of these powerhouses for what they do. Then you can target this information to your own needs. I'll tell you what symptoms you will notice if your levels lag behind normal, and how to confirm your body's hormone supply with laboratory

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LOCATION OF HORMONE GLANDS

Brain • Pregnenolone

•DHEA Pineal Gland Melatonin

Pituitary

Growth

hormone

Thyroid Thyroid

hormones

Adrenals

DHEA

Skin

DHEA

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testing.

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approach

this is the ideal

that half of the U.S. population

303

is

now

scientifically,

I

am aware

dabbling with melatonin and

let me give you all the you can make sure you are proceeding down the right path. Note: To correctly balance your multiple hormone therapies, contact

DHEA.

If

you are one of these experimenters,

facts so

Academy

the American

of Anti-Aging Medicine for a medical refer-

or call any of the physicians specializing in anti-aging

ral,

listed in

Appendix

who

are

B.

MELATONIN AND OUR AGING CLOCK In the eighties, the Swiss scientist Walter Pierpaoli, M.D., discovered

we have

that

a pea-sized gland deep in our brains that controls

the aging process.

The discovery of the pineal gland changed

ever our understanding of all

for-

how we age. Dr. Pierpaoli proved that human body are in constant com-

of the endocrine glands in the

munication with each other and with the immune system, and that if

the communication

is

severed,

we

stop developing normally.

He

may be

the

suspected that melatonin, secreted by the pineal gland,

master control because of survival: the

its

regulation of a function critical to our

sleep/wake cycle.

He noted

and

that rapid physical

mental disability follow the precipitous decline of

this

hormone.

His experimentation with rats revealed shocking changes in the melatonin-treated animals: They lived 30 percent longer (the equivalent of over a

and

hundred years of human

their bodies retained their strength

life)

than the control

rats,

and youthful appearance to

the end. In subsequent experiments, Dr. Pierpaoli transplanted the pineal

glands of old mice into young animals and vice versa. Again the re-

were astounding. The old pineal glands rapidly aged their recipients, causing premature death, while the young pineal

sults

young

glands rejuvenated the old mice, improving their creating a youthful lives

immune

system,

and vigorous appearance, and prolonging

another 30 percent

—to about 105 years

in

human

their

terms!

Since the eighties, hundreds of studies have been done on melatonin.

And their findings point to a "fountain

of youth"

hormone

that

can reset our aging clocks and turn back the ravages of time! Melatonin

is

one of the most powerful antioxidants ever discov-

ered. Unlike vitamin E,

it

crosses the blood-brain barrier, and

its

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304 presence in our

cells

prevents any chemical damage from oxidation,

one of the main reasons for aging. Melatonin protects the DNAcontaining nucleus of the integrity of the

By protecting DNA, melatonin protects A damaged cell with intact but a cell with damaged DNA often cannot fix cells.

cell's "blueprint."

DNA can repair itself,

you immediately recognize that I am describing a major preventative against cancer, you are absolutely right. Melatonin protects against this chromosomal damage that othereven minor damage.

If

wise results in that dreaded disease. Its role

will "reset"

with the

immune system is equally impressive. Melatonin

your immune system when

infections, cancer, stress,

and diminish

its

and so

on.

Any

effectiveness.

it

has been under siege from

Such attacks disrupt its rhythms disruption in our

immune

sys-

tem's twenty-four-hour rhythm lowers our immunity, leaving us

prone to more

illnesses.

Melatonin protects our thymus, one of the fundamental organs of the

immune

system.

It is

within the thymus that T-cells are manu-

factured to protect our bodies against invaders. The thymus tends to shrivel as

we

age

until, in

old age,

it is

virtually gone.

Melatonin reju-

venates the thymus gland to protect our immunity, and so guards us against the

many

diseases of old age. Melatonin's success in preven-

tion

and reversal of breast cancer has been confirmed

new

studies. Taking melatonin is

cancer than taking pictures of it with Unfortunately, by age sixty

melatonin that

we

did

we

mammograms.

are producing only half of the

when we were

in

our twenties! Yet today,

possible to alter the built-in programming. standpoint,

in countless

a far better preventative of breast

From an

it is

evolutionary

we are programmed to become obsolete once

our repro-

ductive years are behind us. All body systems receive their marching

orders from our lagging hormonal systems, which eventually leads to their (and thus, our) destruction.

Yet now we can use the results of science and research to nip body breakdown in the bud. By restoring melatonin levels, as well as adrenal DHEA hormones and human growth hormones, we are marking the beginnings of an "ageless society."

Is

It

Safe?

Melatonin

is

incredibly safe.

at 6,000 milligrams (6 g)

It

has been tested in

human

volunteers

per night for a month. (A typical dose

is

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to 5 mg, depending

age.)

305

The only

were some

side effects

and stomach discomfort. Government scientists unsuccessfully to find what a lethal dose of melatonin would

residual sleepiness tried

be kill it

in animals,

but they couldn't

make a

high enough concentrate to

even a mouse! More good news about

nightly will not alter or

damage

in

this

hormone

is

own

any way your

that using

natural pro-

duction of melatonin.

Nature's Sleeping Melatonin's most

wake

cycle.

Pill

common

Not only does

attribute is its regulation of our sleep/ it

deliver

sound

sleep, but

it

provides a

buffer against the buildup of corticosteroids, stress hormones. This

protection against stress-induced brain calmer,

more

How

revitalized,

often have

damage

results in feeling

and more productive when we are awake.

we heard

our elderly parents complain of their

remember my own mother regularly spending her nights gazing out her window into the night. The very blackness around her would have triggered the sleep hormone in a inability to sleep well?

I

younger body. Such sleep disruption seriously impairs functioning

many ways: The

following day

we

as a result of the confusion in our

feel irritable,

in

and even depressed,

body rhythms.

But sleep disorders are no longer a necessary part of aging. With melatonin,

we can turn back the

body's aging clock and restore nor-

mal body rhythms.

How

to

Take Melatonin

Our strategy calls for reUirning melatonin levels to where they were when we were in our twenties. Doing this is fairly simple. The chart on page 306 suggests the typical dose in each age decade. Because no two people have exactly the same needs, you will have to experiment to see if the dose suggested creates sound sleep for you. Take your melatonin about a half hour before bedtime, and from that point on, stop any stimulating projects in which you might be involved. If you find yourself still waking up during the night, increase your melatonin by 2 milligrams each night well and feel rested in the morning.

until

you are sleeping

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MELATONIN DOSAGE Age* 40-45

Dose

45-55

1-2

mg mg 2-3 mg 3-5 mg or more as needed Vfc-1

55-65

65-75+

Note: To avoid jet

lag,

use melatonin to reset your biological

rhythms, so that your body clock will

let

you sleep

at

your

new bed-

time. Simply take 3 to 5 milligrams of melatonin at bedtime in your

new

destination. Continue to

need to take an additional 3 to ing too early in your

own

Upon

needs.

bedtime

until

new

You may 5 milligrams if you find yourself wak-

do

this for

your entire

stay.

environs. Just adjust your dose to your

returning home, continue the higher dosage at

your body readjusts to the time change.

DHEA: THE ANTIAGING SUPER-HORMONE If

you think melatonin sounds

hear about one that

DHEA has it

is

like

a miracle substance, get set to

even more dazzling!

(dehydroepiandrosterone)

has been

known

claims being

made about

it.

is

DHEA

now monumental is

structure to estrogen, progesterone,

own powerful biological

DHEA levels and

an adrenal hormone that

The volume of DHEA research,

since the thirties.

currently done or in progress,

five

is

caught the attention of the medical community, although

finally

are the

a steroid hormone similar in

and testosterone but with

its

effects.

drop steadily as

thirty years

—as

and then

we

age, peaking

falling 2

between twenty-

percent per year (20% per

decade). Just before death due to old age, the

DHEA level is virtually

nonexistent. Researchers in the world's leading universities are

proving this hormone has multiple

• •

DHEA is a potent anticancer protector. DHEA protects against heart disease by preventing blood clots (it's

•

abilities:

a natural blood thinner) and by lowering cholesterol.

DHEA sharpens memory.

People aged

thirty-nine

and younger usually have enough natural melatonin.

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DHEA greatly improves the immune system. DHEA protects against bone loss by providing

ongoing natu-

ral estrogen. •

• • •

DHEA has shown good results against autoimmune diseases. DHEA has strong antidiabetic properties. DHEA increases strength and endurance. DHEA lifts fatigue and depression and increases feelings of well-being.

You can see why DHEA's tremendous promise in so many areas is making it a popular choice in today's antiaging arsenal. Its powerful effects

can change both your present stamina and

drive,

and your fu-

ture health and survival. I

started taking

available only

DHEA

about

by prescription.

scribed in one word: stamina.

and don't run down as

ergy,

I

five

My

years ago,

now need

easily.

when

it

was

still

personal experience can be deless sleep,

have more en-

At the end of my workday,

I

can

enjoy evening outings (socializing, attending meetings, shopping)

whereas before

I

was content

to sink into

my

easy chair to read or

watch TV. Before taking DHEA, my self-talk had been, "I'm not young anymore, so it's okay to be tired every night." Now, that thought never crosses my mind. For the astounding reversal of that aging mentality, plies the let's

talk

I

can thank DHEA, a truly magic potion that resup-

powerful adrenal hormones that

I

had

in

my

youth. Now,

about DHEA's more important antiaging aspects.

DHEA's Cancer-Fighting Effects

Due

to their strong

get cancer.

immune

systems, young people are less likely to

A sixty-five-year-old

is fifty

times more likely to develop

this, we can blame our immune systems gradually switching off with age. A large number of animal studies have shown that DHEA in-

cancer than a twenty-five-year-old. For

hibits the

development of tumors

and lymph

tissues,

and

is

in the liver, breast, lung, colon,

now even being used by physicians in con-

junction with chemotherapy. According to oncologist William Regelson, M.D., in

The Superhonnone Promise,

DHEA blocks

an enzyme

called glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase that otherwise causes

NADPH, generating oxygenWhen this combination is not

a chemical reaction with the enzyme activated free radicals in the body.

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308

A DHEA

blocked, dormant carcinogens activate into cancers.

study of five thousand

women

found that their

long-term levels fell

drastically over nine years before their onset of clinically

The researchers concluded that the highest tor for breast cancer is a low level of DHEA. breast cancer.

Heart Disease and

DHEA

Research at the University of California has proved

microgram per cc increase

in

was a 48 percent decrease

Another study, reported cine, tracked 242

men from

that, for

fifty

all

to seventy years,

in heart attack deaths!

fifty

New England

Journal of Medito seventy-nine years of age and

in the

DHEAs much lower risk of heart disease."

concluded that "Those individuals with higher longer and had a

every

blood levels of DHEA, death by

causes diminished 36 percent. In those age there

proven

risk fac-

levels lived

DHEA and Diabetes Researchers have discovered a

mone

critical link

between

insulin, the hor-

regulating the metabolism of sugars and starches,

levels.

Adult-onset diabetes occurs

a resistance to

insulin,

when

DHEA

the body's tissues develop

causing glucose to remain in the blood at

high levels. This condition (known as Ttype

II

diabetes) occurs with

aging in about 14 percent of the population. Studies in

DHEA

and

enhances tissue insulin

sensitivity

humans show

and uptake, offering a

great potential for staving off the onset of this diabetes. Insulin resistance also stiffens

fering with their ability to

pump

and injures blood

vessels, inter-

blood and leading to arteries

clogged with plaque and lethal blood

clots. Dr.

John Nestler

Medical College of Virginia has linked the decline in

at the

DHEA and the

corresponding rise in diabetes to damage of the cardiovascular system, triggering heart disease. His clinical studies confirm that taking

DHEA normalizes insulin and reduces high blood sugar (diabetes). DHEA

DHEA

Protects Against Stress protects, or acts as a buffer, against corticosteroids, the

stress hormones. Stress triggers the outpouring of these steroid hor-

mones, and over time, with the decreasing levels of DHEA, our bodies

become

less able to clear

them from the bloodstream. The

result

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ongoing anxiousness and tension. Research shows that even

young people, when under chronic or extreme vere drops in

DHEA to

ongoing stress If

your

you have

DHEA

lived with a lot of stress in

levels to

A

be diminished.

experience se-

stress,

much older exhausts their supply of DHEA. levels similar to

your

life,

persons, as the

you can expect

simple lab test will confirm

what your current levels are. Replacing DHEA will help you feel much calmer and far more able to handle the upcoming stresses of life.

Brain Performance and If all

DHEA

could do for us was slow the aging process; stave off

cancer, heart disease,

would

DHEA

and diabetes; and reduce our

make tremendous sense

still

for us to take

stress levels, it.

But there

it

is

even frosting on the cake: DHEA's positive effects on our brains. Taking

DHEA on a daily basis influences many brain chemicals. DHEA interacts with GABA (gamma-aminobutyric

For example, acid)

and serotonin to relax and calm

DHEA successfully lifts moods.

It

enhances

clarity of

thought and memory. Any other biochemical will only

improve

ing your

DHEA levels up to speed.

How

Determine DHEA Dosing

to

is

body, so

Hundreds of studies show

creates a sense of well-being, improves energy levels, and

regimen that you are on

DHEA

us.

depression, improves libido, and raises low

in effectiveness

derived from substances normally present in the

it is

classified

by the

1995. Since

it is

natural to

human

FDA as a nutritional supplement, not a

drug, under the Dietary Supplement, Health

human

when used properly at naturally

and Education Act of

physiology,

DHEA

a noninvasive saliva test.

is

very safe

occurring levels.

Have your physician check your DHEA levels with test or

by bring-

It is

either a blood

a smart move to get this kind of

baseline reading before you begin taking

DHEA, although some

doc-

assume that most older persons have low levels and will simply start them on a 5, 15, or 25 milligram dose and then observe how they feel. But by getting a lab reading, you can compare your range with the normal range of persons twenty to thirty years old the level you are aiming to resurrect. Most physicians experienced

tors simply

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310 in prescribing

DHEA

one month

test

later

will raise the

dosage gradually.

A

second lab

should confirm attainment of the youthful

lev-

you want. If you are over forty and are buying DHEA over-the-counter with no medical direction, I advise you to START WITH A LOW DOSE. DHEA comes in a 15 milligram time-released tablet that is typically a pretty safe dose, and it duplicates the body's gradual release of els

DHEA into the system. at 1-800-247-6237.)

(This product

Make

sure the

is

from Bio-Recovery you buy clearly states that

available

DHEA

means that it is 99% pure you have liver damage, purchase the sublingual pill form that dissolves under the tongue and goes directly into the it

pure, pharmaceutical-grade (this

is

DHEA). Note:

If

bloodstream, bypassing the

liver.

Getting a general idea of the right

on your gender and

age:

Men and women under

•

DHEA

DHEA dosage for you depends

age thirty usually need no additional

unless they are living with an autoimmune disease or

experiencing severe stress. Even so, check out your need

with a lab

Men forty years

•

first

test.

of age and older

may need 25 to

75 milligrams

per day.

Women

•

milli-

day.

