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Hi John
I’m going to start out your Friday morning with some not-so-rosy news.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that
over 40
million Americans are affected by one of several mental or emotional
conditions that has a significant adverse effect on their quality of life.
That’s one out of eight of us, my friend.
These include conditions like:
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Anxiety
- Panic disorder
- Dementia
- Alzheimer’s
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
Plus the NIMH also believes an additional 50 million people suffer from
intermittent bouts of certain conditions like anxiety and depression.
That brings the total up to nearly
one third of the entire US population
that is dealing with mental health concerns…and if that doesn’t scare you, I
don’t know what will.
Clearly we’re missing something along the way in terms of how these
conditions are addressed and treated.
Let’s take a look and see what that might be:
The current trend
According to the NIMH, just over half (58.7 percent) of adults in the United
States with a serious mental illness receives treatment for their problem.
That treatment includes inpatient care (7.5 percent) and outpatient therapy
(40.5 percent), but far and away the leader of the pack is
prescription
medication (like antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs and pain killers).
Although these medications do “work”—as in, many people do feel relief of
their symptoms—that relief comes at a very hefty price.
I’m not referring to how much they cost—I’m talking about
side effects.
Plus many of the psychiatric drugs (especially antidepressants) are not
designed to be used for longer than six months, yet many people stay on them
for several months, years or even
decades.
And considering that the number of people suffering from mental health
conditions continues to go UP, methinks there’s got to be a better way of
looking at these illnesses.
The missing link—neurotransmitters
When you take a close look at how your brain actually works, mental health
conditions make a lot more sense…and you can begin to appreciate that there are
other very effective ways of dealing with many of these challenges.
I’ll give you a very brief biology lesson here so you can see what I mean:
The billions of cells in your brain talk to each other and pass along
information by using little chemical messengers called
neurotransmitters.
We have over 50 known neurotransmitters, and each one carries its own unique
type of message.
When one brain cell wants to send a message to another, it releases the
appropriate neurotransmitter. Then the neurotransmitter floats across the
tiny space between the two cells (called the
synaptic cleft) and the
receiving cell “catches” the message in one or more of its “catcher’s mitts”
(called
neuroreceptors).
Although this sounds like a slow, cumbersome process, it actually happens at
the speed of light and the word is spread from cell to cell VERY quickly.
Once the message is delivered, the leftover neurotransmitters are cleaned up
in one of two ways:
1- They get broken
down by enzymes, go through the liver and eventually make their way out of you
through your urine or feces
2- They get sucked up
by little “vacuums” (called reuptake pumps) and are recycled to be used again
another time
Medications play with
neurotransmitters
Since neurotransmitters have a
significant impact on how your brain
functions and communicates, having too much or too little of one or more of
them is a
major factor behind mental illness.
Now, the reason psychiatric drugs achieve their intended effect on how
people feel is that they play with your levels of neurotransmitters.
For example, many antidepressants work by blocking your reuptake pumps from
vacuuming up leftover serotonin. Serotonin is your “feel good”
neurotransmitter, so by forcing it to hang around between your brain cells
longer, many people feel “happier.”
Anti-anxiety medications target another neurotransmitter (GABA) which is
your “calming” neurotransmitter.
A more natural
approach—support your neurotransmitters
What many people don’t realize is that when you
naturally support
your neurotransmitters and encourage proper levels of them, you can feel a
whole lot better from mental health challenges!
You see, your neurotransmitters are made from
amino acids (building
blocks of proteins) and require one or more
vitamins or minerals as part
of the “recipe” to create the neurotransmitter.
Here are some of your major neurotransmitter players, how they affect you
and their ingredients:
Serotonin
How it works: It regulates your appetite, mood, sensory perception and
immune function.
What deficiency can cause: Depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, sleep
disorders, emotional problems, anxiety and aggression.
The recipe: Serotonin requires the amino acid tryptophan, plus B
Vitamins, Vitamin C, zinc and iron.
Gamma amino-butyric acid
(GABA)
How it works: It has a calming effect on your mood.
What deficiency can cause: Anxiety, over-excitability, seizure disorders and
mania.
The recipe: GABA requires the amino acid glutamate, plus Vitamin B6,
manganese, biotin, lysine and taurine.
Dopamine
How it works: It is a stimulatory neurotransmitter and controls your
arousal, movement and your hormonal responses.
