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Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety
In this groundbreaking guide, Dr. Uma Naidoo presents cutting-edge research about the ways anxiety is rooted in the brain, gut, immune system, and metabolism. Drawing on the latest science on the connection between diet and anxiety, Dr. Naidoo shows us how to effectively use food and nutrition as essential tools for calming the mind.ADDICTION
The Body’s Role in Addictions by Jean Armour, RN
The Body’s Role in Addictions by Jean Armour, RN is a revolutionary guide to addiction recovery that integrates neuroscience and biochemistry. This groundbreaking book explains the underlying cause of all addictions and offers a step-by-step guide to achieving lasting recovery. By emphasizing the importance of understanding the body’s reactions and taking back personal power, Armour’s approach has achieved up to 85% recovery rates. With written tests to determine underlying biochemical imbalances, readers are empowered to take control of their own recovery journey. This practical and insightful guide is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand and overcome addiction.
How To Quit Drinking For Good and Feel Good : The NEW Alcoholism Story by Suka Chapel-Horst, RN,PhD
Based on years of experience as a nurse and addiction counselor, Chapel-Horst offers a fresh perspective on alcoholism that emphasizes the importance of treating the root causes of addiction, rather than just the symptoms. With practical tools and strategies for achieving sobriety and maintaining long-term recovery, this book provides a step-by-step guide for anyone looking to quit drinking and reclaim their life. Whether you’re struggling with addiction yourself or trying to help someone else, How to Quit Drinking for Good and Feel Good is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to overcome alcohol addiction and live a fulfilling, sober life.
Leaving Drug and Alcohol Addictions for Good: How Biochemical Restoration Radically Improves Your Chances of Recovery by Joseph Eisele, CACIII
This comprehensive guide to addiction recovery emphasizes the role of biochemical restoration in achieving lasting sobriety. The guide provides practical tools and strategies for addressing underlying biochemical imbalances that contribute to addiction. It offers a unique perspective on addiction recovery that integrates science and holistic approaches, providing a roadmap for achieving lasting recovery. Whether you are struggling with addiction yourself or trying to help someone else, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to overcome addiction and reclaim their life.
End Your Addiction Now: The Proven Nutritional Supplement Program That Can Set You Free by Charles Gant, MD, Greg Lewis, PhD
Whether it involves drugs, alcohol, smoking, or food, addiction is an overwhelming and destructive force. While many rehabilitation programs are available, the truth is that too many people return to their old habits. Why? End Your Addiction Now not only explores the biochemical factors that are the real cause of this problem, but offers proven advice on how to break addictions once and for all.
Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition
Seven Weeks to Sobriety by Joan Mathews Larson, PhD, is a groundbreaking program for fighting alcoholism through nutrition. Based on decades of research and experience treating alcoholics, Larson’s program focuses on restoring the body’s biochemistry to support sobriety and emotional well-being. This insightful book provides a step-by-step guide for anyone seeking to overcome alcohol addiction, offering practical advice on nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle changes to support lasting recovery. With inspiring success stories and a wealth of scientific evidence, Seven Weeks to Sobriety is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with alcohol addiction or seeking to help a loved one achieve lasting sobriety.
The Relationship of Stress to Hypoglycemia and Alcoholism with Diets by Kathryn Carron Poulos, C. Jean & Donald Stoddard
The Relationship of Stress to Hypoglycemia and Alcoholism with Diets is a fascinating exploration of the link between stress, hypoglycemia, alcoholism, and diet. Written by Kathryn Carron Poulos, C. Jean, and Donald Stoddard, this insightful book provides a comprehensive overview of the biochemical and physiological factors that contribute to addiction, and offers practical strategies for addressing these underlying imbalances. Drawing on years of experience treating addiction and conducting scientific research, the authors provide valuable insights into the relationship between stress, diet, and addiction, offering hope and guidance for anyone seeking to overcome addiction and reclaim their life. Whether you’re struggling with addiction yourself or trying to help someone else, this book is an invaluable resource for achieving lasting recovery.ADRENAL DYSFUNCTION
The Role of Stress and the HPA Axis in Chronic Disease Management Paperback – January 1, 2015 by Thomas G. Guilliams Ph.D.
This insightful book offers a fresh perspective on chronic disease management, emphasizing the crucial role of stress reduction and lifestyle modifications in achieving optimal health. Whether you’re struggling with a chronic illness or simply seeking to improve your overall health, The Role of Stress and the HPA Axis in Chronic Disease Management is an invaluable resource for achieving lasting wellness.