Men and women

•

and older may need 15 to 50

forty years of age

grams per

past sixty-five

amounts. Compare your

own

may need even

higher

lab reading with the levels for a

twenty- to twenty-five-year-old and adjust accordingly.

My

personal recommendation

hormones

at

is

to adjust

a twenty-five-year-old's

level.

ceed these physiological parameters. There that this miracle

hormone

will

and sustain your

Be is

cautious;

no doubt

prove invaluable

in

DHEA

do not exin

my mind

your antiaging

arsenal.

Is It

Safe?

Even though

DHEA is classified as a steroid, it has none of the prob-

lems associated with the anabolic steroids sometimes used by athletes.

Your body's regulation of testosterone, progesterone, and is enhanced, not distorted, by DHEA. DHEA has been

estrogen

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NATURALLY

,

humans

in daily

311

doses of 2,000 milligrams and

higher. Dr. William Regelson has stated,

with

DHEA.

.

.

There

.

NO lethal dose."

is

"You can't Still,

kill

an animal

side effects do occur

with overdosing in excessive amounts. {Note: These are always versible

by simply stopping your regimen.) The most

effects with high doses of

common

re-

side

DHEA are:

acne facial hair

growth

in

women

voice deepening

mood

changes,

irritability

overstimulation (especially for those on thyroid medications,

who may

find the

combination of

DHEA

and thyroid over-

stimulating)

insomnia fatigue

Rare reports include headache, aggressiveness, and menstrual irregularity. It

has been theorized, but not proved, that in high doses

could have an influence on hormone-sensitive cancers.

DHEA

We know

DHEA

increases levels of other hormones, but so far only positive

results

have been documented. For instance,

DHEA raises estrogen,

women, and converts into males. Present research shows

preventing bone loss in postmenopausal

supplemental testosterone for older substantial evidence that is

DHEA actually prevents

no evidence that moderate-range doses

cancer,

(5 to 30

and there

mg) have any

kinds of serious effects.

As no

clinical studies exist for using

breast feeding,

it is

DHEA during pregnancy or

not advised you do so.

Some well-known

clinicians

who use DHEA regularly have these

(sometimes contradictory) comments: •

Allen Gaby, M.D., editor of Nutrition

and Healing and Town-

send Letter for Doctors: "Higher doses may, cases, lead to irritability, insomnia,

very

uncommon to have

hair growth.

in

a minority of

and overstimulation.

Acne

is

It's

possible in large

doses." •

Edmund

Chein, M.D., Palm Springs, California:

"I

have not

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312 seen side effects range •

[at levels

when DHEA is

that are

Ron Van Vollenhoven,

replaced in the physiological

normal to our bodies]."

M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University Medi-

cal Center, California: "In our experience

large

[of]

having treated a

number of women with 50 to 200 milligrams of DHEA for no major side effects.

close to three years, there have been

Blood

tests in the patients

we have

.

followed on

been okay, without any apparent changes •

Eric Braverman, M.D., Princeton,

New

we've seen in higher doses are acne and

sometimes on the chin

And

.

have

enzymes."

Jersey: "Side effects facial hair in

women,

Positive effects that we've seen in-

clude improved well-being, not

improved

in liver

DHEA

all

the time but commonly, and

libido."

please bear in

mind

that while over four thousand studies

have reported DHEA's benefits, the long-term results of studies on

humans

are

still

not

in; it's

too early for this data.

PREGNENOLONE: THE ULTIMATE HORMONE PRECURSOR This hormone all

time.

It

is

believed to be the most potent

also appears to

make us

suspect you have never heard of

back to the

it,

memory enhancer

of

happier, as well as smarter. Yet

even though

1940s. Researchers at that time

I

study goes

its initial

found that a 50 milligram

daily dose of pregnenolone increased the coping skills of

a group of

factory workers, dramatically lowering their fatigue and increasing

And there were no undesirable side effects! Despite was never promoted because, like other super hormones, it is a natural substance produced by the human body and therefore unpatentable. No drug company could get rich on it as a drug, so its development was abandoned for many years.

their productivity.

these results, pregnenolone

The chart on page 313 shows how pregnenolone provides the hormonal "raw material" in our bodies. At least 150 steroid hor-

mones are made from pregnenolone, so it is the father of all hormone precursors. It is synthesized from cholesterol, that precious lipid compound that serves as the building block of all steroids and is vital

for their production.

Drugs that block cholesterol

contribute to serious deficiencies of pregnenolone.

availability

Symptoms

that

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you can expect from a lack of pregnenolone are impaired brain functioning and mood disorders that can even lead to suicide! Recent studies conclude that low serum levels of this hormone result in

memory and

serious

behavioral disorders, and that giving preg-

nenolone significantly improves

ment

memory

function. This improve-

happens not over days or weeks, but within three hours.

When Rahmahwhati

from the

Sin, Ph.D.,

St.

Louis University

Medical School, conducted several tests with pregnenolone, he

found that only three hours after a 500 milligram dose, both men and

women showed improved memories, creased

abilities differed

although the nature of their

in-

Men improved more

in

with the sexes.

three-dimensional thinking;

women in verbal recall.

John Morley, M.D., who specializes about pregnenolone: "Pregnenolone

in gerontology,

... is clearly

has this to say

and by far the most

potent of the neurosteroids for improving

memory by light-years, and

much broader memory response

than any of the other neu-

it

has a

rosteroids. This

makes it almost an

ideal agent for looking at

memory

and the consequences of the age-related deterioration of memory." But progressive loss of memory There

is

commonly a steady

is

not

all

that changes with age.

decline in mood, even to the point of

depression. Antidepressants cannot address the deficiency in brain steroid

hormones

that

is

occurring. Since pregnenolone can deliver

a constant, daylong sense of well-being, consider

this

hormone

re-

placement as a first choice for treating your depression.

How

Take Pregnenolone

to

hormone is for you, let me give you As with the other antiaging hormones, pregnenolone levels drop with age. By age seventy-five, you can expect to have 60 percent less in your body than you did at age forty. Pregnenolone levels can be measured by a lab test, if you wish. But if you already feel you If

you're wondering whether this

some

clues.

are losing your sharpness and quick memory, you can purchase preg-

nenolone over-the-counter in health food stores and pharmacies or by calling Bio-Recovery at 1-800-247-6237.

The usual dose

is

50 mil-

ligrams daily taken in the morning. Taking your dosage in the evening is

unwise, as

it

stimulates your mental function.

If,

after

you have

taken pregnenolone for a period of time, you are concerned because

you are

still

splitting

getting sleepy in the late afternoon,

you might want to try

your dose and take the second half just before lunch.

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Safe?

The standard 50 milligram dose has not been found desirable side effects. In fact,

its

to cause

any un-

promise as an inhibitor of

fatigue,

especially in high stress situations,

is

impressive. Unfortunately, fur-

ther testing with high doses and long-term usage has yet to occur.

We do know overturned

that the calming effect of

when

low doses (50 mg) may be

high amounts are used. Because pregnenolone

stimulates the central nervous system, you could experience tability

and anxiety from elevated doses. No human studies

pregnant women, so this time.

it is

best to avoid using this

Do remember to take pregnenolone

irri-

exist

on

hormone during

in the

morning, so

its

stimulating effect does not interfere with sleep.

ESTROGEN: THE MOST POPULAR IN THE UNITED STATES

DRUG FOR WOMEN

Do you remember when you woman,

its

first

heard about estrogen? To a

promises seemed wondrous! This

is

the

hormone

that

out our round, soft feminine bodies, keeps the muscle tone in

fills

our breasts, enhances our sex drive, orchestrates our menstrual cycles,

and staves

off the

teoporosis of old age.

dreaded changes of menopause and the os-

How

could

we

afford to snub our noses at

such a miracle? It

has been forty years since estrogen came to market in the

form of Premarin, made from mares'

urine.

At

first

we

believed the

only disadvantages to taking estrogen were weight gain, break-

through uterine bleeding, bloating from encing PMS-type symptoms like

fluid retention,

irritability

and experi-

and headaches.

But gradually, warnings of estrogen's carcinogenic nature began to appear.

Is It Safe? The New England Journal of Medicine reported that women on estrogen had a 32 to 46 percent increased risk of breast cancer, based on data from the famous long-term Nurses' Health Study conducted

by the Harvard Medical School. The sheer

size of this study (725,550

women) makes the conclusions persuasive. that

women who

(This study also

showed

took estrogen plus a synthetic progestin actually

had a higher rate of cancer than those taking estrogen alone.)

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

316

drew attenaway from a study reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology that showed long-term estrogen therapy also increased All of the outcry that arose over the Journal's report

tion

the risk of fatal ovarian cancer. This seven-year study included over

240,000 pre- and postmenopausal

women.

found women

It

who used

estrogen for six to eight years had a 40 percent higher risk of fatal ovarian cancer.

And women who used

years had a 70 percent higher

estrogen eleven or more

risk.

Since breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers account for 41 percent of the cancers in American

women, we

clearly

needed to come

up with an alternative to estrogen that would provide

all

the anti-

aging benefits without the potentially carcinogenic effects of estrogen.

And there

A Safer Kind

Estriol:

There

is one.

is

of

Estrogen

another form of estrogen,

able to provide

all

which

estriol,

is

a weak estrogen,

the antiaging benefits without the risk of cancer.

Most of a woman's natural estriol is converted in the liver from the two potent estrogens, estradiol and estrone. (Those two are the po-

A Medical

tential killers.) estriol

at

high doses

is

College of Georgia study has proven that perfectly safe,

and

is

able to modify

menopausal symptoms and reverse vaginal atrophy tween 2 to 8 milligrams daily. In a five-year study at eleven hospitals in eighties, gynecologists

92 percent of

all

found that

estriol

Germany

doses be-

in the mid-

therapy was successful in

moods saw an memory loss, lack

cases of hot flashes. Depressive

overall 57 percent improvement. Forgetfulness,

of concentration,

at

irritability,

and heart palpitations also improved

toward normal.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has also been testing a preventative for human breast cancer. They found

estriol as

women with breast cancer have much lower levels of estriol relative to estradiol and estrone than did women without breast cancer. The Dr.

Ideal Estrogen

Jonathan

V.

Formula

Wright, a physician in Kent, Washington,

gan using high doses of tected

women

when he

hit

estriol

first

be-

but soon found the level that pro-

against osteoporosis often resulted in nausea. That's

upon

his

now famous tri-estrogen formula, which added

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10 percent each of estrone

and estradiol and lowered the amount of

estriol to 80 percent. This

stopped the nausea but gave protection

against osteoporosis.

Experientially this formula

many

very safe and able to deliver as

benefits as the carcinogenic version of estrogen. However,

your doctor

will

need to prescribe TriEst according to your particu-

For mild to moderate estrogen deficiencies, the dose

lar needs:

taken twice

1.25 milligrams TriEst.

symptoms. I

is

2.5 milligrams TriEst

strongly

daily.

is

For moderate to severe

should be taken twice

recommend adding progesterone

daily.

(see discussion of

progesterone that follows), as Mother Nature designed estrogen

and progesterone to work together. Natural progesterone and TriEst can be compounded into capsules or creams by ordering from pharmacists at Women's International Pharmacy, Madison, Wisconsin, 1-800-279-5708.

PROGESTERONE: THE FEEL-G00D HORMONE For many years scientists have

\

T

irtually

ignored progesterone,

choosing to focus on estrogen as women's wonder hormone in preventing bone loss.

New

studies

now

tell

us that estrogen doesn't

re-

build bone, progesterone does.

Bone levels

—

loss

if

can occur even

is

mented

young

women with normal estrogen

their progesterone is deficient. Progesterone levels begin

to decline at age thirty,

terone

in

and

after

menopause, production of proges-

virtually nonexistent! Eventually researchers

even docu-

remove estrogen buildup of of women taking estrogen were

that without progesterone to

the uterine lining, up to one third

developing uterine cancer. This research alarmed so abruptly

fell

from

favor.

solve our problems

had side

.

.

.

many

in the

mid-1970s that estrogen

Quickly the drug companies rushed in to

but the synthetic progesterone that appeared

effects of bloating, moodiness,

and headaches. The Physi-

cians Desk Reference says adverse reactions to Provera and other synthetic progestins include the risk of birth defects, breast cancer,

and runaway blood clots (embolisms) that lodge

in the lungs or the

brain. Yet this synthetic progesterone, progestin, is

whelming prescription written not the best choice.

still

the over-

for progesterone replacement.

It is

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Form

Ideal

of

Progesterone

Journal of the American Medical Association reported clinical trial comparing natural oral progesterone with syna major In 1995, the

The natural hormone won hands down in protectHDL levels, and protecting against uterine

thetic progestin.

ing the heart, raising

As I mentioned, natural progesterone is also a fabulous bone You will stand straight and tall in your seventies and eighties because it actually forms new bone, and this natural hormone does cancer.

builder.

not create moodiness, bloating, or other negative symptoms.

Is

It

Safe?

Natural progesterone replacement fects of Provera

is

perfectly safe, but adverse ef-

and other synthetic progestins (synthetic analogues

of progesterone) are downright alarming. Besides the increased risk of birth defects, cancer, and blood clots, the Physicians Desk Refer-

ence

tells

us that reactions can include cerebral hemorrhage, uterine

tumors, loss of scalp

hair,

and depression

progesterone

pling). Synthetic

liver for excretion in the bile

Instead,

it

stays in the

body

is

and

(to

mention just a sam-

not readily broken

down by

the

urine, unlike natural progesterone.

for an abnormally long time, occupying

hormones but incapable would not consider taking a synthetic

the progesterone receptor sites of the true

of doing most of

its

jobs. /

progesterone under any circumstance.

Taking Natural Progesterone Natural progesterone cream of

women buy

natural

it

is

not on prescription.

over-the-counter.

A

Many thousands

monthly guide for using the

cream has been suggested by John Lee, M.D., a recognized

expert on

its

use.

He recommends

using

1

ounce of natural proges-

terone cream (half a 2-oz jar) each month. This equals out to one quarter teaspoon daily, skipping the first seven days of the month.

you are already

in

menopause and concerned about severe

porosis, use a full 2-ounce jar (or possibly

skip the

first

each, or

1

If

osteo-

more) per month. Again,

seven days, and take two daily doses of half a teaspoon

teaspoon

daily.

Natural progesterone cream

absorbed through the skin, and the bloodstream.

is

diffused throughout the

is

well-

body by

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The Benefits You Can Expect "Naturally" Natural progesterone:

•

stimulates osteoblast-mediated bone-building (which

never lose inches

you'll is

•

helps use your fat for energy.

a natural antidepressant.

•

is

•

restores your libido.

•

helps normalize blood sugar levels.

•

restores normal cell oxygen levels.

•

protects against breast cancer and endometrial cancer.

•

protects against breast fibrocysts.

•

helps thyroid

triol)

cal

a natural diuretic.

•

A note

means

in height).

hormone

action.

of caution, however: Taking progesterone alone (without es-

veers from nature's blueprint.

hormones

in

Women need both of these magi-

our "feeling good/antiaging" arsenal.

TESTOSTERONE: A NEGLECTED HORMONE For many of you, the very mention of the hormone testosterone conjures

up visions of aggression,

don't

know

sexuality,

hormone lowers

that this

and even

lust.