What deficiency can cause: Muscular and cell rigidity, tremors and even
Parkinson’s disease.
The recipe: Dopamine requires the amino acids tyrosine or
phenylalanine, plus Vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, copper, magnesium and zinc.
Acetylcholine
How it works: It affects the electrical activity of your brain and is
essential in the storage of memory.
What deficiency can cause: Memory loss, depression, confusion and muscle
incoordination. It’s low in Alzheimer’s patients, and deficiency is often
seen in menopause (hence the forgetfulness that many women experience in this
stage of life).
The recipe: Acetylcholine requires the amino acid choline, plus
Vitamin B6, B5 and B3, manganese, lysine and threonine.
Better ingredients = better
levels of neurotransmitters
Clearly, having proper levels of neurotransmitters is
essential for
sound mental health!
So it’s crucial to make sure you’re not only
taking in a good variety
of nutrients for your neurotransmitter “recipes” (including amino acids,
vitamins and minerals), but also that your body is
absorbing those
nutrients, and
eliminating old used-up neurotransmitters like it should.
And that, my friend, is accomplished through having a good, nutrient-dense
diet and encouraging efficient digestion.
Here are some very effective ways you can help make that happen:
Step 1: Have a healthy,
nutrient-dense (but delicious!) diet
When it comes to eating for optimal physical and mental health, the
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REAL foods (loaded with crucial amino acids, vitamins and minerals) to help
digestion to be accomplished smoothly and completely.
Not only will this help
dramatically reduce gut problems, but it can
help improve your overall physical and mental health from head to toe by
encouraging the elimination of toxins in your system and enhancing nutrient
absorption!
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You’ll be shocked at how scrumptious
good-for-you foods can be.
Step 2: Encourage a healthy
flora balance
The friendly flora in your gut also plays an important role in your
digestion and nutrient absorption.
Plus here’s something most people don’t know—the vast majority of your
body’s
serotonin is actually manufactured in your
gut, then it
gets sent to your brain—so
gut health takes on a whole new sense of
importance when you’re talking about
mental health!
That’s why supplementation with a quality probiotic formula like
Super Shield
can be so helpful to so many people.
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Super
Shield contains a variety of both
Lactobacillus strains (which
help your small intestine) and
Bifidobacteria species (which live in
your colon), each of which has their own “specialty” in how they help enhance
your gut health and encourage sound digestion and nutrient absorption!
Step 3: Protect against
Omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency
Omega-3 EFAs are CRUCIAL to mental health. Your brain absolutely
MUST
have them to function properly.
Unfortunately, they also happen to be deficient in vast numbers of
people.
You see, because of our current prevalence of processed/fast foods,
vegetable oils, farm-raised fish and meat from grain-fed animals (which have
few or no Omega-3 EFAs), most people are lacking the Omega-3 EFAs their minds
so
desperately need.
That's why supplementation with a high quality Omega-3 fish oil formula like
VitalMega-3
can make such a difference in your physical AND mental health.
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VitalMega-3
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Step 4: Weigh your
alternatives
If you are suffering from a mental health challenge (or want to help prevent
one from occurring), I encourage you to put the power of nutrition to work for
you. It truly can make a huge difference in how you feel for the rest of
your life.
And if you are presently on any psychiatric medications, be sure to
talk
to your doctor before you explore reducing or stopping these
medications. Many people have successfully weaned off of drugs like Xanax
and Prozac, but they can have serious effects if they are stopped suddenly
and/or without proper medical supervision.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
PS: Remember—we’ll soon
be launching our brand new website-www.holisticblends.com! It’s
getting closer to completion and the big day will be here before long!
PPS: Always be
sure to let your doctor or healthcare provider know what supplements you are
taking.
PPPS: Jeanne feels
younger and has more vitality!
Dear Sherry,
It was hard to believe that what had been
happening to my digestive system for the past four years was eliminated by a
simple diet change.
This was especially miraculous to me after
having every test my gastroenterologist could think of, taking medication that
put me to sleep for a week, and then giving another prescription that I was
afraid to take because it had the same warning on its label. All this without
relief!
There was a time this year when I believed I had
to quit the job I loved, and become reclusive because of the severity of my
problem. Now I feel normal, actually younger, and have the vitality back that I
thought was gone forever.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I
am forever grateful.
Jeanne
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