Common sense methods for mental illnesses - Allen Darman

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By Allen Darman. ------------------------- "Mental illnesses" are commonly and correctly considered to beconditions of "chemical imbalance". Well, let us talk about thechemicals in the human body that are imbalanced in simple terms fora little while, so that we can understand the phrase "chemicalimbalance" and the chemistry of the human body a little better."Understand the human cell, and you can understand the human body."This simple statement has profound implications in regard tocorrecting all mental illness.It is important to realize that only three basic chemical classesaffect ALL cellular function in every form of life, to include everysingle cell in a human being. These chemical classes are (1)essential nutrients, (2) allergens, and (3) toxins. (1) Does thecell have enough of all 50 or so essential nutrients to functionproperly?, (2) Is the cell

overexposed to substances it is allergicto such that its performance is impaired?, and (3) Is the celloverexposed to toxins such that its performance is impaired? Thesethree simple questions are quite germane to human health period,both physical and mental. Indeed, these three simple questionsoften represent the entirety of the matter. This is especially truewhen "psychiatric" conditions are concerned.The chemical class of essential nutrients referred to abovesubdivides into only four sub-classes of essential nutrients. Inorder of amounts present in the human body once all of the water istaken out, these are, from largest to smallest amounts present, (1)amino acids, (2) fats, (3) minerals, and (4) vitamins. Waterrepresents roughly 70% of the weight of an average human being. Ifone takes the water out of an average human being, the remainder byweight is roughly 70% amino

acids, vs. only 20% by weight of fats,5% by weight of minerals, and an even smaller percentage by weightof vitamins.It may be worthy to note that some nutrients can be harmful whenpresent in excessive amounts. Copper is one common problematicnutrient worthy of mention in this regard. Some persons have toomuch of the essential nutrient mineral copper. If so, this issue oftoo much copper can and should be resolved. However, most nutrientproblems are not problems of excess such as this example withcopper. In regard to mental illness, most nutrient problems areproblems of deficiency.Essential nutrients are responsible for the production of EVERYneurotransmitter, hormone, and enzyme in the human body. If you arelow in any one of the 50 or so essential nutrients, you are mostcertainly impaired in regard to the production of anyneurotransmitter, hormone, or enzyme these

biochemicals are madeof. This is irrefutable scientific and biological fact.Unfortunately, this is fact you regular doctor or psychiatristignores. It is also fact that is being ignored by almost allmedical research worldwide, in favor of just dispensing drugs.Why? Power, prestige, and money are why. All of these arethreatened by rather simple and understandable truths in regard tonutrients, allergens, and toxins (even by a person that may onlyhave graduated high school).In almost any person with any psychiatric diagnosis whatsoever, foodallergens either directly cause or greatly contribute to theirpsychiatric symptoms. This allergic exposure relates to unknowinglyingesting common (and often multiple) food allergens, such as thegluten-laden grains of wheat, oats, barley, and rye, dairy products,corn, eggs, peanuts, chocolate, citrus, soy, the nightshade family,and other common

allergic foods. Almost always eating common foodssuch as those in the aforementioned list is the biggest allergicexposure that someone should be concerned about. This is especiallytrue if someone has any psychiatric diagnosis whatsoever.Common foods cause severe psychiatric symptoms in millions ofpersons. This is a fact that conventional medicine ignores. It isalso a fact that is commonly recognized in alternative medicine.Many toxins can be generated in the GI tract. (The GI tract is thegastrointestinal tract. It is also commonly referred to as "thegut".). These gut toxins are the result of having (1) too muchcandida (a common yeast condition), (2) too many various otheryeasts, molds and fungi, (3) too many "bad bacteria" that do notbelong in the gut, (4) not enough "good bacteria" that should bepresent in the gut, (5) the presence of parasites, and/or (6) havingtoo

