Orthomolecular Medicine and mental health

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MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT THAT WORKS

Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 7, 2005

 

(OMNS) Doctors report that mental health problems

including depression,

bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, anti-social and

learning

disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders often

have a common

cause:

insufficient nutrients in the brain.

Nutritionally-oriented physicians

assert that the cure for these problems is to give the

body the extra

nutrients it needs, especially when under abnormal

stress.

 

Orthomolecular medical researchers say the future of

psychiatry is in

nutrition because nutrition has such a long, safe and

effective history

of correcting many mental problems. Nutrients such as

the B-vitamins

are most successful when taken regularly, taken in

relatively high

doses,

and taken in conjunction with vitamin C, the essential

fatty acids

(EFA’s), and the minerals magnesium and selenium.

 

A summary of what has worked for many people follows

below. The safety

of vitamins and minerals is extraordinary, and the

expense of trying

them is much less than the cost of hazardous

pharmaceutical drugs.

These

nutrients can be purchased in a discount or heath

store.

 

Taking 1,000 mg of vitamin B-3 three times a day often

cures mild to

moderate depression. Dramatic results are often

achieved within one

week

of beginning this nutritional program, especially in

alcoholics. (1)

 

Sometimes a simple deficiency of vitamin D causes

depression. 3,000

I.U./day from all sources can alleviate the problem.

(2)

 

3,000 mg/day or more of niacin (vitamin B-3), along

with the same

quantity of vitamin C, taken in divided doses

throughout the day can

successfully treat both schizophrenia and bipolar

disorder. (3)

 

Vitamins B-3, B-6, C and the minerals magnesium and

zinc frequently

produce a good response in ADHD and autistic children.

(4)

 

Vitamins B-6, folate, and B-12 taken together lower

elevated

homocysteine levels in the elderly while improving

mental function. (5)

 

As pointed out by chemistry professor and vitamin

discoverer Roger J.

Williams, PhD (6), each individual has different

nutritional needs and

responds differently to nutrients. Are you tired of

being depressed,

suffering from anxiety, paying huge prescription drug

bills for unsafe

prescriptions that don’t solve the problem or

produce undesirable

side

effects? Are you tired of the piece-meal trial and

error approach to

finding a solution to your mental or emotional

problems? If so, adults

should consider the following nutritional protocol,

which will bathe

your brain and nerves in natural nutrients and may

well produce

dramatic

results. The cost of trying the program below is less

than the cost of

a typical doctor’s office visit. It is safe and

convenient. All of

these nutrients can be purchased at large discount

stores.

 

After the morning meal take:

A multivitamin tablet

1,000 mg of vitamin B-3 (as niacinamide or inositol

hexanicotinate)

One B-complex tablet

100 mg of vitamin B-6

1,200 mcg of vitamin B-9 (folate or folic acid)

1,000-2,000 IU of vitamin D (the lower number if you

get sunshine, the

higher number if you don't)

1,000 mg of vitamin C

200 mg of magnesium

50 mg of zinc

200 micrograms (mcg) of selenium

30 grams of soy protein powder and one tablespoon of

lecithin granules

mixed into a small glass of juice or milk

A supplement of omega-3 fatty acids [eicosapentaenoic

acid (EPA),

docosahexanoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid

(ALA)]

 

After the midday meal:

1,000 mg of vitamin B-3

1,200 mg of vitamin folate

100 mg of vitamin B-6

One B-complex tablet

1,000 mg of vitamin C

200 mg of magnesium

 

After the evening meal:

A multivitamin tablet

1,000 mg of vitamin B-3

1,000 mg of vitamin C

One B-complex tablet

100 mg of vitamin B-6

 

All of the above supplements are safe in the

recommended amounts, as

well as inexpensive and convenient. There is not even

one death per

year

from vitamins. Pharmaceutical drugs, properly

prescribed and taken as

directed, kill over 100,000 Americans annually.

Hospital errors kill

still more.

 

Restoring health must be done nutritionally, not

pharmacologically.

All cells in all persons are made exclusively from

what we drink and

eat.

Not one cell is made out of drugs.

 

The most common mistake made by people who take

vitamins is they fail

to take enough vitamins.

 

The reason one nutrient can cure so many different

illnesses is

because a deficiency of one nutrient can cause many

different

illnesses.