I'll

bet you

cholesterol, protects against

heart disease, improves memory, prevents osteoporosis, builds muscle,

enhances the sex

hormone

is

drive,

and elevates one's mood. This powerful

important for both

men and women, and

its

importance

has been grossly overlooked by both sexes. Dr. William

Regelson points out that "testosterone

for the sex drive in both

men and women;

stimulates our desire for sexual activity

us desire sex in the

may well be

first

place!"

is

responsible

hormone that and orgasm that makes

A man who

it is

the

.

is

low

.

.

in testosterone

able to physically engage in sex, but he simply

care enough to pursue

it.

may not

The popular drug Viagra can now guaran-

tee your physical sexual performance, but without adequate testos-

terone you'll

still

have very

little

emotional desire to have sex.

For most of the twentieth century, research has concentrated

on women's hormones. Very

monal aging

clock.

Men

little

was known about

the male hor-

are just beginning to replace their waning

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320

testosterone levels now. Experts predict that replacing this male

hormone

is

common for men in the next five years as taking

be as

will

estrogen

women.

for

Male Menopause, or "Andropause" The decline in testosterone, the dominant hormone in a man's body, produces many physical and emotional problems we used to shrug off as symptoms of aging. Loss of libido, fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of well-being, and even bone loss are all part of this hormone depletion. Testosterone is so intertwined with the

many men cannot accept the ning low. The good all

of us,

is

news

is

male ego that

fact that its level in their bodies is run-

that this decline, although inevitable in

neither irreversible nor irreparable!

Here are some new research facts to convince you effort to

The

• In 1996,

New England

worth the

Journal of Medicine reported the

amazing news that taking testosterone

hance muscle •

it's

supplement your testosterone supply.

size

even

in

will significantly en-

men who do not exercise.

The University of Washington in Seattle reported that in men who were getting testosterone injections once weekly, there was a significant increase in lean body mass (losing fat and gaining muscle) without any dieting. aged sixty and over

•

A

double-blind study at the Oregon Health Sciences Univer-

showed that men on testosterone patches for three months showed improved brain functioning involving visual spatial abilities. This is an area where young men dominate women in their ability, and we now believe that testosterone is sity

the key to that dominance. •

Gerald studied

Phillips, M.D.,

a Columbia University researcher, has

men undergoing

coronary angiography, comparing

their degree of atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries)

and "In

HDL

levels to their levels of testosterone.

He concluded:

men, the higher the testosterone, the less coronary artery

disease." •

Maurice Lesser, M.D., studied the effect of testosterone blockage in the heart that

in

spasm or an arterial causes intense pain. The testos-

cases of angina pectoris, which

is

either a

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terone injections had a remarkable result: Out of one hundred

showed "moderate to marked" improvement meaning both the frequency and the severity of the attacks were reduced. cases, ninety-one in chest pain,

So obviously, sexual desire and enjoyment are not the only sons for replacing testosterone.

It is

stance that most of us unwittingly lose as

Testosterone:

of testosterone?

too

we

age.

A Female Sex Hormone

What do you think is all

rea-

another magic antiaging sub-

is

It's

the most devastating effect of a

woman's

loss

her loss of libido, a symptom of menopause that

common.

Barbara Sherwin, M.D., of McGill University

in Montreal,

has

over the past ten years led the research on women's need for this

hormone. Her studies show that taking testosterone has a dramatic effect

on the female

And women after

libido.

get even

more protection from taking testosterone

menopause. That's when we suffer a severe decrease

in these

natural androgens, the very substances that are protective against

breast cancer.

We know

that progesterone, the other female hor-

mone, offers protection against breast cancer, but testosterone

is

a

thousand times more protective than progesterone! C. W. Lovell, M.D., Clinic,

working

at the

Baton Rouge Menopause

has treated four thousand patients with a combination of es-

trogen (estradiol) and testosterone.

By doing

he reduced the

so,

in-

cidence of breast cancer in his clients to less than half that of the national average. Another statistic

discovered for every one hundred tients

on testosterone, there

thousand

is

mammograms done

on cancer

one cancer

is

done. In those pa-

only one cancer found in every one

...

a decrease of 90 percent!

Testosterone has also been found to grow

menopausal

that

is

mammograms

new bone

in post-

women over a nine-week course of study combining es-

trogen and testosterone.

My own gets

experience with testosterone

mentioned

in

women's magazine

is

articles.

spoken, feminine type, but testosterone gives tude that

is

I

one that sometimes am, by nature, a soft-

me

a take-charge

atti-

extremely helpful in running a business. There's no

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

322 doubt

in

my mind that

a smidgen of this "male" hormone puts a

of zest and energy back into us during our aging years.

If

lot

only you

could just walk into your drugstore and get this hormone like some of the others, but

Is

it's

not that simple.

Safe?

It

Though testosterone

an important hormone

is

replacement in doses

women

almost never causes problems, but higher

may result in some masculine

unwanted

such as deepening voice,

two theories about

late prostate cells,

and

risk of heart

testosterone increasing the risk of

prostate cancer (the second most are

traits,

hair growth, increase in blood pressure,

Men worry about

disease.

your arsenal

in

The common low-dose

against aging, certain warnings are in order:

common

cancer

in

men). There

As testosterone has the ability to stimuthere may be some danger of either aggravating a this:

benign prostate growth, or of promoting an undetected prostate cancer. Currently, this

sounds and PSA lab

Two

speculation, not fact,

is

tests will

keep any such

Edmund Chein and

antiaging physicians,

monitored over eight hundred patients on (including testosterone) and have seen

PSA

levels.

But dosage

is

important:

full

and regular

L.

Cass Terry, have

hormone replacement

no cancer, nor any

Do

ultra-

possibilities in check.

not take

if

rise in

your levels are

normal, and do not take in amounts above a replacement

level, to

avoid atrophying of the testicles, fluid retention, and lowered sperm

count and semen volume. Testosterone replacement

men who have

for

is

worthwhile

entered male menopause. Signs of such male

menopause are reduction

in libido, difficulty

with erection, lessened

sexual satisfaction, fatigue, and the traditional pot belly that hap-

pens to middle-aged men. warning: Be sure your doctor does not prescribe methyl-testosterone. The United States is the only country still using this synthetic

hormone. Doctors the

in

Europe won't touch

How

to

because

it is

harmful to

Take Testosterone— Safely

Your doctor probably you. at

it

liver.

If you

are a

isn't

going to suggest taking testosterone to

woman, your physician may even be a little shocked

your request unless he or she

is

into life-extension therapies.

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clinics

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nationwide that specialize in thwarting aging, but

may know

the average family doctor

So

let

me give you some

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less of this research than you.

direction.

important to check your level of free or unbound

testosterone with a lab test to determine

how much you

might need

before embarking on a replacement regimen. Second, taking testos-

terone orally (by mouth) can cause liver damage. So do not accept

any such prescription. Testosterone creams and gels are sold by

compounding pharmacies such as Women's International Pharmacy (see Appendix C). There is also a sublingual pill that you dissolve under the tongue, so passes the

which

liver.

The

it

absorbs right into your bloodstream and by-

FDA

injections for comfort.

But

testosterone patch, as

it

start

has recently approved a patch for men,

offers a steady delivery of this

women

hormone, and certainly beats

should take care not to use the

delivers too high a dose.

with the lowest dose of cream or gel and rub

it

Women

should

directly into the

skin on the arms, stomach, or thighs. Effects are usually noticeable

within three to five days. Dosages can be aajusted to give the result that

upward gradually

right for you.

is

THYROID HORMONE

We have already looked closely at the role of the thyroid hormone in Chapter 6, when we discussed depression. If you found you scored high in the Hypothyroidism Checklist, page 199, you have a fairly

common problem. It is estimated that one in ten women and one in men over fifty have some symptoms of low thyroid. If you

twenty

suspect this hormone

is

under par

in you,

venation program to have the lab

it is

essential to your reju-

work done and

restore your

thyroid levels to normal.

Journal of the American Medical Association artiresearchers at Johns Hopkins University urged doctors to rou-

In a recent cle,

tinely test patients over thirty-five for thyroid abnormalities, as they

leads to high cholesterol levels, depression, and weight gain. gest

you ask

for this lab panel

if

your doctor

fails to

suggest

I

sug-

it.

Natural Thyroid Beats Synthetic The likelihood of being prescribed Synthroid, a synthetic form of thyroid, rather than the natural desiccated hormone made from

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

324 animal thyroid,

is

almost predictable. Only a small number of physi-

cians are aware of the advantage of duplicating nature by combining

T3 and T4 Dr.

in the desiccated

(Armour) thyroid. For

all

the facts, read

Broda Barnes's book Hypothyroid: The Unsuspected

Illness or

Steven Langer's Solving the Puzzle of Illness. If

you suspect you have thyroid abnormalities, reread the inforin Chapter 6 and do the at-home test (page 201) to confirm or

mation

rule out thyroid problems.

Is

It

Safe?

Providing you need thyroid that for

you

healthy.

—taking thyroid

Remember,

maintenance

You may

—and only your physician can confirm

it is

will result in

find that

is

not only safe but essential to staying

a lifelong commitment. Stopping thyroid a sudden or gradual return of symptoms.

your dosage levels fluctuate from cold to

seasons. Paying attention to

symptoms such as

warm

consistently feeling

overheated or chilled will help you to better regulate your body's thyroid needs.

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE: DISCOVERING THE LAZARUS EFFECT Are you ready for the wildest research revelations aging

field,

the accomplishments of the

in the

whole

anti-

human growth hormone?

If

ever science has been close to stumbling on immortality, discover-

human growth hormone (HGH) levcomes closest. The study that opened the floodgates to thousands of research papers was published in 1990 in the New England Journal of Mediing the effects of replacing the els

cine. During this study, twelve aging

and eighty-one) shed

men (between

ages sixty-one

their flabby, fat-laden bodies

and became

younger, stronger versions of themselves. The study claimed that

"The effect of six months of tissue

mass were equivalent

HGH in

on lean body mass and adipose-

magnitude to the changes that oc-

curred during ten to twenty years of aging." In other words, aging

was reversedl But that's only the beginning of what this pituitary hormone will do for you. The list of benefits keeps growing with the research. Fifteen years ago, endocrinology texts declared that the growth

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325

At that time,

it

was used only The

to increase underdeveloped children's growth to normal size.

we

fact that

that

all

HGH starting in our twenties, and HGH production is cut in half, and by age sixty-

lose our levels of

by age sixty our

of the population

five half

is

wholly deficient

partially or

growth hormone, did not register as a marker for aging

few years ago. stance,

if

in the

until just

a

science suspect that this amazing sub-

Little did

taken by adults, would offer a fountain of youth:

•

An

•

Cosmetic surgery

effective antiobesity solution

kles,

in a bottle; it works to remove facial wrinplump up skin contours, replace extracellular water, and

restore skin elasticity •

A new lease

on

relieving stress

sharpening •

A

life

and

mentally and emotionally, reviving energy, anxiety, restoring deep, restful sleep,

and

memory and IQ

restoration to normal of shrinking organs (brain, heart,

liver,

kidneys),

and a concurrent reversal of wear-and-tear that

has occurred with those aging organs.

If all

of this sounds like fiction to you,

let

me

get right

down

to

want you to know just what researchers have found, how safe (or unsafe) HGH is, who needs it most, and how you can increase your own HGH availability wisely and successfully for the specifics.

I

rest of your

life.

The Fat-to-Muscle Miracle It's certainly no secret that America is fattening up at an alarming rate. Unfortunately, the more fat we carry, the less growth hormone we release. Those who are apple-shaped (with a fat accumulation around the middle) have a far greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, as well as the loss of fat

HGH, than pear-shaped persons

(with a

accumulation around the hips and thighs). So the shape of your

body can clue you in to your individual HGH needs. Over two hundred persons who received a low dose (.3 to .7 IU of growth hormone twice daily) reported no adverse effects in a 1997 study by L. Cass Terry, M.D. Over 75 percent noted body-fat loss, muscle gain, greater strength, and higher energy levels. Skin texture improved, as did skin thickness and elasticity.

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326 Photographs

in the

June 1997 issue of Life Extension, an

on antiaging research, show remarkable

national monthly periodical

changes

an aging couple after six months of

in

inter-

HGH

treatment.

Their formerly sagging, lumpy bodies had totally changed into muscular

and curvaceous shapes. Their hair was thicker and facial musThey looked twenty years younger in every way. No

cles tauter. plastic

surgeon could accomplish

are looking at

HGH

all

of these changes. Yet what

we

only the outside of the package.

is

Effects on the Brain

Have you

lost

your zest for

you

riddled? Are

living

life?

Do you

with low

feel

vitality

depressed or anxiety-

and a fading

interest in

The growth hormone can do something about all this. Pioneering researchers in Sweden, Denmark, and England noted such marked changes in self-esteem and well-being in their patients on staying alive?

HGH that they started ence to Lazarus,

calling

who was

it

the "Lazarus Effect," a biblical refer-

brought back to

life.

Benzt-Ak Bengtsson,

"We woke them up. With some patients it was like giving them a kick in the M.D., at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Sweden, says of these clients:

back. Their lives changed within a few weeks." Researchers at

Thomas Hospital

in

London

growth hormone, shared "poor energy, emotional

and social sion,

isolation."

St.

noted that their patients, before using the

—

Some were so disturbed

and a loss of self-control

liability,

full

low mood,

of anxiety, depres-

—that they warranted intervention. Yet

on HGH, these abnormalities of mood and energy cleared

up.

HGH

crosses the blood-brain barrier and proceeds to raise endorphin levels,

creating

its

own

natural high.

It

also lowers dopamine, too

much

of which produces agitation.

Bengtsson's

work with growth hormone patients documents a and depression. The rehydration of body tissues the same way that watering drooping flowers perks

reversal of fatigue

adds

vitality, in

them up. HGH has also proved its worth in reversing chronic syndrome by lifting energy levels to new highs. Stress Relief from

HGH

You probably have already seen stresses of

life

that the ability to rebound from the

gradually fades with age. Thierry Hertoghe, M.D., an

expert on hormonal deficiency, emotionality

is

fatigue

tells us:

"Overanxiety or hyper-

a sign of growth hormone deficiency. Androgens help

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men and women calm down, you do with GH. Of

that

NATURALLY

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all

the

but you don't get the calmness hormones I work with, growth hor-

individual most." his

own

reactions

"In the past year, I've

been

in difficult situations

upon taking growth hormone:

enced the stress that usually goes along with well,

waking up

in the

in the

morning feeling

but

I

haven't experi-

this, like

middle of the night worrying, like

I

haven't slept. That has

all

not sleeping

[or] getting

up

gone away."

Memory and Growth Hormone

HGH has been proven to reverse the nitive abilities.

decline in

memory and

in cog-

Dutch researcher Jan Berend Deijem, M.D., and

colleagues found that a lack of growth

hormone

is

his

associated with

impairment of both short-term and long-term memory and of iconic

memory

(the ability to process flashes of information) as well as

perceptual motor skills such as hand-eye coordination.

were able to actually correlate the

levels of

And they

growth hormone present

to the aging patient's IQ.