much undigested (and therefore fermenting) food. When present,these gut toxins always are absorbed into the body to some degree.Toxins present in the GI tract usually represent the biggest toxicexposure that one should be concerned about. This is especiallytrue if someone has any psychiatric diagnosis whatsoever.Gut toxins, and the issues that cause them, cause severe psychiatricsymptoms in millions of persons. This is a fact that conventionalmedicine ignores. It is also a fact that is commonly recognized inalternative medicine.In addition to their being problematic in and of themselves, hiddenfood allergens and gut toxins substantially impair all essentialnutrient delivery into the body. In their presence, the gut acts toprotect you. Our intestines either allow for greater absorption orrestrict for lesser absorption depending on what is in them. Tolessen absorption of

problematic gut contents into the body, ourintestines secrete mucous, become inflamed, or use other means inorder to partially shut down the gut from an absorptive standpoint.This is the way nature designed the human gut, as well as the gutsof many other species as well.The human body needs to deal with toxic exposure to some degreeevery single day. It does so by a process called detoxification.All detoxification pathways in the human body are essential nutrientdependent. Some nutrients are more important than others in thisregard. And when the body detoxifies (either excretes or "locksup") any toxic molecule, it uses, and uses up, essential nutrientmolecules to do so. Therefore it only makes sense to fortify one'sessential nutrient status, as doing so increases the body's abilityto handle the daily measure of toxins it is most certainly exposedto. This concept applies, at least in

part, to all allergicexposure as well.In simplicity, some practitioners of alternative medicine areproposing to us, and have been proposing to us for a handful ofyears, that our "various brain problems" are simply (1) foodallergic, (2) gut toxic, (3) dietary deficiency, and (4) nutrientmalabsorptive problems in disguise. They are telling us that thebrain is simply a "secondary target organ" to "primary gut events",just as are all of the other organs and glands in the body as well.According to these practitioners of alternative medicine if (1) wedon't eat a nutritionally adequate and non-allergic diet, or (2) ourGI tract (gut) is too toxic from candida or other biological issuesthat are listed in the copy above, or (3) our gut does not workquite right such that foods we eat are not being digested orabsorbed properly... then sooner or later we are likely to becomepredisposed to chemical imbalance. Chemical

imbalance equatesto "mental illness".In regard to nutrients, plain and simple logic underlies the factthat chemical imbalance equates to "mental illness". This isbecause essential nutrients are what all of our neurotransmitters,hormones, and enzymes are made out of. Therefore if we lackessential nutrients, we lack what these nutrients build in ourbrains and bodies as well. And therefore any problem relating to the(1) intake, (2) digestion, or (3) absorption of an adequate amountof essential nutrients is a causative factor in "mental illness".This simple logic seems patently obvious to many persons.Unfortunately, the simple logic reflected in the above paragraph istotally ignored by modern drug pushing psychiatry as we know it.Did your psychiatrist ever tell you that every singleneurotransmitter in your brain is made out of essential nutrientssuch as amino acids, minerals, or vitamins? Did

they everrecommend these nutrients to you? Does your psychiatrist assumethat you, as their patient, currently have all of the 50 or soscientifically known essential nutrients that your body and yourbrain need? Apparently, your psychiatrist assumes just that.Sadly, your psychiatrist knows very little to nothing about thetherapeutic use of nutrients. And sadly, your psychiatrist knowsalmost nothing about the various nutrient, malabsorptive, allergic,and toxic factors that cause almost all mental illness in the firstplace. All that your psychiatrist knows is how to dispensemedication in an attempt to control your symptoms.It is becoming clearer and cleared in the alternative medical arenathat (1) broadly increasing one's essential nutrient status (withsome exceptions in some cases, but always paying attention to thekey detoxification nutrients), (2) minimizing one's exposure