 

What is Orthomolecular Medicine?

 

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as the

treatment of

disease by the provision of the optimum molecular

environment,

especially

the optimum concentrations of substances normally

present in the human

body. Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective

nutritional therapy

to fight illness. For more information:

http://www.orthomolecular.org

 

Take the Orthomolecular Quiz at

http://www.orthomolecular.org/quiz/index.shtml

 

The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

is a non-profit

and non-commercial informational resource.

 

Editorial Review Board:

 

Abram Hoffer, M.D.

Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.

Bradford Weeks, M.D.

Carolyn Dean, M.D.

Erik Paterson, M.D.

Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.

 

Andrew W. Saul, contact person. email:

omns .

 

To UNSUBSCRIBE:

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To at no charge:

http://orthomolecular.org/.html

 

References for further reading:

 

1. Hoffer A. Vitamin B-3: Niacin and its amide.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_niacin.html

Also: Cheraskin E,

Ringsdorf WM and Brecher A. Psychodietetics. Bantam

Books, 1974.

 

2. Vieth R, Kimball S, Hu A, Walfish PG. Randomized

comparison of the

effects of the vitamin D3 adequate intake versus 100

mcg (4000 IU) per

day on biochemical responses and the wellbeing of

patients. Nutr J.

2004

Jul 19;3:8.

 

3. Hoffer A. Healing schizophrenia: Complementary

vitamin & drug

treatments. Toronto: CCNM Press, 2004. Also: Hawkins D

and Pauling L.

Orthomolecular psychiatry, San Francisco: Freeman,

1973. Also: Hoffer

A.

Niacin therapy in psychiatry, Charles C. Thomas, 1962.

 

 

4. Hoffer A. Healing children's attention and behavior

disorders:

Complementary nutritional & psychological treatments.

Toronto: CCNM

Press,

2004. Also: Hoffer A. Dr. Hoffer's ABC of natural

nutrition for

children. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press, 1999.

 

5. Selhub J, Jacques PF, Wilson PWF, Rush D, Rosenberg

IH. Vitamin

status and intake as primary determinants of

homocysteinemia in an

elderly

population. JAMA 1993. 270:2693-2698. Also: Verhoef P,

Meleady R, Daly

LE, Graham IM, Robinson K, Boers GHJ, et al.

Homocysteine, vitamin

status and risk of vascular disease. European Heart

Journal 1999.

20:1234-1244.

 

(6) http://neon.cm.utexas.edu/williams/

 

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Nice find Kel.

 

I disagree with some of the doses though, to low. Especially vitamin C which should be taken as a powdered buffered mineral ascorbate(not ascorbic acid) at 1 gram(1000mgs) per 15 pounds of body weight. You know fruit bats, primates, guinea pigs, and humans do not manufacture their own ascorbates. We do not have the liver enzyme that converts excess glucose into ascorbates although they believe we did around 10,000 yrs ago. All 4 of these animals will get heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and cancer. Although these are rare in gorillas because they consume 6grams a day of ascorbates in their diet. A dog will produce 10 grams of ascorbates a day with its enzymes. They set the required fda levels at 60mgs, give me a break.

 

Cancer is caused by a lack of oxygen to the cell. It then becomes cancerous and uses sugar as fuel by fermentation to spread. You cannot reverse the process once it gets started in the cell, you must kill the cancer cell. High levels of ascorbates can halt the progression, then taking the alkalinity of the body to 8.0 or higher will kill the cancer cell. Its really quite simple.

 

Heart disease and its other precursors are caused by a lack of ascorbates and the aminos lysine and proline. These 3 together compose the collagen matrix of the body, the protein that comprises 90% of the human body. We exist in a state of sub-clinical scurvy because of a lack of ascorbates. The arteries begin to get hard, high blood pressure is the result. next they begin to crack, high cholesterol is the result as the liver manufactures cholesterol to line the arterial walls to keep us from bleeding to death. If the arterial walls are not repaired, the arteries become restricted, strokes result, a piece of cholesterol breaks off and lodges in a heart valve, heart attack folks. This is the easiest thing in the world to reverse!!

 

 

Diabetes is a little tougher and requires diet adjustments and large doses of specific ascorbates and vitamins. Even in type 1 diabetics many times the pancreas can be rejuvenated and the disease can be reversed, especially in children. Type 2 is a piece of cake.