Adrenal Fatigue (The 21st-Century Stress Syndrome) 1st Edition by James L. Wilson
This is an incredibly informative and reader-friendly book about a common debilitating medical condition that goes largely undiagnosed and untreated. ADRENAL FATIGUE: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome is a very empowering work cram-packed with vital information about a condition that very likely affects millions of people.ALLERGIES
Brain Allergies: The Psychonutrient and Magnetic Connections Paperback
Brain Allergies: The Psychonutrient and Magnetic Connections, written by William Philpott, M.D. and Dwight K. Kalita, Ph.D., offers a groundbreaking perspective on the connection between nutrition, allergies, and mental health. Drawing on years of research and clinical experience, Philpott and Kalita provide valuable insights into the role of food allergies and nutrient imbalances in a range of mental health disorders, from depression to schizophrenia. This insightful book offers practical strategies for identifying and treating underlying nutrient deficiencies and sensitivities, and promotes a holistic approach to mental health that integrates nutrition, lifestyle, and magnetic therapy. Whether you’re struggling with a mental health disorder or simply seeking to improve your overall well-being, Brain Allergies is an invaluable resource for achieving lasting wellness.
This Your Child’s World, written by Doris Rapp, M.D.,
Is This Your Child’s World, written by Doris Rapp, M.D., is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on the hidden environmental triggers that contribute to a range of childhood health problems, from allergies to behavioral issues. Drawing on years of research and clinical experience, Rapp provides valuable insights into the connection between environmental toxins and childhood illnesses, and offers practical strategies for identifying and eliminating these triggers. This insightful book offers a fresh perspective on childhood health, emphasizing the crucial role of environmental factors in achieving optimal well-being. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or healthcare provider, Is This Your Child’s World is an invaluable resource for protecting and promoting the health of our children.AMINO ACIDS AND OTHER NUTRIENT THERAPIES:
Fuel Your Brain, Not Your Anxiety: Stop the Cycle of Worry, Fatigue, and Sugar Cravings with Simple Protein-Rich Foods
In this practical, feel-better-now workbook, you’ll learn how to make healthier food choices, and discover how protein and sugar affect your emotions and energy on any given day. You’ll also find convenient meal planning and tracking tools to help you monitor your progress, and a wealth of easy tips and doable ways to improve your diet, overcome fatigue, and restore your vitality and mental clarity.Everyone’s heard the adage, “You are what you eat.” When it comes to anxiety, research now shows that nutritional factors often underlie the anxious thoughts and feelings we have every day. With this life-changing workbook, you’ll learn to use brain-boosting foods to stay one step ahead of anxiety.
Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature and the Body by Leslie Korn, PhD
Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature and the Body, written by Leslie Korn, PhD, offers a unique and powerful approach to healing trauma, integrating traditional healing wisdom with modern neuroscience and psychotherapy. Drawing on her extensive experience as a clinician, educator, and researcher, Korn provides practical strategies for healing trauma through nature-based therapies, mind-body practices, and other holistic modalities. This insightful book emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of trauma, rather than simply managing symptoms, and offers a path to true healing and transformation. Whether you’re a trauma survivor, a therapist, or simply seeking to deepen your understanding of trauma and healing, Rhythms of Recovery is an invaluable resource for achieving lasting well-being.
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions by Julia Ross
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions, written by Julia Ross, is a comprehensive guide to overcoming mood disorders and restoring emotional well-being. Drawing on years of clinical experience, Ross offers a groundbreaking approach to mood management, emphasizing the crucial role of nutrition and neurotransmitters in regulating our emotions. This insightful book provides practical strategies for identifying and addressing underlying biochemical imbalances, including amino acid therapy, dietary modifications, and lifestyle changes. Whether you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mood disorders, The Mood Cure offers a path to lasting emotional health and vitality.
The Craving Cure: Identify Your Craving Type to Activate Your Natural Appetite Control by Julia Ross
The Craving Cure, written by Julia Ross, provides a groundbreaking approach to overcoming food cravings and achieving lasting weight loss. Ross draws on years of clinical experience and cutting-edge research to identify four distinct types of food cravings, each with their own underlying causes and solutions. This insightful book offers practical strategies for identifying and addressing the root causes of food cravings, including amino acid therapy, nutrient-rich diets, and lifestyle changes. Whether you’re struggling with sugar cravings, carb cravings, or other types of food cravings, The Craving Cure offers a personalized approach to appetite control that can help you achieve your health and wellness goals.