toallergens, (3) minimizing one's exposure to toxins, while (4)broadly addressing the common malabsortive factors that impairnutrient delivery of (a) chronically ingesting food allergens, (b)intestinal dysbiosis, © a probable lack of digestive enzymes, (d)a possible lack of adequate stomach acid, (e) underhydration, and(f) a lack of enough exercise… when these issues are all correctedin total this more or less represents "a foundation biochemicalintervention" to in order recover human health period (to includemental health). God, in the form of the natural wisdom of nature inyour body, a wisdom that knows how to heal itself when given enoughnutrients to do so, does the rest.The above is not the whole story by any means. It is simply anintroduction to the whole new wave of understanding that alternativemedicine represents.My own profound recovery from over 30 years of heavy bipolarsymptoms

greatly concurs with the basic understanding of alternativemedicine that is reflected above.I did not have to fix my brain directly to recover from bipolardisorder. I had to (1) eliminate chronic ingestion of multiplehidden food allergens that were really crippling me and (2) I had tofix my gut; as my gut did not digest and absorb well at all until Ilearned how to intervene with digestive enzymes, HCL, probiotics,glutamine, bentonite, and a number of other gut healing measures.The first crucial concept that I had to learn in my recovery wasthat for me to even have a chance of truly succeeding, I had to takefull personal responsibility for my own wellness and my ownrecovery. This concept got me "unstuck" from relying on any doctoror any other outside party to "fix my mental illness". I admittedlydid not learn this powerful and personally empowering idea on myown. I learned this idea from an earlier version of "The

DepressionWorkbook" by Mary Ellen Copeland, a book that is unfortunately nolonger in print.In my opinion, it so turns out that even though alternative medicinehas developed (and is still developing) much new truth in which tohelp us, one often does not need ANY doctor's services at all inwhich to recover from mental illness. Almost everything analternative doctor can do for you can be performed at home byyourself, if not performed at home even better by yourself, thanusing any doctor's services whatsoever, alternative or not.I sure don't need a doctor to tell me what supplements I shouldtake, or what dosage of them to take as well. Nor do I need anydoctor at all to tell me how to address hidden food allergy,candida, or any other common problematic gut issues in myself. In myrecovery from manic depression, I found that I could learn about allof these issues and/or how to correct for them from various

booksand from the Internet on my own.I was hurt by medical ignorance once (traditional psychiatry). And Isee many being hurt again... hurt by some alternative doctors thatdon't know alternative medical concepts well, and yet still chargean awful lot of money for very erroneous advice. Even if you chooseto use an alternative medical practitioner to help you, I highlyrecommend that you do a good deal of your own research, such thatyou will know if your alternative doctor is giving you fairlycompetent advice or not.And be very suspicious of any alternative doctor that tries to sellyou on the fact that you are "biochemically individual"or "biochemically unique. Certainly we are all biochemicallyunique, but this is not the heart of the matter when overcomingmental illness. Dealing with the various nutrient, malabsorptive,allergic, and toxic factors as introduced herein is the heart of

thematter in this author's opinion, for the most part. We human beingsare far more biochemically alike that we are different.Also, be very suspicious of any alternative doctor that tries tosell you on the fact that you need a lot of expensive laboratorytests in order to be treated properly by alternative medicine. Manyalternative medical practitioners recommend such. Food allergytesting, stool testing, and amino acid testing are almost useless inmost cases, if not can give erroneous results which can obscure thetruth (this is especially true in regard to food allergy testing).And much (but not all) mineral testing is of very limited value aswell. A hair test, although not perfect, might be wise, and a phtest of one's saliva should be done (this latter test only costspennies, and a hair test costs about $60).I consider the following books to be "must read books" for thosepersons that

wish to overcome a number of psychiatric conditionsnaturally. This reading list is only for those persons that havetaken full responsibility for their own wellness and their ownrecovery, and are able to read and discriminate between quite a bitof information, some of which is in error.Admittedly, one needs to "read between the lines" of the books inthe list below in order to realize their connection to "mentalillness". Why is this the case? This is because many of the bookslisted do not even mention any "psychiatric" condition at all (andthey may not mention yours), even though they are all quite germaneto such (to include yours as well).How can the above be true?The books listed below concern various (1) nutritional, (2)malabsorptive, (3) allergic, and (4) toxic factors. These fourfactors affect human health, due to their ability to cause essentialnutrient deficiency, affect