 

I am going to really check out this website just to see what they have to say. Might be able to add to my knowledge pool.

 

Take care,

 

Dan"Kelly W." <kellykebby wrote:

MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT THAT WORKSOrthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 7, 2005(OMNS) Doctors report that mental health problemsincluding depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, anti-social andlearning disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders oftenhave a common cause: insufficient nutrients in the brain. Nutritionally-oriented physicians assert that the cure for these problems is to give thebody the extra nutrients it needs, especially when under abnormalstress.Orthomolecular medical researchers say the future ofpsychiatry is in nutrition because nutrition has such a long, safe andeffective history of correcting many mental problems. Nutrients such asthe B-vitamins are most successful when taken regularly, taken inrelatively high doses, and taken in

conjunction with vitamin C, the essentialfatty acids (EFA’s), and the minerals magnesium and selenium. A summary of what has worked for many people followsbelow. The safety of vitamins and minerals is extraordinary, and theexpense of trying them is much less than the cost of hazardouspharmaceutical drugs. These nutrients can be purchased in a discount or heathstore.Taking 1,000 mg of vitamin B-3 three times a day oftencures mild to moderate depression. Dramatic results are oftenachieved within one week of beginning this nutritional program, especially inalcoholics. (1)Sometimes a simple deficiency of vitamin D causesdepression. 3,000 I.U./day from all sources can alleviate the problem.(2)3,000 mg/day or more of niacin (vitamin B-3), alongwith the same quantity of vitamin C, taken in divided dosesthroughout the day can successfully treat both

schizophrenia and bipolardisorder. (3)Vitamins B-3, B-6, C and the minerals magnesium andzinc frequently produce a good response in ADHD and autistic children.(4)Vitamins B-6, folate, and B-12 taken together lowerelevated homocysteine levels in the elderly while improvingmental function. (5) As pointed out by chemistry professor and vitamindiscoverer Roger J. Williams, PhD (6), each individual has differentnutritional needs and responds differently to nutrients. Are you tired ofbeing depressed, suffering from anxiety, paying huge prescription drugbills for unsafe prescriptions that don’t solve the problem orproduce undesirable side effects? Are you tired of the piece-meal trial anderror approach to finding a solution to your mental or emotionalproblems? If so, adults should consider the following nutritional protocol,which will bathe your brain

and nerves in natural nutrients and maywell produce dramatic results. The cost of trying the program below is lessthan the cost of a typical doctor’s office visit. It is safe andconvenient. All of these nutrients can be purchased at large discountstores. After the morning meal take: A multivitamin tablet 1,000 mg of vitamin B-3 (as niacinamide or inositolhexanicotinate) One B-complex tablet 100 mg of vitamin B-6 1,200 mcg of vitamin B-9 (folate or folic acid) 1,000-2,000 IU of vitamin D (the lower number if youget sunshine, the higher number if you don't) 1,000 mg of vitamin C 200 mg of

magnesium 50 mg of zinc 200 micrograms (mcg) of selenium 30 grams of soy protein powder and one tablespoon oflecithin granules mixed into a small glass of juice or milkA supplement of omega-3 fatty acids [eicosapentaenoicacid (EPA), docosahexanoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid(ALA)] After the midday meal: 1,000 mg of vitamin B-3 1,200 mg of vitamin folate 100 mg of vitamin B-6 One B-complex tablet 1,000 mg of vitamin C 200 mg of magnesium After the evening meal: A multivitamin tablet 1,000 mg of vitamin

B-3 1,000 mg of vitamin C One B-complex tablet 100 mg of vitamin B-6All of the above supplements are safe in therecommended amounts, as well as inexpensive and convenient. There is not evenone death per year from vitamins. Pharmaceutical drugs, properlyprescribed and taken as directed, kill over 100,000 Americans annually.Hospital errors kill still more.Restoring health must be done nutritionally, notpharmacologically. All cells in all persons are made exclusively fromwhat we drink and eat. Not one cell is made out of drugs.The most common mistake made by people who takevitamins is they fail to take enough vitamins.The reason one nutrient can cure so many differentillnesses is because a deficiency of one nutrient can cause manydifferent illnesses.What is