Growth hormone may well be able to reverse our aging brain's shrinking size. The growth factors stimulate neurons to regrow dendritic connections. Glial cells, which nourish the neurons, can also regenerate. The University of California at Berkeley has successfully carried out these experiments on rats, turning their old brains into young ones and even increasing their cortex growth! Can HGH Increase Life Span? As long as we can continually fight and win our battles with

disease,

we will stay alive and healthy. But as our immune systems slowly fail us, we start losing the war. There is a vital connection between maintaining high immunity and our

levels

of growth hormone.

The primary weapon of the immune system is our thymus gland. It provides us with all the immunity factors we need to fight off disease. It also shrivels as we age, as do our defenses against invading illnesses. The growth hormone boosts our thymus gland, reviving it and reversing For years

this shrinkage. it

has been a

common belief that nothing

can stop the

shriveling of the aging thymus. But Dr. Keith Kelley, a University of Illinois researcher,

has disproved the notion that nothing will reacti-

vate this life-protecting gland by injecting

HGH

into old rats

whose

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328

thymus had all but disappeared. The GH cells caused their thymus glands to grow back to the size of young rats. Other studies by Vincent Giampapa, M.D., have shown an increase in the size of human thymus glands. This researcher explains that HGH jump starts the older cells, causing them to repair themselves and reproduce more quickly.

Greg Fahy, Ph.D., a researcher in

cellular physiology, explains: "I

think that a lot of aging can be explained by deficits in growth hor-

mone.

I

whole

picture. ... If

don't think that even people working in the field see the

you put

suggests that growth

all

hormone

the pieces of evidence together, is

it

even more central to the aging

process than most people [suspected]."

With increased immunity

How

long

still

we avoid disease and live much longer. is no doubt we have

remains to be seen, but there

stumbled on a way to rejuvenate our immune systems as well as our brains.

How

to

Say "No"

to Aging!

At any point after the second decade of

life

you can take

specific

steps to replace this precious hormone. In doing so, you halt physical and mental decay and prolong your life substantially because you have restored your body's immune system. Depending on your age and your levels of HGH, you will either choose to (1) boost your

own

production of

tain

aminos and

HGH

by taking growth hormone releasers

(cer-

GHB (gamma-hydroxybutrate); or HGH by daily injection. however, you need to assess your current level of HGH by niacin), and/or

(2) take the actual First,

measuring the somatomedin C

(IGF-I),

which

hormone marker. This blood test can be done or

it

is

in

the body's growth

your doctor's

office,

can be ordered through the Life Extension Foundation by

ing 1-800-841-5433 or faxing

them

call-

at 1-954-761-9199 and requesting a

form and information on the blood draw station nearest you. You will be sent the results along with the recommendation that requisition

you work

closely with your physician in evaluating the test's outcome. Your doctor's task will be to raise your IGF-I to a level normal

for a thirty- to forty-year-old,

which would be somewhere

in the high

200s or low 300s. There are two paths you can take: either taking releasers or injecting actual

HGH,

as described earlier.

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BOOSTING PRODUCTION OF HGH WITH GROWTH HORMONE RELEASERS

Many

of you

may be

able to up your waning growth

by taking certain natural substances

in fairly large

hormone

levels

amounts that

will

cause increased secretion of growth hormone. Providing that your stocks ample growth hormone, you will be able

pituitary gland

still

to increase

output to levels that have a definite effect on your

its

body and mind. The amino acid arginine is already used intravenously (15 to 30 g) as a medical test to provoke the pituitary into producing HGH. In the eighties, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, an author/researcher team, extolled (and became living proof of) the combination of

combining arginine at

(5 to 10 g)

with the amino ornithine (2V& to 5 g)

bedtime to jump-start an outpouring of growth hormone while

you

sleep.

A

1981 Italian study found the combination of lysine and

ginine at 1,200 milligrams each (or,

1

HGH

as efficient as arginine alone in raising

men

over

In other words, there

was

Unfortunately, in

sixty-five, little

ar-

g plus 200 mg) was ten times levels in teenagers.

these two aminos did nothing.

growth hormone

left

to trigger a

response.

Glutamine in 2 gram doses has been shown to raise HGH levels more than four times higher than a placebo at any age, according to a 1995 study at Louisiana State College of Medicine conducted by Dr. Thomas Wellbourne. Niacin (or leasing

"GH

B3)

at 500 milligrams also

HGH, according

Releasers:

to

An Update

has proved effective in

Pearson and Shaw

re-

in their 1990 report

Review."

GHB (gamma-hydroxybutrate), the newest entry, is a precursor of GAB A (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GAB A regulates the anterior pituitary gland, which secretes growth hormone. While GHB is one of the

most powerful simulators of HGH known to

date,

it is

not cur-

rently available in the United States.

most promising combination of growth hormone releasers, we rely on the experts who have worked with hundreds of patients increasing their growth hormone levels with To

figure out the

natural formulas.

One

of these

is

Vincent Giampapa, M.D., director

of the Longevity Institute International in Montclair,

recommendation, based on his

own

New Jersey.

research and observation,

combination of the following four aminos,

all

taken at bedtime:

His is

a

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

330 Ornithine,

1

Arginine, 2 Lysine,

gram

grams

gram 1 gram

1

Glutamine,

After a few weeks, increase

powder is equal Ronald variation levels

all

doses to 2 grams each. (One

up to 20 percent

Lysine, 3

of

author of Grow Young with HGH, suggests a

Klatz, M.D.,

on the above formula. He claims

Arginine, 3

tsp.

to 2.5 g.)

it

boosts growth hormone

higher.

grams

grams

Glutamine, 3 grams

GHB, 500 milligrams

to

1

gram

Increase these aminos (but not the

GHB) one gram

per week, to

5 grams each, or 15 grams total, taken at bedtime. This level of amino

acid intake

The that

is

equivalent to

table

we have

on page 331

two eggs and is

the growth

tested at our center.

It is

is

completely safe to ingest.

hormone

releasers formula

available blended together

from Bio-Recovery (800-247-6237). Ask for "Bio-Chocolate Growth

Hormone

Releaser."

are gh releasers safe? You must always be concerned with keeping your body from shutting down its own natural supply of hormones because of your new regimen's daily interference with built-in feedback mechanism. Experts recommend takamino formula every day for a period of three weeks, and then cycling off for one week. In that way the feedback mechanism doesn't shut down. Our bodies will reset their feedback mechanisms

your body's ing your

during that

week

off.

you are taking the amino acid formula to release your own growth hormone, be aware that aminos are not good to take if you have a damaged liver. If you suspect you have elevated liver readings, have a chemistry profile lab test done to check it out. Second,

if

Last, taking niacin if

levels

and

call for

you are diabetic may

an aajustment in your

specific medical advice.

insulin.

raise

your glucose

See your doctor for

EPR ESSION

D

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FREE

NATURALLY

,

331

THE HRC GROWTH HORMONE RELEASERS FORMULA® Dose

Nutrient

+v

Arginine

Directions

3g Take together

+* A

Lysine

powder form

+ *a

Glutamine

Ornithine

3g

A

Note:

+

500 mg

If

(1

tsp

=

21/2 g)

1

capsule at bedtime

you are already taking any of the above nutrients, do not exceed the amounts for

total

After one

* After

time

at bed-

ig

Niacin

your

in

3g

the

dosage (see chart page week at this level,

56).

increase arginine, lysine,

second week at 4 grams, increase

A After three weeks,

skip the fourth

week

and glutamine

arginine, lysine,

entirely

to

4 grams, and increase ornithine

and glutamine

to

to

2 grams.

5 grams.

so your body can adjust and reset its own cycled feedback

mechanism.

© Copyright 1999 Health Recovery Center. ™AII Rights Reserved.

the future of growth hormone releasers: There are several drug

GH

trials. When apmean you can just pop a pill to stimulate

releasers presently undergoing clinical drug

proved, these oral agents will

the production of your growth hormone!

drugs

is

The time for these wondrous

within the next five to seven years (as of this writing).

TAKING ACTUAL HGH BY DAILY INJECTION

But what

if

practically

you are

in the

one

third of our aging population that has

no growth hormone of your own to stimulate? If you are run-

ning on empty, then the growth

not for you. (Remember, a of how much, is

that the

if

any,

lab test will

releasers just described are

answer the important question

HGH you have right now) The good news for you

FDA has now approved the use of actual growth hormone, so

you can put back what you thrill

hormone

lost.

These shots of growth hormone

will

you with their ability to reverse the trappings of aging.

A

1995 study by Hans DeBoer at the University Hospital of

sterdam established a growth hormone dose that

is

Am-

40 to 60 percent

lower than previous studies by monitoring the amount of extracellular

water that returns with growth hormone rehydration. (Normal

rehydration and extracellular water occurs at 1.10 IU or 3 mg. Three

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

332

mg

is

equal to

1 IU.) Dr.

international unit (IV2

DeBoer's suggested starting dose was

mg)

daily.

This dose

may be

.50

monthly

raised

by .50 international unit a day until 1.10 is reached. However, Swedish researcher Dr. Bengtsson believes a daily .50 international unit is a sufficient

The

amount of hormone

ideal replacement

for those over sixty.

dose for those under sixty would be one

up the growth hormone level to that of a healthy thirtyto forty-year-old person. The doctor you choose to work with should have expertise in antiaging medicine, a new and rapidly growing field (a list of such physicians is found in Appendix B). that brings

Researchers seem to agree that the most satisfactory approach

now in use is twice-daily injections,

totaling

tional units weekly, skipping the seventh

between 4 and 8

interna-

day so as not to atrophy the

The consensus seems to be that .50 per day is an appropriate starting point and monthly increases should stop at an optimum 1.10 daily. Monitor the growth hormone marker IGF-I (with lab testing) and keep the levels in the high 200s or low 300 IGF-I units. pituitary gland.

is rr

safe to inject hgh? Noticeable side effects

may occur in

doses of

2 international units daily or more, and a 1996 Danish study concluded that 2

seemed too high for most adults. Researchers say that in studies

using doses substantially over 1.10 international units

daily,

lower ex-

tremity edema, joint pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome developed.

(These side effects disappeared

when the dosage was cut in half.)

Other side effects at higher doses breasts, diabetes,

the

and

are:

enlargement of male

fluid retention. Fortunately,

we

are entering

HGH replacement era at the right time. The mistakes of overdos-

ing have already been made, recognized, Scientists

and corrected downward.

have come to understand that the right

HGH

dose

is

sim-

ply a replacement dose, and not a pharmacological level such as that

which bodybuilders and athletes would seek. Last, researchers also have questioned whether cancer sible risk with

Chein and

L.

is

a pos-

growth hormone replacement. Researchers Edmund

Cass Terry have treated over eight hundred patients

in

an older age group where cancers would be expected to occur but have seen no cases. Still, Dr. Chein stresses the importance of rebalancing

all

of your declining hormones: estrogen, progesterone,

testosterone,

DHEA,

your body's youthful

melatonin, and so on. This equilibrium restores ability to fight disease

and optimize

health.

DEPR ESSION- FR

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,

NATURALLY

333

BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE PRICE TAG!

Growth hormones don't come cheap. In the United States, the yearly cost for adults may run up to $9,000 per year or $800 per month (plus doctor's visits, blood tests, and total costs for replacing other antiaging hormones like DHEA, melatonin, etc.). If you choose to get your HGH from a clinic in Mexico, such as the Cancun Renaissance Rejuvenation Center, you can save on your prescription. Mexico sells quality growth hormone over-the-counter in drugstores. As of this writing, the same growth hormone costs about $43 for 4 international units, saving you about $200 to $400 per month or $2,400 to $4,800 per year. The Swiss Rejuvenation Centre Incorporated in the Bahamas supplies growth hormone by mail order directly to customers in the United States at about $25 per international unit. The recommended dosage of .50 to 1.10 would cost $75 to $150 per week, or $4,300 to $8,600 per year. But total fees are over $12,000 yearly because

all

on-

work must be done through this corporation. For more formation, contact Sonoma Diagnostic Inc., at 1-800-635-3021. going lab

in-

THE FUTURE OF HGH

At

this writing, the

search for the perfect growth hormone capsule

or patch continues worldwide. The latest speculation

remains yet another undiscovered hormone that of growth

hormone

release.

is

is

that there

the key regulator

A 1996 article in Science presents the reNow all we have to do is find

search that supports this theory.

it!

Total Repair: Your Bright Future What you have learned from this book represents the basic knowledge you need to live a stable, healthy, and amazingly long life. We are standing at the brink of many wondrous scientific breakthroughs, yet

we

our fingertips. By

can't discount all the

powerful research already at

now I hope you have come to

preciate the foundation of knowledge

understand and ap-

upon which

this

book

is

based. If

you have not yet set out to apply these pages to your own perI urge you to begin today. You have nothing to lose, and

sonal needs,

so

much

to gain,

by restoring yourself to optimal

health. Begin to-

FEELING GOOD AND LIVING LONG

334 day,

and

you

firmly

in the

weeks and months ahead, you and I together will

set

on the path to wellness and stable emotions.

A Final Word In writing this book,

I

had

in

gling for sensible, scientific

that

you

find a

mind each of you who have been answers to your needs.

It is

strug-

imperative

good doctor who will do your lab tests for you and I know from the responses to my first book

guide you along the way.

that this doesn't always happen, so

agencies in Appendix B. you.

You may

call

I

I

have

also extend our

listed physician-referral

own

medical services to

us at the Health Recovery Center, 1-800-554-9155

or 1-612-827-7800. We've had nineteen years of experience with the

problems

I've described,

and we are here to

help.

A final word about accessing the nutrient formulas in this book. You may do so by calling 1-800-247-6237. Bio-Recovery what you need by two-day air. Get started now. ... I wish you Godspeed.

will ship

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APPENDIX

B

Medical References

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE RESOURCES American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) P.O. Box CN 1001-8001 New Hope, PA 18938 Office: 1-316-684-5500

Fax: 1-316-684-5009

American College for Advancement

in

Medicine (ACAM)

23121 Verdugo Drive, Suite 204 P.O.

Box 3427

Laguna

Hills,

CA 92654

Office: 1-949-583-7666

Fax: 1-949-455-9679

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians 601 Valley, Suite 105 Seattle,

WA 98109

Office: 1-206-298-0126

Referrals: 1-206-298-0125

Web site: www.naturopathic.org (FYI: Naturopathic physicians

must have four years of education

in basic

biomedical sciences with emphasis on preventive and natural therapies

and on diagnosing and treating chronic disease.)

American Holistic Health Association P.O.

Box 17400

Anaheim,

CA 92817-7400

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MEDICAL REFERENCES

Office: 1-714-779-6152

Web site: www.ahha.org (FYI: Holistic practioners include medical, chiropractic,

and osteopathic

doctors.)

American

Holistic Medical Association

(AHMA)

4101 Boone Trail

NC 27607

Raleigh,

Office: 1-703-556-9728

Broda Barnes Research Foundation P.O.