cellular performance, or both. Onereason that some of the books in the list below don't mentionany "psychiatric" condition is that some (but not all) of theauthors of these books did not realize when they wrote them thatthese malabsorptive, allergic, and toxic factors were important todeal with when properly correcting almost any instance of "mentalillness".In leaving out of the list a number of other great books onovercoming chemical imbalance naturally, I do not mean to demeaneither the authors of these books or the valuable insight containedin them in any way. Dr. Abram Hoffer, Dr. William Crook, and JoanMatthews Larson are very worthy of mention in this regard. Althoughnone of these author's books are in the reading list below, theyhave written some really great books.If "I had to do my recovery all over again" I sure feel that thefollowing twelve books would have been a great place

to start vs.the hundred and fifty to two hundred books that I had to ploughthrough over ten years to find these gems. Essentially books onethrough five in the list below were where I found various truthsthat I needed to find in order to get better from 30 years of heavybipolar symptoms. Books six through twelve I read after I got well,and saw much value in them.I cannot thank the authors of the books listed below enough. In avery real sense, I owe the authors of some of these books my verylife.1. "The Way Up From Down" by Priscilla Slagle. This book is a trueclassic (it was first published in 1987). Its amino acidprescriptions are quite out of date, but when they were firstpublished they were way ahead of their time. This book is availableas a free download from the website www.thewayup.com. It is alsoonly about $6.00 in paperback, probably the best use of $6. Iexperienced in my

entire life.The great value in this book is that it is not too complex and it israther easily understood. It gives someone a very useful overviewof some of the concepts that are necessary to change theirneurotransmitter levels naturally. It also gives someone a veryuseful overview of what some of the common biochemically depletingfactors are (such that one's neurotransmitter levels are depressed).Although this book is a good introductory book in regard todeveloping some basic general understanding of how to change one'smood and brain chemistry with nutrients, this book does not containnearly enough knowledge to be able to correct severe mental illnessin oneself. The more one learns the better, and this book is notnearly comprehensive enough.2. "Depression - Cured At Last" by Sherry Rogers, M.D. A trulylandmark work. Not to be missed. This book can be found

onwww.prestigepublishing.com, as can all of Dr. Rogers books. Forthose that like to read Sherry Rogers goes into depth, but she doesso in a way that is readily understandable by most persons. SherryRogers was my greatest teacher by far. I say this despite the factthat Dr. Rogers does not know how to use the tremendous therapeuticpower of amino acids at all. And I do not agree on everything Dr.Rogers has written (better concepts on certain things can be foundelsewhere). However, Dr. Rogers's books, when they are judged intheir totality from reading all of her books, are absolutelyfabulous. Dr. Rogers greatly helps a layperson to understand thechemistry of the human body better. They also greatly help someoneto understand the common problematic gut issues that often underlienutrient deficiency (and thus neurotransmitter, hormonal, and enzymedeficiency in the body and brain as

well). And her books cover somuch else related to natural healing as well.Both of the above authors (Dr. Priscilla Slagle and Dr. SherryRogers), despite being medical doctors, are not drug oriented atall. They favor nutrients and other natural healing measures vs. theuse of medication. And they both trash the orthodox medicalestablishment for the way it deals with depression in a very logicaland understandable way.Incidentally, the Dr. Priscilla Slagle and Dr. Sherry Rogers areboth medical doctors that suffered from depression themselves. Theyboth found and used many similar concepts in order to overcomedepression naturally. And they both think quite highly of eachothers written work. It sure seems to me that if one actuallysuffers from an illness, as these authors both personally did, itgives them a significant advantage in gaining an accurate and trueunderstanding of the illness

