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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: November 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008. N-acetyl-L-cysteine: use with hope, use with caution. N-acetyl-L-cysteine is an up and coming supplement, which is gaining popularity among body builders. What's interesting is that it's also showing promise as a natural antidepressant. Other potential mental health issues it is showing promise for include: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It may also help with polycystic ovary syndrome, another issue I specialize in treating. While this suppl...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: July 2008
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Fifty Ways to Boost Your Energy Without Caffeine. Here's a great piece by Christina Laun at the Nursing Online Education Database:. Http:/ noedb.org/library/features/50 ways to boost your energy without caffeine. I am continually concerned about the number of people I'm seeing on sleep medications who have never been given information about natural options. This article is a great place to get you started thinking. Links to this post. Monday, July 28, 2008. Just be aware, if you...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: September 2008
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Monday, September 29, 2008. What happens in your brain when you have bipolar disorder. In this study, the fatty acid composition of the orbitofrontal cortex was studied in 10 patients with bipolar disorder. Compared to 19 cortices in individuals who did not have bipolar disorder. (This was performed in post-mortem, or after all the patients had died.). A little visit over to Wikipedia. Gave me this information about the orbitofrontal cortex:. Destruction.typically leads to a pattern of disinhibited b...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: May 2008
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Saturday, May 31, 2008. Is your cell phone making you fat? Hmmmbetcha rolled your eyes when you saw THAT headline. So did I until I read this abstract. Here was the study setup:. The hamsters were divided into two groups, one group was actually exposed to the EMF's, while the other was exposed to every aspect of the setup except for the electromagnetic energy. This was to insure that there was not some outside artifact in the setup that might cause any observable change. What does this mean? There clearl...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: February 2009
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Nutritional compounds with promise in Alzheimer's syndrome. Anyone experiencing Alzheimer's disease firsthand probably has wondered if there is any extra "edge" they might obtain for their own risk from nutritional supplementation. A group of researchers recently reported that a combination supplement reduced the levels of already existing specific oxidative marker levels by 57% and prevented the reappearance of new molecules. Suchy J, Chan A, Shea TB. Links to this post. Rats ...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008. Eat your veggies and sleep! I've become fascinated with sleep. How much we need it. How little we value it. And what happens to our health when we don't get it. Sometimes I wonder if we should be obsessed with sleep and not worried about what we eat. Now the two worlds have collided! Melatonin, as you know from reading this blog, is a sleep enhancing hormone and a very powerful antioxidant. What may be happening here, is that vegetables are great sources of antioxidants. A...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Can a pill really cure stress? Are you from Phoenix or DC? I'm on my way home from a conference.". What was the conference about? Eating disorders. I work in a treatment center.". Without any closure, she physically picked herself up, turned toward my boss, and started the same conversation a second time.only to discover that it went in the exact same direction. She turned her body away from my boss and sat rigidly, staring at the back of the seat in front of her. It's the exac...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: No, fish oil isn't as multipurpose as Windex...it's still about overall lifestyle
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Monday, March 9, 2009. No, fish oil isn't as multipurpose as Windex.it's still about overall lifestyle. I am devoting this blog post to my friends who think I've gone fish oil overboard! I write and talk about fish oil so much, it seems, they've gotten the impression that maybe I've forgotten about all of the other things that determine health. One of my neighbors constantly teases me about the fact that I believe in and promote fish oil like the guy who uses Windex for everything in the movie. She told ...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: October 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Sneak peek at new drug booklet. Here is a sample page from the newly released booklet, This Is Your Brain On Psych Drugs. You can order this booklet by clicking here. Links to this post. This study gives new meaning to the term, "mama's boy". Wellhere's what might happen if you treat depression so superficially. Female rats were treated, throughout pregnancy and lactation, with fluoxetine (Prozac). Later on, the sexual behavior of their male offspring was observed. T...With all ...
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A nutritionist's perspective on psychiatric medications and some of their effects.: Omega-3's in a Powder: You Saw It Here First
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Monday, March 16, 2009. Omega-3's in a Powder: You Saw It Here First. Just wanted to share an article you may have seen on MS-NBC. The main ingredient in our sponsor's Omega-3 Brain Booster is the Ocean Nutrition product featured in this article. If you'd like to try it, you will receive a 10% discount on your first purchase if you click this link. And use the coupon code "neuron" when you order. Congratulations, this is very exciting! March 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM. A you- MO-nique,a. Subscribe in a reader.