Box 98

Trumbill,CT 06611 1-703-261-2101 International Health Foundation (IHF)

RO. Box 3494 Jackson,

TN 38303

Office: 1-901-660-7090

Holistic Health

Guide

(a

New Age journal)

42 Pleasant Street

Watertown,

MA 02172

Office: 1-617-926-0200

Fax: 1-617-926-5562

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 16 Florence

Avenue

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M2N-1E9

Office: 1-416-733-2117

group supplies names of orthomolecular physicians and psychiaCanada and the United States.)

(FYI: This trists in

ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY Well Mind Association of Greater Washington

18606

New Hampshire Avenue

Ashton,

MD 20861-9789

Office: 1-301-774-6617

Fax: 1-301-774-0536

VACCINATION INFORMATION National Vaccine Information Center (Dissatisfied Parents Together)

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1-800-909-SHOT 1-800-909-7468

Vaccine Research Institute (Jo Szczesny) 1-847-564-1403

(A four-minute recorded message learn

how to

is

available twenty-four hours a day to

access the research on vaccine health hazards.)

Vaccine Network

(attn:

Chris Abel)

3411 Winnetka Avenue North Crystal,

MN 55427

1-612-593-9440

Mothering Magazine P.O.

Box 1690

Santa Fe,

NM 87505

1-505-984-8116 1-505-986-8335 (FYI:

From

this publication

you can receive a booklet collection of articles

by physicians and parents on immunization.)

NATIONAL ANTI-AGING ORGANIZATIONS (4 M)

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine 1341 W. Fullerton, Suite 111

Chicago, IL 60614 Office: 1-773-528-4333

Fax: 1-773-528-5390 Life

Extension Foundation

P.O.

Box 229120

Hollywood, FL 33022 Office: 1-800-841-5433

Fax: 1-954-761-9199

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MEDICAL REFERENCES

PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS IN ANTI-AGING

Stephen Coles, M.D, Ph.D.

Allen Ahlschier, M.D.

L.

San Antonio, Texas

Marina del Rey, California

1-210-653-2708

1-310-827-3920

Benjamin Rothstein, D.O.

L.

Baltimore, Maryland

Bluffton,

1-410-484-2121

1-419-358-4627

Terry Chappell, M.D.

Ohio

1-800-788-4627

Chong

Park, M.D.

Montclair,

New Jersey

1-973-746-3535

R.

Arnold Smith,

Jr.,

M.D.

Greenwood, Mississippi 1-800-720-8933

Eric Braverman, M.D.

Princeton,

New Jersey

1-609-921-1842

Ronald Hoffman, M.D.

New York, New York 1-212-779-1744

E. W.

McDonagh, D.O.

Kansas

City,

Missouri

1-816-453-5940

Roman Rozencwaig,

M.D.

Montreal, Quebec 1-514-487-0439

Jonathan Wright, M.D.

FACC

Kent, Washington

Stephen Sinatra, M.D,

1-253-854-4900

Manchester, Connecticut 1-860-643-5161

Julian Whitaker, M.D.

Newport Beach, California 1-949-851-1550 L.

Cass Terry, M.D., Ph.D.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1-414-454-5204 1-414-259-0469 (fax)

APPENDIX

Recommended

C

Laboratories

Company

Tests Performed

Bio Center Laboratory

Pyrroles

3100 North Hillside Avenue

Serum histamine Serum zinc Serum copper Amino acid assays

Wichita,

KS 67219

1-316-684-7784 1-800-494-7785 1-316-682-2062 (fax)

Doctors Data P.O.

Box

Inc.

111

170 West Roosevelt

Road

Hair analysis

West Chicago, IL 60185 1-800-323-2784 1-630-231-9190 (fax)

Immuno

Diagnostic

Laboratories (IDL)

10930 Bigge Street P.O.

Anti-candida panel

FAMA, T3U,

TSH

T4, FTI,

(thyroid panel)

Box 5755

San Leandro,

CA 94577

1-510-635-4555 1-800-888-1113

Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratories

Food allergy profile Salivary

63 Zillicoa Street Asheville,

NC 28801-1074

1-828-253-0621

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hormonal assay

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RECOMMENDED LABORATORIES

Company

Tests Performed

Spectra Cell Laboratories, Inc.

B complex profile

7051 Portwest Drive, Suite 100

FIA-comprehensive 3000

Houston,

TX 77024

1500

Antioxidant profile 1400

1-713-621-3101

1-713-863-8104 (fax)

SmithKline

Beecham

Glucose tolerance

Clinical Laboratories

600 W. County Road D.

Pyruvate

New Brighton, MN

Lactic acid

55112

test

Chemistry profile

1-612-635-1500

Amino

Aatron Laboratories

acid assays

12832 South Chadron Avenue

Hawthorn,

CA 90250

1-800-433-9750

NATIONAL NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTOR

Company

Products

Bio-Recovery

All

Inc.

formulas in this book

3255 Hennepin Avenue South Minneapolis,

MN 55408

1-800-247-6237 1-888-900-0709

Oregano

Purity Products

1804 Plaza Avenue

New Hyde Park, NY

11040

1-800-769-7837

Women's

International

Madison,

WI

Pharmacy

TriEst, natural progesterone,

testosterone

compounding

1-800-279-5708

Sonoma Diagnostic, 1-800-635-3021

Inc.

Growth hormone

APPENDIX

D

Suggested Reading

HYPOGLYCEMIA

Low Blood Sugar and

You,

by Carlton Fredricks (New York: Constellation

International, 1969).

Pure, White,

and Deadly, by John Yudkin (New York: Viking, 1986). How to Avoid It, by Beatrice Trum Hunter (Boston:

The Sugar Trap and

Houghton

Mifflin, 1982).

Sugar Blues, by William Dufty (New York: Warner, Hypoglycemia: The Disease Your Doctor Won't

(New York: by Ann Louise

Jeraldine Saunders

Get the Sugar Out,

1976).

Treat,

by Harvey Ross and

Kensington, 1996). Gittleman, M.S.

(New York: Crown Trade

Paperbacks, 1996).

Feed Your Body Right, by Lendon Smith (New York: M. Evans, 1994). Lick the Sugar Habit, by Nancy Appleton (Garden City Park,

N.Y.:

Avery

Publishing Group, 1996).

Allergies

ALLERGIES and Your Family, by Doris Rapp, M.D. (New

York: Sterling Pub-

lishing Co., 1981).

Brain

Allergies:

The Psychonutrient Connection, by William Philpott and

Dwight Kalita (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing,

1980).

The Type 1/Type 2 Allergy Relief Program, by Alan Levin (Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1983).

Human

Ecology and Susceptibility

Theron Randolph

(Springfield,

111.:

to

the

Chemical Environment, by

Charles Thomas, 1962).

Coping with Your Allergies, by Natalie Golos (New York: Simon and Schuster,

1979).

351

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352 Is This

SUGGESTED READING

D:

Your Child, by Doris Rapp, M.D. (New York: William Morrow,

Supeiimmunity for Kids, by Leo

Galland, M.D., and Diane

1991).

Buchman (New

York: Dutton, 1988).

Chemical Sensitivity, by William Rea, M.D. (Boca Raton,

Lewis Pub-

Fla.:

Ushers, 1992).

An

Alternative Approach

to Allergies,

Ralph Moss (New York: Lippincott

by Theron Randolph, M.D., and

& Crowell,

1980).

NUTRITION Diet for a Small Planet, by Frances Moore Lappe

(New

York: Ballan-

tine, 1971).

Mental and Elemental Nutrients, by Carl

(New Canaan,

Pfeiffer

Conn.:

Keats Publishing, 1975).

Four Pillars of Healing, by Leo Galland (New York: Random House, 1997). by Emanuel Cheraskin (New York: Ringdorf-Bantam,

Psychodietetics, 1976).

Nutrition Against Disease, by Roger Williams (New York: Pitman, 1971). ed.

(New

New

York:

Medical Applications of Clinical Nutrition, by Jeffrey Bland, Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1983). Wellness Against All Odds, by Sherry Rogers, M.D. (Syracuse, Prestige Publishing, 1994). Total Wellness,

by Joseph Pizzorno, M.D. (Rocklin,

Calif.:

Prima Publish-

ing, 1996).

The Nutrition Super Book, edited by Jean

(New Canaan,

Barilla

Conn.:

Keats Publishing, 1995). Dr. Wrights

Guide

to

Healing with Nutrition, by Jonathan Wright, M.D. (New

Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1990).

The Healing Nutrients Within, by Eric Braverman, M.D. (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1997).

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, by Russell Blaylock, M.D. (Santa Fe, N. Mex.: Santa Fe Health Press, 1995). Feed Your Body Right, by Lendon Smith, M.D. (New York: M. Evans,

Nutrition and the Mind, by Gary Null, Ph.D.

Windows,

(New

1994).

York: Four Walls Eight

1995).

Eat Right 4 Your Type, by Peter

J.

D'Adamo (New

York: G.

P.

Putnam's

Sons, 1996).

The Omega-3 Phenomenon, by Donald Rudin, M.D. (New York: Rawson Associates, 1987).

D E P R E S S

I

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,

NATURALLY

353

DEPRESSION The Way Up from Down, by

Priscilla Slagle

(New

York:

Random House,

1987).

Health and Light, by John Ott (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973)

CANDIDA The Yeast Connection, by William Crook (Jackson, Tenn.: Professional Books, 1983).

The Yeast Syndrome, by John Towbridge and Morton Walker (New York:

Bantam Books,

1986).

The Missing Diagnosis, by Orien Truss (self-published, 1983). Obtain from

Box

P.O.

26508, Birmingham,

AL 35226.

The Yeast Connection Handbook, by William Crook, M.D. (Jackson, Tenn.: Professional Books, 1997).

Beyond

Antibiotics,

by Michael Schmidt, M.D., Lendon Smith, M.D., and

Keith Sehnert, M.D. (Berkeley,

Calif.:

North Atlantic Books, 1994).

Digestive Wellness, by Elizabeth Lipski, M.S.

(New Canaan,

Conn.: Keats

Publishing, 1996).

ANTI-AGING Stop Aging Now, by Jean Carper

(New York:

HarperCollins, 1995).

Resetting the Clock, by Elmer Cranton and W. Fryer

and

(New

York: M. Evans

Co., 1996).

Grow Young with HGH, by Ronald

Klatz

(New

York: HarperCollins, 1997).

The Superhormone Promise, by William Regelson and Carol Colman (New York:

Simon and Schuster,

1996).

CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS and Criminality: The Medical Assault on

Vaccinations, Sociopathy

American Brain, by Harris

L.

Coulter (Berkeley,

Calif.:

the

North American

Books, 1990).

DPT:

A

Shot in the Dark, by Harris

L.

Coulter and Barbara Fisher Brace

(San Diego: Jovanovich Publishers, 1985).

Immunization: The Reality Behind Mass.: Bergin

the Myth,

and Garvey Publishers,

1988).

by W. James (Granberry,

APPENDIX

An

E

Easy, Where-to-Find-It

Tests and Formulas Locator

WHERE TO FIND Amino Acids Table (Chapter 4) Page 116

Anxiety (Generalized) Disorder Symptoms (Chapter 5) Page 144 Bio-iypes of Emotions List

(Chapter 2) Page 33 Bio-Types of Emotions Scoring Sheet

(Chapter 2) Page 34

Body Clue

to

Low Omega-3 EFA Availability

(Chapter 6) Page 189

Candida Questionnaire

& Score Sheet

(Chapter 9) Page 271

Carbohydrate Addiction Test (Chapter 3) Page 91

Chemical Screening Test (Chapter 8) Page 242 Diets:

Candida Diet (Chapter 9) Page 276

Hypoglycemic Diet (Low Carbohydrate) (Chapter 3) Page 90

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,

NATURALLY

Hypoglycemic Diet (Moderate Carbohydrate) Chapter 3) Page 98

Food Allergies Screening Test (Chapter 9) Page 281

WHERE TO FIND Formulas: Anxiety Formula (Pyroluria) (Chapter 5) Page 154

Anxiety Formula (Nonpyrolurias) (Chapter 5) Page 161

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula (Chapter 2) Page 43 Bi-Polar Disorder

Formula

(2)

(Chapter 6) Pages 174, 175

Candida Control Formula (Chapter 9) Page 278

Depression Due to

EFA Deficiencies

(Chapter 6) Page 192

Depression Due to Norepinephrine Depletion (Chapter 6) Page 184

Depression Due to Serotonin Depletion (Chapter 6) Page 182

Detox Formula (Health Recovery Center) (Chapter 6) Page 209

Growth Hormone Releasers Formula (Chapter 10) Page 331

High Histamine and Compulsive/Obsessiveness Formula (Chapter 7) Page 229

Hypoglycemia Formula (Chapter 3) Page 84 Irritability,

Sudden Anger, and Violence Formula

(Chapter 8) Page 259

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AN EASY, W

H E R E

Food Allergy Repair Formula (Chapter 9) Page 286

Low Histamine Formula (Health Recovery Center) (Chapter 7) Page 221 Quitting

Smoking Formula

(Chapter 9) Page 290 Viral Infections

Formula

(Chapter 9) Page 267 Genetic History

(Chapter 2) Page 39

Glucose Tolerance

Test:

Normal Pattern Diabetic Pattern Prediabetic Pattern

Hypoglycemic Pattern Flat Allergy

Curve

(Chapter 3) Pages

77,

78

High Histamine (Histadelia) Screen (Chapter 7) Page 227 History of

My Symptoms

(Chapter 2) Page 41

Hypoglycemia and Depression Symptoms (Chapter 6) Page 203

Hypoglycemia Test Symptoms (Chapter 3) Page 66

Hypoglycemic Symptometer (Health Recovery Center) (Chapter 3) Page 71

Hypothyroidism Checklist (Chapter 6) Page 199

Immune System Breakdown (Chapter 9) Page 288 Location of Hormone Glands

(Chapter 10) Page 302

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T

-

F

I

N D

-

I

T

DEPRESSION FREE, NATURALLY -

Low Histamine

(Histapenic) Screen

(Chapter 7) Page 219

Metabolism of Hormones (Chapter 10) Page 313 Minerals and Trace Elements Table

(Chapter 4) Page 122 Minerals that Affect the Brain

(Chapter 2) Page 50

Omega-6 EFA Deficiency Depression Screen (Chapter 6) Page 191 Nutrient Replacement List

(Chapter 2) Page 56 Pyroluria Prescreening Test

(Chapter 5) Page 148

Symptoms of Hypoglycemia (Chapter 3) Page 66

Thyroid Temperature Chart (Chapter 6) Page 201 Tryptophan, Phenylalamine, or Tyrosine?