in question vs. someone who does nothave this particular illness at all.3. "Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management" by Bernard Jensen.This book is a true classic on the gut, and it has been for years.It contains some knowledge and concepts not found on any other bookin this list. This book is truly a "must read book". Despite thefact that this book mentions no psychiatric illness at all, it isgermane to all psychiatric illnesses. The concept of bowel transittime is very important, if not crucial, to mental health, as is theconcept of autointoxication. Did you know that a healthy humanbeing eating a natural diet has two or three loose, easy to pass,healthy bowel movement a day? Bernard Jensen knew this, and he hastaught many persons this fact. Bernard Jensen also taught manypersons how toxic the colon can be, and how important it is tocorrect for this in order to recover

one's health. What BernardJensen taught us is quite germane to all mental illness fromdepression to schizophrenia.4. "Patient Heal Thyself" by Jordan Rubin. Jordan Rubin drawsheavily on the knowledge of Bernard Jensen and others, but putsforth some of his own concepts as well. His own personal story ofrecovery, which is in most of his books, is both miraculous and true.Jordan Rubin is "the new kid on the block gut-wise". Both his booksand his Garden of Life supplement products are well spoken of bymany.5. "Digestive Wellness" by Elizabeth Lipski. This book is a real gemon the gut. It is a very worthy read in regard to commonproblematic gut issues and how to correct them.6. "Restoring Your Digestive Health" by Jordan Rubin. This bookdetails his "Guts and Glory Program" for healing the gut. JordanRubin does miss the issue of hidden food allergy almost completely,but on

other gut issues he is very insightful.7. "No More Heartburn" by Sherry Rogers, M.D. This is Dr. Rogersonly professionally edited book (all the rest were self published,which is not at all a negative feature, as when Dr. Rogers selfpublished she often put quite a few helpful references at the end ofeach chapter). "No More Heartburn" essentially strips "the gutissues" out of her book "Depression - Cured At Last" and expands onthem somewhat.8. "Conquering Yeast Infections" by S. Colet Lahoz. This is theonly book that I know of that extols the use of bentonite andpsyllium for dealing with candida and other intestinal dysbiosisissues. As such, this book automatically makes my favorite readinglist. I say this despite the fact that I often use far morebentonite and psyllium than Ms. Lahoz recommends. I think that herdosage recommendations are often far too low to adequately

andquickly correct serious intestinal dysbiosis.Ms. Lahoz suggestion of using olive oil and coconut oil to correctthe gut is a very good one (caprol which she recommends, is acombination of these two oils). I personally take these and othergut healing oils apart from taking bentonite and psyllium, as Ms.Lahoz recommends.I was actually using bentonite and psyllium much earlier in myrecovery than when I found and read this book. In my opinion, it isinevitable that bentonite and psyllium are going to be found to beincredibly useful in regard to treating a whole host of mentalconditions, to include bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and all therest. This is due to bentonite and psyllium being able to purge thegut of a wide range of intestinal dysbiosis and intestinalmalabsorptive issues fairly quickly without experiencing any (orhardly any) die off reaction whatsoever.9. "The Mood Cure"

by Julia Ross. This book is a very worthy read,despite the fact that there is not enough emphasis placed on thecommon problematic gut issues that underlie most mental illness. Itis one of the few books that recognize the tremendous therapeuticpower of amino acids.Julia Ross, Margot Kidder (the actress that overcame bipolardisorder in herself naturally), and myself all seem to haveindependently come up with a very similar amino acid prescriptionfor inhibition and/or to promote sleep in the late 1990's. Thisamino acid prescription regime uses tryptophan, taurine, GABA forthe most part, although other nutrients are also involved.I have one major disagreement with Julia Ross. Until she recommendssome kind of broad based amino acid prescription for depression, Istrongly feel that she is incorrect on this issue. Her oldtyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan prescription for