The Way Up from Down Paperback – November 1, 1994 by Priscilla Slagle
The Way Up from Down, written by Priscilla Slagle, offers a groundbreaking approach to overcoming depression and achieving lasting emotional well-being. Drawing on years of clinical experience and cutting-edge research, Slagle provides practical strategies for identifying and addressing the root causes of depression, including nutrient deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and other underlying health issues.
A Promise of Hope: A Woman with Bipolar Disorder and the Miraculous Treatment That Cured Her by Autumn Stringham
Some children inherit the family nose. Autumn Stringam and her brother Joseph inherited bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that led to the suicides of their mother and grandfather. Autumn was in a psychiatric hospital on suicide watch by the time she was 22. Joseph, at 15, was prone to violent episodes so terrifying that his family feared for their lives. But after Autumn and Joseph began taking a nutritional supplement developed by their father – and based, incredibly, on a formula given to aggressive hogs – their symptoms disappeared, and today they both lead normal, productive lives.A Promise of Hope is the story of Autumn’s flight from madness to wellness and an astonishing scientific account of a treatment that has also helped thousands of others. It is a powerful call for a new understanding of mental illness, its causes and its treatments.DIGESTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
Digestive Wellness: Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion, Fifth Edition by Elizabeth Lipski
Fewer antacids and less bloating aren’t the only benefits of good digestion. When your digestive system is healthy and balanced, you sleep better, have more energy, think more clearly, experience less pain, and combat disease more effectively.Digestive Health shows how everything from migraines to skin disease to arthritis are connected to your digestive system. And now, this go-to guide has been updated with critical new research and developments.
Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia Revised & enlarged Edition by Natasha Campbell-McBride
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride set up The Cambridge Nutrition Clinic in 1998. As a parent of a child diagnosed with learning disabilities, she is acutely aware of the difficulties facing other parents like her, and she has devoted much of her time to helping these families. She realized that nutrition played a critical role in helping children and adults to overcome their disabilities, and has pioneered the use of probiotics in this field. Her willingness to share her knowledge has resulted in her contributing to many publications, as well as presenting at numerous seminars and conferences on the subjects of learning disabilities and digestive disorders.
The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding Of Nervous Disorders Of The Stomach And Intestine by
Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His thirty years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain. This “second brain” can control our gut all by itself. Our two brains—the one in our head and the one in our bowel—must cooperate. If they do not, then there is chaos in the gut and misery in the head—everything from “butterflies” to cramps, from diarrhea to constipation. Dr. Gershon’s work has led to radical new understandings about a wide range of gastrointestinal problems including gastroenteritis, nervous stomach, and irritable bowel syndrome.EATING DISORDERS
Answers to Binge Eating: New Hope for Appetite Control Paperback – April 24, 2014 by James M. Greenblatt MD
Every year an estimated seventy-two million Americans diet, financing a weight-loss industry worth approximately fifty-five billion dollars. Despite the vast efforts put into weight loss, two-thirds of American adults remain either obese or overweight. Clearly dieting doesn’t work, and failed attempts to lose weight encourage the development of disordered eating behavior. Many of those struggling with a disordered appetite compare it to being trapped on a roller-coaster ride. The feeling of the roller-coaster ride of restricting, bingeing, and chronic self-blame is never ending. There is the stretch of time when the car inches upward, when you feel a sense of progress. Then, without warning, you spiral downward in a great rush, having lost all sense of control. You crave, you eat, you binge.
The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Gain, and Mood Swings–Naturally Paperback – May 2, 2012 by Julia Ross
For the more than 160 million overweight Americans, dieting is a failure. Based on more than twenty years of proven clinical results, The Diet Cure‘s revolutionary approach curbs food cravings and restores the brain’s mood and appetite chemistry in twenty-four hours. Beginning with her 8-Step Quick Symptom Questionnaire, celebrated nutritional psychotherapist Julia Ross helps readers identify their unique underlying biochemical imbalances and provides targeted strategies to correct those imbalances using nutritional supplements to jump-start the dietary overhaul. Readers then create their own safe, easy-to-follow plan to end low-calorie dieting and food obsessions for good.
Anatomy of a Food Addiction: The Brain Chemistry of Overeating 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition by Anne Katherine M.A.
If you have struggled with compulsive eating, dieting, and the guilt and conflict they bring, your life will be changed by this important, life-affirming, and astonishingly wise book.