(Chapter 6) Page 179

Ups and Downs of Addiction (Chapter 8) Page 239 Vitamins Table

(Chapter 4) Page 127

357

INDEX

Aatron Laboratories, 250

Detox Formula,

Acetaldehyde, 116

genetic history and, 39

Acetylcholine, 49, 120, 153, 229

nationality and, 37

manic depression and, 172-173

Aldehydes, 146

Acid (LSD), 218

ACTH,

Alka-Seltzer Gold, 244, 285, 289

109

Allergies

Addiction, ups and

downs

Adrenal cortex stress

of, 239,

279

exhaustion

of,

food. See

Allicin,

Adrenaline, 64-65, 73, 85, 112, 118, 119, 142-145, 159, 177, 184,

toxicity,

251-252

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, 303, 347

Department of

(USDA), 41

American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), 162, 212, 245, 276, 283, 345

Airborne chemicals, 15

ALA (alpha-linolenic

acid), 52

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 345

Alanine, described, 116

Alcohol as cause of depression,

6,

207-208

American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), 73, 253, 345

85

histamine and, 225

hypoglycemia and, 69 Alcoholism, 4-6, 34

amino acids and,

An

Alzheimer's disease, 251

Hormones

for,

267

(Randolph), 238-239

Agoraphobics, 145

craving

112, 113

lipoic acid, 266,

Aluminum, 121

antioxidants and, 50

Agriculture, U.S.

277

Alternative Approach to Allergies,

235

Agent Orange, 262, 263 Aging, 9, 299-300

allergies

Alpha brain waves, Alpha

152

Food

genetic history and, 38

profile, 152

Adrenal glands, 49, 83, 85-87, 90, 301, 302

see also

208, 209

116, 117

American College of Allergy and Immunology, 280 American Heart Association, 187 American Heart Institute, 80

358

N

DEX

359

American Holistic Health Association, 345-346

Anorexia nervosa, Antacids, 53-54

American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA), 73, 346 American Holistic Medical Institute,

Anti-aging, physician specialists

126,

251

316

Antianxiety drugs, 141-143

Anticholesterol drugs, 81

Antidepressant drugs, 26, 110, 112,

American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 181, 184,

159-160, 165, 176-178, 180

Antioxidant complex

228

American Medical Association, 67, 80 American Psychiatric Association, 143

in

acids, 17, 25-27, 42, 108, 109

assessing current levels, 114-115

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 43, 44-45

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 43, 50-51, 245

in

acid assay, 112, 114-115

anger and violence and, 258, 259 anxiety and, 112-113

in

in,

348 Antibiotic drugs, 138, 269, 277

American Journal of Epidemiology,

Amino Amino

38, 1 19

Candida Control Formula, 278-279 Formula, 266,

in Viral Infections

267 Anxiety,

3, 8, 13, 15,

137-163

amino acids and, 112-113 antianxiety drugs, 141-143 Bio-Alpha

Waves Formula,

biological tasks of, 111

biochemical causes

depression and, 112, 117, 118, 173, 174, 178-184

case studies

of,

of,

158, 161

145-162

137-139

categories of disorders, 143-144

essential, 108, 111

elevated blood lactate and, 158-159

free-form, 111

food and chemical

as growth

hormone

releasers,

329-331

sensitivities and,

161-162 genetic history and, 38

histamine levels and, 220-221,

228-229

hypoglycemia and,

69,

neurotransmitters and, 159-161

obtaining, 111

precautions to observe with, 115

incidence

replacement, 110-111

new way of treating,

table,

Amphetamines, 178, 218 Anger and violence, 13, 15, 232-261 case studies, 232-234, 238

chemical sensitivities and, 234, 238-245

Anxiety Formula (Non-Pyroluria), 161 Anxiety Formula (Pyroluria), 154

Archives of General Psychiatry, 165, 172, 207 Arginine

69,

233-238

as growth

diet and,

234-238

329-331

trace metal sensitivities and, 233,

245-253 vaccinations and, 234, 254-258

Annals on Internal Medicine, 263-264

140-143

described, 116

genetic history and, 38

and

137

pyroluria and, 146-155

Ammonia, 113-116, 118

hypoglycemia and,

of,

nutrient deficiency and, 156-158

116-119

nutrition

155-156

imbalance of excitatory

hormone

Armour thyroid,

198,

releaser,

324

Arsenic, 250

Ascorbate form of vitamin C, 46 Aspartic acid (asparagine), described,

116

360

N D

Asthma, 116

in

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

Atenolol, 143

EX

diet,

101-104

Atherosclerosis, 80

Binge eating, 38

Ativan, 23, 113, 141, 142, 160

Bio-Alpha

Attention deficit disorder (ADD),

Bio Center Laboratory, Kansas, 150, 220, 349

253-256

Waves Formula, 159

Autism, 19-20, 154, 255, 256

Biochemical depression. See

Auto-immune disease, 23, 53 Autonomic hyperactivity, 144

Biological Psychiatry, 65, 187

Depression Bio-Recovery,

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 42-44, 266

amino

Inc., 59, 231, 310, 314,

334, 350

Biotin

acids, 43,

44^1 5

deficiency, 131

antioxidant complex, 43, 50-51

dosages, 131

betaine hydrochloride, 43, 53-55

toxicity, 131

multivitamins/minerals, 43, 46-50

Bio-Types of Emotions,

obtaining ingredients, 59

Bipolar disorder. See Manic

omega-6 (gamma-linolenic 43,

omega-3

Bipolar Disorder Formula, 174-175

fatty acids, 43,

51-52

Birth control

tryptophan, 43, 45

C

(Ester C), 43, 45-46

Barnes, Broda, 199-200, 202, 324

affecting,

73-74

see also Hypoglycemia

B complex vitamins

Blood type, 87-90, 98

Waves Formula, 161

Body clock arrythmias, manic

manic depression and, 172-175

depression and, 173

unipolar depression and, 182

Body Electric, The

see also Folic acid; Vitamin Bi

Borage seed

Vitamin B2; Vitamin B5; Vitamin Bg; Vitamin

B12

Bowel

oil,

tolerance, 46. 266

Brain racing, 185

Benzodiazepines, 113, 141-142, 156,

Brainstem, 112

208

Braverman,

Beriberi, 42, 48

150,

Eric, 25, 45, 110,

312

Breakfast

Beta-blockers, 143

in

112, 113, 159

Beta-carotene. See Vitamin

A

Emotions Basic Formula,

43,

53-55

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

in

Betaine hydrochloride, in Balanced

97

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

104

Breggin, Peter, 26, 177-178

British Journal of Psychiatry, 174 British Medical Journal-, 183, 208

Beverages low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet, 94,

New Jersey,

157

Bengtsson, Benzt-Ak, 326, 332

in

(Becker), 292

189

Brain Bio Center,

Becker, Robert, 292

Beta brain waves,

copper levels and,

Blood lactate levels, 158-159 Blood sugar levels, 64, 65 conditions and medications

Basal thermometers, 200 Bates, Charles, 190-191

in Bio- Alpha

pills,

218-219

pancreatic enzymes, 43, 53

vitamin

32-36

depression

acid),

52-53

list of,

97

Broda Barnes Research Foundation, 346

N D

EX

361

Bronchial disease,

1

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic

16

Brown, Carolyn, 235-236

diet,

90-98, 156

moderate-carbohydrate

Bulimia, 38

BuSpar, 142-143

hypoglycemic

diet,

98-105

Cardiovascular disease, 51

Cadmium,

121, 250,

290

toxicity, 147, 233, 246,

Carnitine, described, 116

251-252

Caffeine, 13, 85-86

anger and violence, 232-234, 238 anxiety, 137-139

adrenal glands and, 152 effects of, 65, 68

saying "no"

to,

85-86

Candida yeast infection, 267-268

Calcium, 87, 250

depression, 169-170, 191-193

anger and violence and, 259

essential fatty acid deficiencies,

186-187

deficiency, 122, 195

depression and, 175, 195 in

fatigue,

Detox Formula, 209

food

high histamine and, 228, 229

smoking and,

290, 291

Calcium channel blockers, 208 Canadian Department of Health and Cancer, 50, 106, 304, 307-308,

Candida albicans fungus,

268, 270

Candida Control Formula, 277-279 Candida-related complex (CRC), 205 Candida yeast infection, 53, 138-139, 170, 244, 262, 263, 267-279 Candida Control Formula, 277-279 case study, 267-268 as cause of depression, 176, 205

diagnosing, 269-275 diet and,

276-277

Questionnaire and Score Sheet,

61-64

deficiency, 191-192

Cat's claw, 267

Cellulite,

116

Central nervous system, 108, 111, 112

Ceruloplasmin, 219 Chein,

Edmund, 311-312,

322, 332

Chelation therapy, 206

Chemical Screening

Test,

241-243

Chemical sensitivities, 162, 204 anger and violence and, 234, 238-245 screening test, 241-243 Childhood abuse, 164 Chlorine, 241, 244, 285

270-275

Cholesterol, 23, 80-81, 186, 187, 237,

269 of,

275-279

312,313 Choline, 153

Caprylic acid, 277, 278

deficiency, 49

Carbidopa, 27n

Carbohydrate Addiction Test,

90, 91

Carbohydrates, 38, 79-80, 90-91,

155-156

diet,

Cellular phones, 293, 294

Center, 333

treatment

and

schizophrenia, 15

Cancun Renaissance Rejuvenation

of,

nutrition

prostaglandin El (PGE1)

Catecholamines, 112, 184

315-316, 321, 322

signs

Thyroiditis (HATT), 196

histamine levels, 216-217, 225-226

pyroluria, 22-23

Welfare, 16

and

203-204

hypothyroidism, 197-198

toxicity, 122

trace metals toxicity and, 252

nutrition

262-263

allergies,

Hashimoto's Autoimmune

dosages, 122

quitting

Casein (milk protein), 162 Case studies, 13-14

dosages, 130 toxicity, 130

Cholinergic receptors, 172

INDEX

362 Chromium, 250

Cortisol, 152

Cortisone, 177

deficiency, 50, 122

Cosmetics, mercury

dosages, 122

hypoglycemia and,

83,

84

in,

206

Coulter, Harris, 255

Cow's milk, 107

toxicity, 122

Chromium picolinate, Chromium salts, 83

83, 84, 121,

265

Creativity, pyroluria and, 150-151

Crook, William, 270

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS),

263-265

Crying spells histamine and, 113

hypoglycemia and, 68 Cure Is in the Cupboard, The

denned, 265

symptoms

of,

264

(Ingram), 277

see also Fatigue Cigarette smoke, 38, 50, 116

Cirrhosis of the

liver, 115,

Cysteine, 50, 89, 266, 267, 278

116

described, 116

Cytomegalovirus (CMV), 262, 266

Citrulline, described, 116

Citrus seed extract, 277, 278

Clinical ecologists, 162, 212, 238, 241

D'Adamo, James, 87 D'Adamo, Peter, 87

Cobalamin. See Vitamin B12

Dairy foods

Cleaning

fluids,

50

Cocaine, 142, 178, 184-185, 218

in

Codeine, 225

Co-enzyme Q10, 192 in Candida Control Formula,

in

278,

92

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

99

Darwin, Charles, 108-109, 150-151

279 Formula, 266, 267

in Viral Infections

Cola drinks,

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

38, 40, 69,

Cold-water-fish

85

oils, 51,

189

Comprehensive 3000 (Functional intracellular analysis [FIA]), 133

Compulsive perfectionism, histamine levels and, 113, 170, 20&-206,

222-230

DeBoer, Hans, 331-332

Deyem, Jan Berend, 327 Delta 6 desaturase, 52

Dental amalgams, 206 Depression,

164-212

207-208

6,

amino acids and, 174,

Concentration

8, 13, 15, 23,

alcohol and,

112, 117, 118, 173,

178-184

antidepressants, 26, 110, 112,

B complex vitamin

deficiency and,

159-160, 165, 176-178, 180

B complex vitamin

48,49

deficiency and,

hypoglycemia and, 69 Connolly, Matthew, 143

case studies, 169-170, 191-193

Copper, 250

chemical intolerances and, 176, 204

deficiency, 50, 122

distinguishing

between types,

171-186

dosages, 122 excess, 120, 138, 147, 152, 195,

217-218

electromagnetic fields (EMF) and,

292

histamine levels and, 217-218 toxicity, 122, 233,

48,49

253

Coronary Heart Disease: The Dietary Sense and Nonsense, 81 Corticosteroids, 305, 308

essential fatty acid deficiencies

and, 175, 186-193

food allergies and, 176, 202-205 fungal molds and Candida yeast and, 205

N

DEX

363

genetic history and, 37-38

heavy metals buildup and,

Diet 176,

206

heredity and, 169, 173

pills,

27n, 143

Diflucan, 270, 276

Dilantin (phenytoin), 205-206, 218,

histamine levels and, 176, 205-206, 223, 226

228 Dilman, Vladimir, 265

hypoglycemia and,

69, 176,

202-203

Dimethyl-glycine, 50, 266, 267, 278

hypothyroidism and, 175, 196-202

Diuretics, 208

manic. See Manic depression

Dizziness, hypoglycemia and, 69

prescription drugs and, 208, 210

Doctors Data,

prostaglandin El (PGE1) deficiency

Dopa, 112

Dopamine,

and, 53

psychological versus biochemical,

167-168 St.

349

19, 146, 178, 184, 214,

326 Down-regulation, 177

John's wort (Hypericum) and,

Dyptheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) vaccines, 254-257

183

serotonin and, 25-26

symptoms

of,

Dyslexia, 255

167

tryptophan and, 112, 118, 179-184 unipolar. See Unipolar depression

vitamin and mineral deficiencies and, 175, 193-195

Depression Due to

EFA Deficiencies

Formula, 192

Depression Due to Norepinephrine Depletion Formula, 184

Depression Due to Serotonin Depletion Formula, 182 Despair,

Inc.,

6,

Eating disorders, genetic history and,

38

Eat Right 4 Your Type (D'Adamo and D'Adamo), 87, 88 Eat Right to Live Long (Ingram), 82n Eczema, 53

EDTA chelation therapy,

252, 253

Effexor, 178 Electric blankets, 293, 294

Electromagnetic

fields

(EMF), 263,

291-294

13

Desserts, in moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

104

Desyrel, 180

limiting

exposure

to,

Elemental Nutrients

293-294

(Pfeiffer),

110

Eli Lilly, 177

Detox Formula, Dexamyl, 178

208, 209

Elimination

diet,

283-285

Encephalitis, 254-255

Dexedrine, 219

Endocrine system,

DHA,237

Endorphins, 17

DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), 152, 301-304,

306-312

Enzymes,

17,

109, 111

42

EPA (eicosapentaenoic

acid),

51-52

Dhopeshwarkar, Govind, 64

Epilepsy, 117, 118

Diabetes, 53, 308, 325

Epinephrine (adrenaline), 64-65,

genetic history and, 37, 38

symptoms

of,

68

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, third edition (DSM-HI), 143

Dickinson, Emily, 150-151 Diet.