depression issimply a page out of Dr. Slagle's book "The Way Up From Down". Itis quite out of date. Taking broad based amino acid preparations isa far more effective approach for the relief of depression thansimply boosting a few key neurotransmitters (by taking a fewindividual amino acids, as Julia Ross and Dr. Slagle recommend).10. "The Amino Revolution" by Robert Erdmann. This book has someserious flaws, but so little is written on amino acids. This bookmade my favorite book list more or less by default, due to the factso few decent books are written on how to use amino acidstherapeutically.Robert Erdmann does know that taking broad based amino acids iswise. Although he also recommends coupling various amino acids totreat various problems, he also recommends broad based amino acidsas well.One obvious error that comes to mind when I read Robert Erdmann'sbook is that he does not

mention the use of taurine for inhibition.This is a clear mistake, as taurine is powerfully inhibitory formany persons.Unfortunately, Robert Erdmann does not give any dosagerecommendations in his book, or any set of guidelines fordetermining such. In general, one needs to determine their owndosage in regard to amino acids (both blended and individual aminoacids), by dosing up slowly and cautiously over a period of timewhile monitoring their effect in oneself.I have personally taken well over 80,000 capsules of individual orblended amino acids since 1997, along with a whole range of vitaminand mineral cofactors. Amino acids are incredibly helpfulsubstances in regard to correcting depression and mania in othermanic depressive persons and myself, once one learns how to use themproperly. They are also incredibly helpful substances in regard toresolving a whole host of other mental and

physical conditions. Inaddition, amino acids are also incredibly helpful substances inregard to resolving all cases of substance abuse (from alcohol toheroin and everything in between). Yet so little is known about howto use amino acids properly when treating ill health of any sort.And so few books are written about them as well. At least RobertErdmann wrote one, not a perfect book, but quite useful nonetheless.It never ceases to amaze me how little is written in regard toapplying amino acids to mental conditions. After all, amino acidsare the primary nutrient precursors to nearly everyneurotransmitter, hormone, and enzyme in the human body. Remember,if one takes the water out of an average human being, the remainderby weight is roughly 70% amino acids, vs. only 20% by weight offats, 5% by weight of minerals, and a small amount of vitamins. Insaying what I have about amino

acids, I do not mean to demean theimportance of minerals, as this class of essential nutrients iscrucial to the proper functioning of every cell in the human body(minerals are arguably as important as amino acids in regard tochemical balance, despite their being so much less of one's bodyweight). Nor do I mean to demean the importance of enough "goodfats", as these essential nutrients, just as vitamins, minerals, andamino acids are, are also crucial to human health and well being aswell.11. "Is This Your Child?" by Doris Rapp. Do not confuse this bookwith the book "Is This Your Child's World?" by Doris Rapp. These aretwo different books. "Is This Your Child?", although written forADHD, strongly applies to depression, bipolar disorder and manyother psychiatric conditions as well.Dr. Doris Rapp (as well as Dr. William Crook and many others) has agood part of the basics down right. She knows

that hidden foodallergies and problematic gut issues (such as candida) are the majorcauses of ADHD in most children that are so afflicted. Currentalternative medical thought recognizes the power and prevalence offood allergies, just as Dr. Rapp does. However, current alternativemedical thought goes beyond addressing just candida when addressingproblems in the gut. The new buzzword for common gut problemsis "intestinal dysbiosis". In simple terms, intestinal dysbiosismeans disordered biology in the GI tract. This is an inclusive termthat encompasses (1) too much candida (a common yeast condition),(2) too many various other yeasts, molds and fungi, (3) toomany "bad bacteria" that do not belong in the gut, (4) notenough "good bacteria" that should be present in the gut, and (5)the presence of parasites.12. "Optimum Nutrition for the Mind" by Patrick Holford. One of