Anne Katherine, a Certified Eating Disorders Therapist and former compulsive eater, explains the chemical reactions in the brain that work in conjunction with lifelong emotional conflicts to make food—particularly sugar and refined carbohydrates—such a comfort that it’s almost like a drug.
Once you realize that your binge eating is a physical disease that can be treated, you can use the book’s self-tests, exercises, the examination of family issues, and complete a recovery program for newfound understanding and confidence.
ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders Paperback – April 29, 2008 by Kenneth Bock
Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders. For years the medical establishment has considered autism medically untreatable and utterly incurable, and has limited ADHD treatment mainly to symptom suppression. Dr. Kenneth Bock, a leading medical innovator, along with his colleagues, have discovered a solution that goes to the root of the problem. They have found that modern toxins, nutritional deficiencies, metabolic imbalances, genetic vulnerabilities, and assaults on the immune and gastrointestinal systems trigger most of the symptoms of the 4-A disorders, resulting in frequent misdiagnosis and untold mysteries.
The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline Hardcover – Illustrated, August 22, 2017 by Dale Bredesen
In this paradigm shifting book, Dale Bredesen, MD, offers real hope to anyone looking to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive decline. Revealing that AD is not one condition, as it is currently treated, but three, The End of Alzheimer’s outlines 36 metabolic factors (micronutrients, hormone levels, sleep) that can trigger “downsizing” in the brain. The protocol shows us how to rebalance these factors using lifestyle modifications like taking B12, eliminating gluten, or improving oral hygiene.
Add & ADHD: Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) Solutions (Paperback) – Common by Charles Gant
This book explores natural and holistic approaches to managing Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It provides information on various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) solutions, such as nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle changes, that can be used alongside traditional medical treatments to help manage symptoms and improve overall well-being.
The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First Audio CD – Audiobook, December 30, 2008 by Mark Hyman M.D.
The UltraMind Solution, Dr. Mark Hyman explains that to fix your broken brain, you must heal your body first. Through his simple six-week plan, Dr. Hyman shows us how to correct imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies, allergens, infections, toxins, and stress, restoring our health and gaining an UltraMind—one that’s highly focused, able to pay attention at will, has a strong memory, and leaves us feeling calm, confident, in control, and in good spirits.
Depression-Free, Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life Paperback – Illustrated, January 2, 2001 by Joan Mathews Larson PhD
In this groundbreaking book, nutritionist Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D., founder of Minnesota’s esteemed Health Recovery Center, offers her revolutionary formulas for healing your emotions–biochemically. Through proven all-natural formulas, Seven Weeks to Emotional Healing will help you find the emotional well-being you’ve been missing your entire life.
Nutrition and Mental Illness: An Orthomolecular Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry Paperback – April 1, 1988 by Carl C. Pfeiffer Ph.D. M.D.
Believing that drugs and psychoanalysis were not always the best course of treatment for a variety of mental illnesses, Dr. Carl Pfeiffer began an extensive program of research into the causes and treatment of mental illness, and in 1973 opened the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Here, with a team of scientists, he found that many psychological problems can be traced to biochemical imbalances in the body. With these patients, he achieved unprecedented success in treating a wide range of mental problems by adjusting diet and providing specific nutritional supplements for those conditions where deficiences exist. This book documents his approach.
In The Anatomy of Anxiety, holistic psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora offers nothing less than a paradigm shift in our understanding of anxiety and mental health, suggesting that anxiety is not simply a brain disorder but a whole-body condition. In her clinical work, Dr. Vora has found time and again that the symptoms of anxiety can often be traced to imbalances in the body.
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime Paperback – Illustrated, February 11, 2014 by Adrian Raine
This book explores the biological roots of crime and delves into the underlying factors that contribute to criminal behavior. It examines how genetics, brain structure, and environmental factors can influence an individual’s propensity towards violent behavior, and discusses potential interventions and preventative measures based on this research. With insightful analysis and illustrative case studies, this book offers a compelling and informative perspective on the science behind criminal behavior.
The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution Paperback – Illustrated, June 2, 2011 by Trudy Scott
This book is a comprehensive guide that explores the connection between food and anxiety. It provides practical and effective strategies for using nutrition to manage and reduce anxiety symptoms, including recommendations for specific foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes. With easy-to-follow guidelines and informative case studies, this book offers a valuable resource for those seeking to improve their mental health and well-being.
Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD Paperback – October 1, 2001 by William Shaw
Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD is an authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-read resource guide to a wide range of therapies that have been useful in the treatment of autism including antifungal and antibacterial therapies, gluten and casein restriction, homeopathy, vitamin therapy, gamma globulin treatment, transfer factor therapies, treatment of food allergies, and alternatives to antibiotic therapy. The information in this book may be useful not only in the field of autism but also in virtually any disorder in which some of the symptoms of autism are sometimes or frequently present.
Heal Your Pain Now: The Revolutionary Program to Reset Your Brain and Body for a Pain-Free Life Paperback – Illustrated, February 7, 2017 by Joe Tatta
Dr. Joe Tatta teaches you how to regain control of your life by breaking the cycle of persistent pain. Following Dr. Tatta’s program, you learn the role of the brain in pain–and how to use your brain to STOP your pain; how nutrition can eliminate the inflammation in your body, which is exacerbating your pain; and how to overcome Sedentary Syndrome and choose the best movement strategy. Dr. Tatta provides quizzes, self-assessments, meal plans, shopping lists, recipes, and exercises to support you throughout the program. If you struggle with chronic pain from an injury, autoimmune disease, or musculoskeletal pain–or are overweight and have tried everything without success–Heal Your Pain Now provides natural solutions to finally eliminate your pain and return to an active, healthy, and fulfilling life.
Nutrient Power: Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain by William J. Walsh, PhD
This guide will show families, patients, and doctors how to change their behavior and improve their health through new skills that will last when psychiatric drugs are no longer used.
Over the past 50 years, psychiatry has made some significantly large strides, but it needs a new direction. The current emphasis on psychiatric drugs works for now, but it is a temporary solution. Studies involving nurses, nursing, interventions and clinical work have led to a new type of treatment.
Biology of the Brain: How Your Gut Microbiome Affects Your Brain – February 21, 2020 by Kent Macleod
Think that your drugs are a sham that are just managing symptoms and never dealing with the root cause? You’re not alone! Millions suffer from similar ailments and health struggles just like you, only to be prescribed more medications that can actually cause harm, and in some cases, even kill you. The medical industry has it all backward!
Chronic health conditions and mental health disorders are increasing at an alarming rate, and yet we are still trying to use the same old ineffective drugs that can have very serious side effects.
THYROID DISORDERS
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause Paperback – May 31, 2013 by Izabella Wentz PharmD
What’s Really Going on in Hashimoto’s? Hashimoto’s is more than just hypothyroidism. Most patients with Hashimoto’s will present with acid reflux, nutrient deficiencies, anemia, intestinal permeability, food sensitivities, gum disorders and hypoglycemia in addition to the “typical” hypothyroid symptoms such as weight gain, cold intolerance, hair loss, fatigue and constipation. The body becomes stuck in a vicious cycle of immune system overload, adrenal insufficiency, gut dysbiosis, impaired digestion, inflammation, and thyroid hormone release abnormalities.
The Thyroid Solution: A Revolutionary Mind-Body Program for Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Health Paperback – December 26, 2007 by Ridha Arem
This comprehensive guidebook offers a revolutionary mind-body program for regaining emotional and physical health. It provides a detailed explanation of thyroid function, including the different types of thyroid disorders and their symptoms. The book explores the connection between thyroid health and overall well-being, and offers practical advice and tips for managing thyroid disorders and improving overall health. It also addresses the emotional impact of thyroid conditions and provides insights into the psychological aspects of these conditions. This book is a valuable resource for those seeking to improve their thyroid health and overall well-being.
Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal by Dr. Datis Kharrazian
This comprehensive guidebook offers a revolutionary mind-body program for regaining emotional and physical health. It provides a detailed explanation of thyroid function, including the different types of thyroid disorders and their symptoms. The book explores the connection between thyroid health and overall well-being, and offers practical advice and tips for managing thyroid disorders and improving overall health. It also addresses the emotional impact of thyroid conditions and provides insights into the psychological aspects of these conditions. This book is a valuable resource for those seeking to improve their thyroid health and overall well-being.TOXICITY
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills Hardcover – July 1, 1994 by Russell L. Blaylock
This groundbreaking book exposes the dangers of excitotoxins, a class of food additives that can have harmful effects on the brain and nervous system. It provides a comprehensive overview of the science behind excitotoxins, including the different types of compounds and their effects on the body. The book explores the link between excitotoxins and various health issues, including neurological disorders, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. It also provides practical advice for avoiding excitotoxins in your diet and minimizing your exposure to these harmful compounds. With illuminating case studies and informative analysis.
