Nutrient power : heal your biochemistry and heal your brain

Nutrient power Heal your biochemistry and heal your brain

William Walsh

Book - 2012

Psychiatry has made great advances in the past fifty years but needs a new direction. Today's emphasis on psychiatric drugs will not stand the test of time. Recent advances in epigenetics and the molecular biology of the brain have provided a roadmap for the development of effective, natural, drug-free therapies that do not produce serious side effects. Psychiatric medications have served society well over the last fifty years, but the need for drug therapies will fade away as science advances. Nutrient Power presents a science-based nutrient therapy system that can help millions of people diagnosed with mental disorders. This approach recognizes that nutrient imbalances can alter brain levels of key neurotransmitters, disrupt gene exp...ression of proteins and enzymes, and cripple the body's protection against environmental toxins. The author's database containing millions of chemical factors in blood, urine, and tissues has identified brain-changing nutrient imbalances in patients diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, behavior disorders, depression, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. This book describes individualized nutrient therapy treatments that have produced thousands of reports of recovery. Walsh's approach is more scientific than the trial-and-error use of psychiatric drugs and is aimed at a true normalization of the brain. Depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD are umbrella terms that encompass disorders with widely differing brain chemistries and symptoms. Nutrient Power describes nutrient therapies tailored to specific types. Other book highlights include the Walsh Theory of Schizophrenia, a new way to look at autism, a promising new treatment for Alzheimer's, and recommendations for reducing crime and violence.

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Subjects
Mental illness > Alternative treatment.
Mental illness > Diet therapy.
Published
New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub c2012.
Language
English
Main Author
William Walsh (-)
Physical Description
203 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781620872581
  • Biochemical individuality and mental health
  • Brain chemistry
  • The decisive role of nutrients in mental health
  • Epigenetics and mental health
  • Schizophrenia
  • Depression
  • Autism
  • Behavioral disorders and ADHD
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • The clinical process.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Walsh, an expert in nutritional medicine, has gotten into the heads of thousands of mental health patients and found them lacking-or overloaded with-crucial nutrients like copper, vitamin B-6, zinc, folate, and amino acids, which he attributes to genetic and epigenetic causes. Now Walsh is hoping to catapult biochemical therapy into the mainstream of treatment for a wide range of mental disorders, including autism and Alzheimer's. With missionary zeal, Walsh predicts that, for instance, correcting vitamin C deficiencies might be as effective as Prozac in treating depression. The challenge will be to identify the specific nutrient imbalance and normalize blood and brain levels. This could be an elegantly simple solution to dysregulation of the extremely complex chemistry. Walsh concedes that the results have not always been convincing. For example, early research on nutrient therapy in children with brain disorders and ADHD found the improvement greater in younger children. Walsh also provides a thoughtful history of nutrient therapy pioneers like Canadian psychiatrist Abram Hoffer, whose studies were rebuffed by the American Psychiatric Association. It remains to be seen whether Walsh's confidence in his program's efficacy will attract funds for clinical testing needed to nudge this therapy into accepted practice. Illus. Agent: Svetlanagraaft. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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