thenewer "brain books". This book has its strengths and weaknesses, asdo all of the books that are listed here. Patrick Holford doesrealize the importance of hidden food allergies and intestinaldysbiosis when dealing with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and thelike. These common malabsorptive issues are recognized by manypersons as being crucial to the treatment of bipolar disorder,depression, schizophrenia, and the like. However, these commonmalabsorptive issues are still missed by many persons in theseregards as well, to include many persons involved in the highestechelons of medical research.There are many great truths in the above books. Putting thesetruths together may represent close to the best level ofunderstanding in regard to overcoming bipolar disorder, depression,schizophrenia, alcoholism, and a whole host of other mental andphysical conditions at the current

time.However, I am admittedly in disagreement with some material inalmost every book that is listed above. It seems to me that most ofthe above authors were right on some stuff and wrong on others... atleast in regard to understanding what I needed to know to overcomebipolar disorder in myself. Some of the errors in the above bookswere just plain errors. Some of the errors in the above books wereerrors of emphasis (such as not emphasizing the importance of hiddenfood allergy or intestinal dysbiosis issues enough while focusing onissues such as the thyroid or blood sugar control, both of which areoften caused by nutrient deficiency as a result of a deficient diet,food allergies, or intestinal dysbiosis). And some of these errorswere errors of omission (such as Sherry Rogers not knowing how touse amino acids, Jordan Rubin discounting the importance of foodallergy, etc.).In addition to

the above books, many websites are a valuableresource of information as well. These websites are far toonumerous to list, but the following should give someone an idea ofhow many there are, and where to find them.By using Google as a search engine on June 2, 2005, I coupled theindividual illnesses of depression, anxiety, autism, ADHD, ADD,bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and alcoholism with the words orphrases of food allergy, candida, intestinal dysbiosis, digestiveenzymes, malabsorption, leaky gut, and irritable bowel syndrome(IBS). In essence, I was coupling a number of common psychiatricillnesses (and one issue of substance abuse common to psychiatricpatients) with various common problems related to the gut.When I coupled the word depression with the aforementioned gutissues, Google came up with the following amount of hits:1,110,000, 39,000, 3,930, 209,000, 81,700, 27,600, and

823,000respectively.When I coupled the word anxiety with the aforementioned gut issues,Google came up with the following amount of hits: 823,000, 296,000,723, 180,000, 56,100, 21,600, and 657,000 respectively.When I coupled the word autism with the aforementioned gut issues,Google came up with the following amount of hits: 405,000, 64,100,1,560, 26,300, 10,200, 11,100, and 428,000 respectively.When I coupled the word ADHD with the aforementioned gut issues,Google came up with the following amount of hits: 1,000,000,130,000, 582, 157,000, 7,690, 2,910, and 96,000 respectively.When I coupled the word ADD with the aforementioned gut issues,Google came up with the following amount of hits: 2,000,000,483,000, 2,070, 497,000, 52,200, 49,400, and 451,000 respectively.When I coupled the words bipolar disorder with the aforementionedgut issues, Google came up with the following

amount of hits:659,000, 35,200, 185, 54,000, 9,330, 754, and 467,000 respectively.When I coupled the word schizophrenia with the aforementioned gutissues, Google came up with the following amount of hits: 826,000,38,000, 384, 28,500, 13,100, 4,320, and 579,000 respectively.When I coupled the word alcoholism with the aforementioned gutissues, Google came up with the following amount of hits: 384,000,40,100, 490, 36,100, 22,600, 4,300, and 212,000 respectively.Admittedly, not all of the hits reflected in the lists above arevery useful. In fact, many of them are not. However, the highamount of hits of almost any "psychiatric" illness when this illnessis coupled with common gut problems cannot, nor should not, beignored. Such counts in the paragraphs above are stronglysuggestive that all common gut problems should be assessed andaddressed when correcting any "mental" illness

whatsoever (even ifother natural measures need to be done as well). Indeed, these highcounts from simple searches on the Internet are a pretty strongindication that the entire concept of mental illness is becomingfunctionally obsolete.I do hope that some of the information contained in the abovematerial is helpful to the reader in some way.Sincerely,Allen Darman "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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