See Nutrition and diet

Dietary Supplement, Health and

Education Act of 1995, 309

73,

85,112,118,119,143-145, 159, 177, 184,

235

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), 197, 262,

265 Essential fatty acids (EFAs), 17,

23-25, 42, 51-53

anger and violence and, 259, 260 case study of deficiencies, 18&-187

INDEX

364 Essential fatty acids (EFAs) {cont.) deficiencies as cause of depression,

Fish in

186-193

175,

measuring

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet, 92,

levels,

190

in

Omega-3 essential fatty Omega-6 essential fatty acid Essential Fatty Acids and Immunity see also

95

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet, 99,

102

acid;

Flat allergy curve hypoglycemia,

in Mental Health (Bates),

Flaxseed

190-191

Fluorescence activated microsphere

Estriol, 316-317,

76-77 oil,

52, 189,

238

assay (FAMA), 197, 200

319

Estrogen, 208, 301, 302, 311, 315-317

Folic acid, 218

Estrone, 317

anxiety and, 157

Ethanol, 204, 238-241

deficiency, 49, 130

Ethylenediamine tetra acetate, 253

depression and, 175, 194

Exercise, 88, 89

dosages, 130

Expressions of the Emotions in

Man

and Animals (Darwin), 108-109

low histamine and, 221, 222 manic depression and, 172 toxicity, 130

Food

allergies, 15, 38, 53, 161-162,

263

Facial expression, 109

Fahy, Greg, 328

chronic fatigue and, 279-286

Fast oxidizers, 87, 98

depression and, 176, 202-205

Fatigue,

elimination diet, 283-285

262-298

8, 14,

B complex vitamin deficiency and, 48,49 Candida yeast infection and, 263, 267-279

screening test

Formaldehyde,

case study, 262-263

Formulas

291-294

280-283

27, 45, 120, 177-178, 180, 309,

carnitine and, 116

electromagnetic fields and, 263,

for,

Food Allergy Repair Formula, 286 Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 38, 238, 241,

323

284

Anxiety Formula (Non-Pyroluria), 161

food allergies and, 263, 279-286

Anxiety Formula (Pyroluria), 154

hypoglycemia and, 69 nutrition and diet and, 265-266

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula See Balanced Emotions Basic

Formula

stress and, 287-291

Bio-Alpha Waves Formula, 159

viruses and, 266-267

Bipolar Disorder Formula, 174-175

Fats, 80-82, 187-189 in

in

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet, 94-95

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic Fearfulness,

8,

diet,

102

13

hypoglycemia and, 69 Fenfluramine (fen-phen), 27n, 143 Fight-or-flight

mode, 144

Fingernails, pyroluria and, 151

Fischer, Seymour, 165

Candida Control Formula, 277-279 Depression Due to EFA Deficiencies Formula, 192

Depression Due to Norepinephrine Depletion Formula, 184

Depression Due to Serotonin Depletion Formula, 182

Food

Allergy Repair Formula, 286

High Histamine (Histadelia) Formula, 228-229

365

N D E X

Hypoglycemic Formula,

83,

84

Sudden Anger, and

Irritability,

Violence Formula, 258-259

Low Histamine

Formula, 221-222

Smokers Formula, Viral Infections

289-291

86,

Formula, 266, 267

Framingham (Massachusetts) Heart

Glueck, Charles, 187

Glutamic acid,

Glutamine, 84-85, 113, 265, 286 described, 117 in

Detox Formula, 209

as growth

hormone

releaser,

329-331

Study, 80

Frederich,

85, 113, 114

described, 117

C.J.,

168

quitting

Freedom of Information Act, 177

smoking and,

289, 290

Glutathione, 50, 192, 266, 267, 279

Free radicals, 106, 116, 307

Gluten (wheat protein), 162

Freud, Sigmund, 15

Glycine, 112, 118

anger and violence and, 259

Fruits

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic

in

diet,

93-94, 96

described, 117

moderate-carbohydrate

in

hypoglycemic

diet,

quitting

100-101, 103

Functional intracellular analysis (FIA), 133

smoking and,

205

Goiter Belt, 37

Grains, 189 in

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet, 93,

GAB A (gamma-aminobutyric acid),

in

96

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

112-113, 309, 329

anger and violence and, 258, 259

diet, 100,

102-103 Grandiosity, 171, 215

anxiety and, 160, 161

Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory,

described, 117 quitting

289, 290

Glycogen, 65, 87, 111 Gout, 117

Fungal molds, as cause of depression, 176,

anxiety and, 160

smoking and,

289, 290

North Carolina,

152, 190, 285,

349

Gaby, Allen, 311

Greenberg, Roger, 165

Gasoline products, 38, 50

Green tea, 89 Growth hormone. See Human growth

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

symptoms

of,

hormone

143-144

Gyland, Stephen, 65, 67, 156, 202

see also Depression

Genetic history, 32 chart, 39

impact

GHB

of,

Hair analysis, 49, 126, 206, 244, 246,

250-251

36-39

(gamma-hydroxybutrate),

of the American Holistic Medical

328-330

Giampapa, Vincent, 328, 329 Giardiasis, 277 Gingko biloba, 50, 267

GLA (gamma-linolenic acid). Omega-6

Institute, 126,

Hamazaki, See

essential fatty acid

T.,

237

Harris, Seale, 67

Harvard Medical School, 315 Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroiditis (HAIT), 175,

202

Glucose tolerance

251

Hallucinations, 22, 214, 215

Glucose, 64-65, 83, 86, 87, 111, 113,

237

Hair Analysis Standardization Board

test, 68, 70,

72-79,

196-197

HDL cholesterol,

265, 318, 320

INDEX

366 Headaches B complex vitamin deficiency and,

described, 117

precautions to observe with, 115

48,49

hypoglycemia and, 68 Healing Nutrients Within, The (Braverman), 45, 110 Health and

Human Services,

Department Heart attacks,

of,

50,

Hives, 55

HIV virus, 266 Abram, 15, 16, 48, Hoffman LaRoche, 156

Hoffer,

U.S.

21

53

Heart disease, 80-82, 308, 325 Heart medications, 208

Heart palpitations, hypoglycemia and, 69

154, 157

Holistic Health Guide, 346

Homeostasis, 22, 292

Hormones, 9-10, 299-334

DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), 152, 301-304,

306-312

estrogen, 208, 301, 302, 311,

Heavy metals, buildup as cause of depression, 176, 206 Hepatitis, 53

Hepatitis

Histidine, 112, 113

B vaccine, 257

315-317

human growth hormone (HGH), 116, 118

location of glands, 300-302

Herbs, 50, 259, 267, 289, 290

melatonin, 209, 300, 302-306

Heredity

pregnenolone, 301, 302, 312-315

depression and, 169, 173

progesterone, 301, 302, 317-319

high histamine and, 222

testosterone, 301, 302, 311, 319-323

pyroluria and, 150

thyroid, 175, 197-199, 202, 301, 302,

Heroin, 142, 225

323-324

Herpes complex, 117 Hertoghe, Thierry, 326-327 High Histamine and Compulsive/

Horrobin, David, 23, 52-53, 190

Obsessiveness Formula, 229 High Histamine (Histadelia) Formula, 228-229

Human herpes virus Type VI (HHV-

Histadelia. See Histamine levels

Human growth hormone (HGH),

116,

118,301,302,324-333 VI),

266

Hydrochloric acid,

52, 54, 89,

278

test for deficiency, 54

Histadine, 221, 228

Hydrogenation, 82, 187-190

Histamine

Hydroxyindoleactic acid (5HIAA), 258

levels, 21-22, 113, 117,

213-231 case studies, 216-217, 225-226

copper and, 217-218

Hyperactivity,

B complex vitamin

deficiency and, 48, 49

Hypercalcemia, 195

depression and, 205-206

Hyperlipidemia, 187

high histamine (histadelia), 170,

Hyperparathyroidism, 195

205-206, 222-230

low histamine (histapenia), 215-222 nutrition and diet and, 216-217 schizophrenia and, 215, 218

Hypoadrenocorticism, 151

Hypoglycemia amino acids and, 117 anger and violence and, 233-238

suicide and, 170

anxiety and, 69, 155-156

symptoms of high, 227-228 symptoms of low, 219-220, 222

case studies, 61-64 depression and, 176, 202-203

treating low, 220-222

genetic history and, 38

treatment of high, 228-230

glucose tolerance

Histapenia. See Histamine levels

mood swings and,

test, 68, 70,

68, 171,

195

72-79

367

N D E X

nicotine addiction and, 86

Insulin shock, 83

87

reactive, 76,

Interferon, 266

symptoms, 66-67, 69-72, 156 treating,

International Health Foundation

79-90

(IHF), 276, 346

Hypoglycemia Formula, 83, 84 Hypoglycemic Formula, 83, 84 Hypoglycemic Symptometer, 68, 71-72

International Journal ofBiosocial

and Medical Research,

7-8, 166,

239 Iodine, 88

Hypothalamus, 214, 292 Hypothyroidism, 88

Iron absorption, 116

case study, 197-198

deficiency, 50, 119, 122, 195

depression and, 175, 196-202

depression and, 195

home

dosages, 122

tests,

200-202

lab tests, 199-200

symptoms

of,

toxicity, 120, 122

199

Irritability, 69,

Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness (Barnes), 202, 324 Hypothyroidism Checklist, 199, 323

113

see also Anger and violence Irritability,

Sudden Anger, and

Violence Formula, 258-259 Isoleucine, described, 117

Imipramine

Immune

(Tofranil), 112, 178, 185

system, 49, 51, 109, 111, 138,

244, 254, 257, 304, 307

Immune System Breakdown, 288 Immuno Diagnostic Laboratories

Jet lag, 306

Journal of Affective Disorders, 112 Journal of the American Medical Association,

Indecision, hypoglycemia and, 69 Inderal, 143

Inflammatory disorders,

23,

43-44, 195, 200,

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 172 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 73,163,211,346

53

Junk food,

Ingram, Cass, 82n, 277

18,

291, 318, 323

(IDL), California, 197, 270, 349

5,

38, 40, 155,

217

Inositol

anger and violence and, 259

Kelley, Keith,

anxiety and, 157-158, 161

Keys, Ancel, 80-81

deficiency, 49, 131

Klatz, Ronald,

depression and, 181, 182

Klenner, Fred, 46

327 330

dosages, 131

Kroker, George, 203, 241, 280

high histamine and, 228-229

Kryptopyrroles, 146

manic depression and, 172 quitting smoking and, 290, 291

Kyolic garlic extract, 277, 278

Laboratories,

toxicity, 131

Insomnia,

8,

Lab

38

amino acids and, 179 B complex vitamin deficiency and,

allergies, 240,

amino acid

133

285

assay, 112, 114-115

for pyroluria, 149-150

48,49

thyroid, 197, 199-200

hypoglycemia and, 68 Institute for Innovative Medicine,

Lactobacillus acidophilus, 277, 278 Lancet, 11A, 184, 254

Montreal, 23, 52 Insulin, 23, 64-65, 117, 202,

recommended, 349-350

tests, 7, 112,

308

Langer, Steven, 197, 202, 324

INDEX

368 "Lazarus Effect," 326

depression and, 192, 195

LDL cholesterol, 265

in

Lead, 147, 250

dosages, 122

toxicity, 233, 246,

Detox Formula, 209

high histamine and, 228, 229

252

Lecithin, 230

hypoglycemia and,

Lectins (proteins), 87

pyroluria and, 153, 154

smoking and,

Lee, John, 318

quitting

Lesser, Maurice, 320

toxicity, 122

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),

Libido, 49

high histamine and, 226-227

294

testosterone and, 321 Librium, 23, 113, 141, 142, 157, 160

Extension Foundation, 328, 347

Light-headedness, hypoglycemia and,

69

Linseed

Male menopause, 320, 322 Manganese, 87, 250 deficiency, 119, 120, 122, 195

depression and, 195 dosages, 122

oil,

low histamine and,

24

Lipid peroxidation, 50 Lithinase, 173

toxicity, 123,

168,

171-175

acetylcholine sensitivity and,

172-173

Liver damage, 115, 182, 186, 267, 310,

body clock arrythmias and, 173

323

natural formulas

Lobelia, 289, 290 Lovell, C.W., 321

Low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic

diet,

Low Histamine Low Histamine

(Histapenia) Screen,

Maternal genetic history, 37, 39

"Mauve

factor,"

22

Meal preparation tips, 107 Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR)

Lunch

vaccines, 254

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic

Meat

97-98

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

Luncheon meats, 106 Lupus erythematosus,

in

105

45, 55

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet, 92,

in

95

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet, 99,

102

Medical Mycology, 268 Medical references, 345-348

Luvox, 158 Lysine

Medical World News, 264

described, 117

hormone

releaser,

Melanoma, 115 Melatonin, 209, 300, 302-306

329-331

Melatonin Miracle, The Macrophages, 265

Magnesium,

174-175

inhibitors, 115, 118, 119, 182, 186

Formula, 221-222

219-220

as growth

for,

vanadium toxicity and, 174 MAO (monoamine oxidase)

90-98, 156

in

253

Manic depression,

Lithomin, 173, 174

diet,

221, 222

pyroluria and, 153, 154

Lithium, 121, 172

in

290, 291

trace metals toxicity and, 252

Leucine, described, 117

Life

84

83,

19, 87,

(Pierpaoli),

299

250

anger and violence and, 259 deficiency, 50, 119, 120, 122, 195

Memory, 314 B complex vitamin deficiency and, 48,49

INDEX

369

human growth hormone hypoglycemia and,

68,

and, 327

69

National Institute of Health, 80, 137 National Institute of Mental Health,

lithium and, 172

166, 172

Mental illness

Nationality, genetic history and, 37

genetic history and, 38

National Vaccine Information Center,

Pauling on, 18-19

346-347 Nervous stomach, hypoglycemia and,

Menus low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

97-98

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

Neuropeptides, 109

104-105

Mercury, 121, 250 toxicity, 47, 206,

68 Nestler, John, 308

Neurotransmitters,

252-253

159-161

Methadone therapy, 45

see also specific neurotransmitters

Methionine, 50, 90, 113, 192, 205, 228, 266, 267, 279

New England Journal of Medicine, 80-81, 180, 308, 315-316, 320, 324 Niacin. See Vitamin

described, 117 Methyl-testosterone, 322

259

Milk, 107

Nickel, 250

Minerals

Nicorette gum, 291

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 43, 46-50

Nicotinamide. See Niacinamide Nicotine

deficiencies, 49, 50, 119

saying "no"

hypoglycemia and, 83 measuring availability

see also in body,

126

to,

86

Smoking

Night sweats, hypoglycemia and, 69 Nitrates, 106

Norepinephrine, 112, 118, 119, 214

see also specific minerals

Moderate-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

B3

Niacinamide, 154, 156-157, 161, 192,

Migraine headaches, 115

in

17, 25, 26, 49, 108,

109, 112, 113, 120, 142, 143,

98-105

175,

Molecules of Emotions (Pert), 109 Mood swings, hypoglycemia and, 68,

184-186

Nurses' Health Study, 315 Nutrient Replacement

List, 7,

55-58

Nutrition and Brain Development

171, 195

(Dhopeshwarkar), 64 6, 7, 61-107

Morley, John, 314

Nutrition and diet,

Morphine, 118, 141,225 Morton's Lite

depletion as cause of depression,

Salt,

anger and violence and, 234-238

102

Mothering Magazine, 347 Motor tension, 144 Muddled thinking, 3, 14 amino acids and, 113-114

blood type and, 87-90 caffeine, 13, 85-86

Multivitamins/minerals

carbohydrates. See Carbohydrates

in

Candida yeast infection and,

276-277

Balanced Emotions Basic 43, 46-50

Formula,

see also specific minerals

and

vitamins Muscle aches, hypoglycemia and, 68 Myelin sheaths, 254, 257

case studies, 61-64 fatigue and, 265-266 fats,

80-82

histamine levels and, 216-217

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

90-98

INDEX

370 Nutrition and diet (cont.)

meal preparation

tips,

Orthomolecular physicians,

Orthomolecular Psychiatry

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

163,

211-212

107

98-105

(Pauling), 216

selection of ideal diet, 86-90

Orthomolecular therapy, 18-19

shopping

Osmond, Humphry, 157

in

106

tips,

teenage years, 40

Otitis

in

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

Palmitate. See Vitamin

101

Nystatin, 270, 276, 277

Pancreatic enzymes, 54, 209, 286 in

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula,

Obesity, genetic history and, 38

Obsessive-compulsive disorders,

43,

53

Panic attacks, 144-145, 161-162 genetic history and, 38

21-22, 117

Pantothenic acid. See Vitamin B5

inositol and, 158

Obsessiveness, histamine and, 113

Okuyama, Harumi, 237 Omega-3 essential fatty

Paranoia,

3, 22,

147

histamine levels and, 213-215, 217,

218

acid, 23-25,

hypoglycemia and, 69

87 anger and violence and, 237-238

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 43, 51-52

body clues

to

low

availability,

Detox Formula, 209 low histamine and, 221, 222 measuring levels, 190 Omega-6 essential fatty acid, 23,