Orthomolecular Medicine?Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as thetreatment of disease by the provision of the optimum molecularenvironment, especially the optimum concentrations of substances normallypresent in the human body. Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effectivenutritional therapy to fight illness. For more information:http://www.orthomolecular.org Take the Orthomolecular Quiz at http://www.orthomolecular.org/quiz/index.shtml The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Serviceis a non-profit and non-commercial informational resource. Editorial Review Board:Abram Hoffer, M.D.Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.Bradford Weeks, M.D.Carolyn Dean, M.D.Erik Paterson, M.D.Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.Andrew W. Saul, contact person.

email:omns .To UNSUBSCRIBE:http://www.orthomolecular.org/.htmlTo at no charge:http://orthomolecular.org/.htmlReferences for further reading:1. Hoffer A. Vitamin B-3: Niacin and its amide. http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_niacin.html Also: Cheraskin E, Ringsdorf WM and Brecher A. Psychodietetics. BantamBooks, 1974.2. Vieth R, Kimball S, Hu A, Walfish PG. Randomizedcomparison of the effects of the vitamin D3 adequate intake versus 100mcg (4000 IU) per day on biochemical responses and the wellbeing ofpatients. Nutr J. 2004 Jul 19;3:8. 3. Hoffer A. Healing schizophrenia: Complementaryvitamin & drug treatments. Toronto: CCNM Press, 2004.

Also: Hawkins Dand Pauling L. Orthomolecular psychiatry, San Francisco: Freeman,1973. Also: Hoffer A. Niacin therapy in psychiatry, Charles C. Thomas, 1962.4. Hoffer A. Healing children's attention and behaviordisorders: Complementary nutritional & psychological treatments.Toronto: CCNMPress, 2004. Also: Hoffer A. Dr. Hoffer's ABC of naturalnutrition for children. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press, 1999. 5. Selhub J, Jacques PF, Wilson PWF, Rush D, RosenbergIH. Vitamin status and intake as primary determinants ofhomocysteinemia in anelderly population. JAMA 1993. 270:2693-2698. Also: Verhoef P,Meleady R, Daly LE, Graham IM, Robinson K, Boers GHJ, et al.Homocysteine, vitamin status and risk of vascular disease. European HeartJournal 1999. 20:1234-1244.(6) http://neon.cm.utexas.edu/williams/(end)-----View All OMNS Press Rel

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Dan!

 

Kel

 

--- Dan <dan_jackowiak wrote:

 

> Nice find Kel.

>

> I disagree with some of the doses though, to low.

> Especially vitamin C which should be taken as a

> powdered buffered mineral ascorbate(not ascorbic

> acid) at 1 gram(1000mgs) per 15 pounds of body

> weight

[Guest guest]

Hey Dan. Do you think that if someone gets headaches when taking citric acid or ascorbic acid they might be able to take ascorbate? Where would you buy that? Thanks very much, Amelia

 

 

On Behalf Of Kelly W.Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:18 AM Subject: Re: Orthomolecular Medicine and mental health

Thanks Dan! Kel--- Dan <dan_jackowiak wrote:> Nice find Kel.> > I disagree with some of the doses though, to low.> Especially vitamin C which should be taken as a> powdered buffered mineral ascorbate(not ascorbic> acid) at 1 gram(1000mgs) per 15 pounds of body> weight

[Guest guest]

I am not sure but I do know it is a lot less hard on the digestive system since its not an acid. This may not be the problem tho. I would get the results back and see what she says. Still would be interested in the levels tho. I think iherb.com has buffered ascorbates under the NOW brand. I just went thru a lot of info on minerals looking for some kind of solution, can't say that I absolutely found one. Vitamins are next when I have time. We really need your levels.

 

DanAmelia Gerlach <ameliagerlach wrote:

 

Hey Dan. Do you think that if someone gets headaches when taking citric acid or ascorbic acid they might be able to take ascorbate? Where would you buy that? Thanks very much, Amelia

 

 

On Behalf Of Kelly W.Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:18 AM Subject: Re: Orthomolecular Medicine and mental health

Thanks Dan! Kel--- Dan <dan_jackowiak wrote:> Nice find Kel.> > I disagree with some of the doses though, to low.> Especially vitamin C which should be taken as a> powdered buffered mineral ascorbate(not ascorbic> acid) at 1 gram(1000mgs) per 15 pounds of body> weight

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