Partially

hydrogenated

Passion flower, 259, 290 189

Passwater, Richard, 23 Paternal genetic history, 37, 39 Pauling, Linus, 18-21, 41, 46, 196, 216

in

Paxil, 26n, 176, 178, 180

Pearson, Durk, 329 87,

Pellagra, 15, 48

190-192, 237, 259

Penfield, Wilder, 109

Balanced Emotions Basic

Peptides, 109, 162

Formula, 43, 52-53 deficiency, 190-192

Perfumes, 204

Deficiency Depression Screen,

Pert,

Pernicious anemia, 53

Candace, 109

Pesticides, 38, 107, 206, 241

191

Detox Formula, 209 low histamine and, 221, 222 Omega-3 Phenomenon, The (Rudin), in

Pfeiffer, Carl, 21-22, 110, 150, 157,

170, 214, 215, 218, 222n, 226,

230n, 245, 246

Pharmaceutical industry, 17-18, 25-27

188

Opium,

oils, 82, 95,

188

deficiency, 188-190, 192

in

A

Pancreas, 64

roasted, 106

in

media, 255

Oxidation, 50, 86-87

Nuts, 107

141,

Phenylalanine, 112, 113

225

Oregano extract, 277, 278 Ormes, Michael, 143

D-phenylalanine, 118

Ornithine

precautions to observe, 115

Phenylketonuria (PKU), 45, 115, 186

described, 118

as growth

331

hormone

L-phenylalanine, 176, 184, 185

releaser, 330,

Phillips, Gerald,

320

Phobias, 144, 145

N D

EX

371

Phosphatidylcholine, 229

lab test, 149-150

Physicians Desk Reference (PDR), 141-143, 254, 317, 318

screening

Pierpaoli, Walter, 299, 303

suicide and, 170

147-149

test,

stress and, 155

Pineal gland, 300, 302, 303

symptoms

of,

151-153

Pineapple, 89

treatment

for,

153-155

Pituitary gland, 116, 292, 301, 302, 324

Pyroluria Prescreening Test, 148-149

Polio vaccine, 257

Pyrroles, 146, 147, 150

Polyethylene, 241

Pyruvate, 158-161

Positron-emission tomography (PET) scans, 202

Quercetin

Postpartum psychosis, 219

food allergies and, 286

Postprandial fed-state hypoglycemia,

low histamine and,

221, 222

Quolla Indians, 234-235

65

Potassium, 86, 87, 106, 118, 250 deficiency, 122, 195

Randolph, Theron, 238-239, 241, 279

depression and, 195

Raw vegetables,

dosages, 122

Reactive hypoglycemia,

toxicity, 123

Recommended (RDA)

Pregnenolone, 301, 302, 312-315 Premarin, 315 Prescription drugs,

107

levels, 20, 21,

6, 8, 13,

40

Rheumatoid

arthritis,

41^2

117

Riboflavin. See Vitamin

see also specific drugs

Rimland, Bernard, 153

oil,

87

Regelson, William, 307, 311, 319

as cause of depression, 208, 210

Primrose

76,

daily allowance

24

Ritalin,

B2

232

Prisoners of war, 15-16, 165

Roasted nuts, 106

Progesterone, 301, 302, 317-319

Rosacea, 53

Progestin, 317, 318

Rosenbaum, Michael, 264

Proline, described, 118

Rudin, Donald, 24, 51, 188, 237

Prostaglandin El (PGE1), 23, 37, 53, 190, 191,

260

Prostaglandins, 23, 24, 52-53 Proteins, 90-91

Provera, 317, 318 Prozac, 26n, 27, 158, 165-166,

169-170, 180 possible

damage caused by,

176-178 Psychiatric News, 172, 178

St.

John's wort (Hypericum), 183

Salad dressings, in low-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

95

Salads, in low-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic Salt, 102,

Saturated

diet,

93

106 fats,

Schizophrenia,

80 15, 120,

186

amino acids and, 115-117

Purity products, 350

case study, 15

Pyorrhea, 151

essential fatty acids and, 24-25

Pyridoxal 5 phosphate, 153, 154

histamine levels and, 215, 218

Pyridoxine. See Vitamin B6 Pyroluria, 22-23, 138, 139

case study, 22-23

nationality and, 37

Schizophrenias, The: Ours

Conquer

to

(Pfeiffer), 222n,

creativity and, 150-151

Schmidt, Michael, 189

heredity and, 150

Schoenthaler, Stephen, 235

230n

INDEX

372 Solved: The Puzzle of Illness

Schweitzer, Albert, 21

(Langer), 202, 324

Scurvy, 42, 46, 174

moderate-carbohydrate

Solving the Puzzle of CFS (Rosenbaum), 264

hypoglycemic

Somatomedin C

Seeds, 106, 107 in

diet,

101

328

(IGF-I),

Sehnert, Keith, 198

Sonoma Diagnostic,

Selective serotonin reuptake

Spectra Cell Laboratories,

possible

damage caused

350

Inc.,

Sperm

count, 116

Spinal cord, 109, 112

SSRIs. See Selective serotonin

by,

176-178

reuptake inhibitors Starvation, effects of, 16-17

Selenium, 50, 89, 121, 251, 266 deficiency, 122

Steamed vegetables, 107

depression and, 192

Stress, 6,

308-309

dosages, 122

assessing personal load, 287

toxicity, 123

human growth hormone

Serine, described, 118

pyroluria and, 155

Serotonin, 26, 27n, 45, 49, 112, 142,

214

143, 146, 153, 158,

depletion as cause of depression,

176-184

smoking and, 287-291 Sudden infant deaths (SID), 256 Sugar, 64-65, 67-68, 155-156

craving

for,

83-85, 90, 91, 107, 117

Suicide, 166, 168, 207

Serzone, 180

Seven Weeks

and,

326-327

trace metals toxicity and, 252

175,

Texas,

250

inhibitors (SSRIs), 26, 158, 169

combining tryptophan with, 182-184

Inc., 333,

to

Sobriety (Larson),

4,

alcoholics and,

4,

5

electromagnetic fields (EMF) and,

208, 209

Shaw, Sandy, 329

292

Shopping tips, 106 Showa-Denka, 27, 180

histamine levels and, 170, 223,

Rahmahwhati, 314 Silymarin, 50, 192, 267

mercury toxicity and, 206 nationality and, 37

208, 218

pyroluria and, 170

226

Sih,

Sleeping

Slow

pills,

oxidizers, 86-87, 91

Smart Fats (Schmidt), 189 SmithKline Beecham Clinical

serotonin levels and, 45

SSRIs and, 26

Superhormone Promise, The (Regelson), 307

Laboratories, 178, 350

Smokers Formula,

86,

289-291

Smoking, giving up, 287, 289-291 Snacks in

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

in

Supper in

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

in

98

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

98

diet,

105

moderate-carbohydrate

Survival of the fittest principle, 37

hypoglycemic

Sweeteners

Sodium,

86, 87,

251

diet,

104-105

in low-carbohydrate

deficiency, 122

dosages, 122 toxicity, 123

diet, 94,

in

hypoglycemic

96

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

103

INDEX

37

Swiss Rejuvenation Centre

Balanced Emotions Basic

in

Incorporated, 333

3

Formula, 43, 45

Synthroid, 323

combining with SSRIs, 182-184

Systemic candidiasis, 197

depression and, 112, 118, 179-184 described, 118

Talking Back

Prozac (Breggin),

to

26,

176-178 Talk therapy,

Detox Formula, 209

in

5HTP, 27n, 6, 14, 15,

168

45, 180

guidelines for taking, 181

Tardive dyskinesia, 120

high histamine and, 228, 229

Taurine, 112

low histamine and, 220-221

anger and violence and, 259

L-tryptophan, 27

anxiety and, 160

ordering, 43, 45, 180

described, 118

precautions to observe with, 115

manic depression and, 172, 174 quitting smoking and, 289, 290

safety

T cells,

Type

Tenormin, 143 Terry, L. Cass, 322, 325,

332

Testosterone, 301, 302, 311, 319-323 14, 15,

167-168

Thiamine. See Vitamin Bi Thymus gland, 304, 327-328

Thyroid gland,

181-184 of,

181

2 phenylethylamine, 185

116,304

Therapy,

of,

side effects

86, 87, 90, 301,

A blood, 88-89, 98

Type AB blood, 89-90 Type B blood, 89, 90, 98 Type o blood, 88, 90 Tyrosine, 110, 112, 113

described, 119

302

Thyroid hormone, 175, 197-199, 202, 301, 302, 323-324

in

Detox Formula, 209

L-tyrosine, 176, 184

precautions to observe with, 115

Thyroid problems, 139 genetic history and, 38-39

hypoglycemia and, 69 Thyroid-stimulating test, 197,

Unipolar depression, 171, 174-175 serotonin or norepinephrine

hormone (TSH)

199

Thyroid Temperature Chart, 201

depletion and, 175, 176-186

Uranium, 233-234 Uric acid, 117

Tintera, John, 63

Total thyroxine (T4) test, 197, 199,

Vaccination, Social Violence

&

Toxic Psychiatry (Breggin), 178

Criminality (Coulter), 255 Vaccinations, 234, 254-258

Trace metal sensitivities, 233, 245-253

Vaccine Network, 347

Tranquilizers, 38, 113, 120, 141-143,

Vaccine Research Institute, 347

200, 324

160

Valine, described, 119

Trans-fatty acids, 82, 187-189

Valium, 23, 38, 113, 141, 156, 160, 258

Traveling, 59

Vanadium, manic depression and, 174 Van Vollenhoven, Ron, 312

TriEst,

317

Triglycerides, 116, 186, 187, 265

Vascular reactivity, 23

Tri-iodothyronine (T3) test, 197, 199,

Vegetables

200, 324

in

Tryptophan, 26, 27, 110

anger and violence and, 258, 259 anxiety and, 159, 161

low-carbohydrate hypoglycemic diet,

in

92-93, 95

moderate-carbohydrate

hypoglycemic

diet,

99-100, 102

INDEX

374

depression and, 179, 181, 184, 185,

Vegetables (cont.) raw, 107

192, 194

steamed, 107

dosages, 129

Viagra, 319

high histamine and, 228, 229

Violence. See

Anger and violence

Violent behavior, types

of,

246-250

Viruses, chronic fatigue and, 266-267

Vitamin

A (palmitate,

192, 266, 267,

beta-carotene),

278

pyroluria and, 153, 154 quitting

smoking and,

290, 291

toxicity, 129

viruses and, 266, 267

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 87

deficiency, 127

anxiety and, 157

dosages, 127

deficiency, 49, 130, 194

toxicity,

127

depression and, 194

Vitamin Bi (thiamine) anxiety and, 157

dosages, 130

low histamine and,

deficiency, 42, 48, 70, 127, 194

depression and, 194

Vitamin

dosages, 127 toxicity,

in

127

trace metals toxicity and, 252

Vitamin

B2

toxicity,

(riboflavin),

B complex

Balanced Emotions Basic Formula, 48-49

Vitamin C,

50,

89

ascorbate form, 46

87

anxiety and, 157

deficiency, 42, 131

deficiency, 128, 194

as detoxifier, 46

depression and, 194

dosages, 131

Pauling on, 46

dosages, 128 toxicity,

221, 222

130

128

pyroluria and, 152, 154

Vitamin B3 (niacin)

toxicity, 131

deficiency, 15-16, 48, 128, 156, 194

Vitamin C (Ester C)

depression and, 194

anger and violence and, 259

dosages, 128

in

hypoglycemia and, 83-84

Formula, 43, 45-46 in Bio-Alpha Waves Formula, 161

low histamine and, toxicity,

221, 222

128

in

Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

Balanced Emotions Basic

Candida Control Formula, 278

depression and, 174-175, 181, 182, 184, 185, 192

anxiety and, 157

Detox Formula, 209

deficiency, 49, 129, 194

in

depression and, 194

high histamine and, 228, 229

dosages, 129

hypoglycemia and,

83,

food allergies and, 286

low histamine and,

221, 222

viruses and, 267

hypoglycemia and, 84 for, 153-155

Vitamin D, 87

pyroluria toxicity,

Vitamin

deficiency, 131

129

B 6 (pyridoxine),

19, 50,

89

anger and violence and, 259 anxiety and, 157 in

84

Candida Control Formula, 278, 279

deficiency, 49, 68, 146-148, 151, 194

dosages, 131 toxicity, 131

Vitamin E,

50, 89, 266, 267,

278 deficiency, 132

depression and, 192

N D

EX

3 7 5

Xanax,

dosages, 132 toxicity,

Vitamin

23, 137, 141, 142, 160

132

K

deficiency, 132

Yaryura-Tobias,

J.,

Yeast parasites,

14,

228 13S-139, 205

see also Candida yeast

dosages, 132 toxicity, 132

infection

Yogurt, 89 Wakefield, Andrew, 254

Walsh, William, 245

Zinc, 87, 89, 251, 278

Wellbourne, Thomas, 329 Wellbutrin, 291

Well

deficiency, 50, 120, 122, 146-148, 151, 152, 195

Mind Association of Greater

depression and, 192, 195

Washington, 346

dosages, 122

Werniche- Korsakoff syndrome, 48

food allergies and, 286

Wheat, 106, 162, 203-204

low histamine and,

Wild oregano, 277

pyroluria and, 154, 155

smoking and, 290

Williams, Roger, 20

quitting

Women's International Pharmacy,

toxicity, 123

Wisconsin, 317, 323, 350

World Health Organization (WHO), Worrying, hypoglycemia and, 69 Wright, Jonathan

V.,

277, 316

Wurtman, Richard, 25

221, 222

trace metals toxicity and, 252 in Viral Infections

Formula, 266,

267 Zoloft, 26n, 176, 178, 180

Zyban, 291

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