N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) is an antioxidant that helps build cellular levels of glutathione, the primary antioxidant within cells that protects the cell from damage. Two new double blind placebo controlled studies show that NAC is quite helpful as a supportive treatment for both Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.
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Groundbreaking research on a brain protein called kalirin is opening a new door for novel ways to address serious mental health disorders, addiction problems, as well as another angle on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
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The use of atypical anti-psychotic medication to treat and prevent serious mental health problems such as schizophrenia is barbaric and causes severe adverse health effects including sexual dysfunction, obesity, and diabetes. A new randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted between 2004 and 2007 shows that fish oil may well be the answer.
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Smoke pot for five years as a teenager and it doubles your risk for developing hallucinations or delusions that are associated with the significant mental health disorders referred to as psychosis or schizophrenia. For those who think smoking pot is harmless and relaxing, it is not.
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The post-mortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia compared to normal brain shows severe dysregulation in the matrix outside of brain cells that holds them together in key regions of the subconscious brain associated with learning, memory, and the processing of stress. The finding is the first of its kind and it essentially means that the roads and highways that hold brain cells in position are at least as important as the neurotransmitter status that up to this time has received the lion’s share of attention.
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An astounding study has shown that aerobic exercise can generate new brain structure in vital regions of the brain affected by schizophrenia.
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DHA,
hippocampus,
PhosphatidylSerine PS,
Schizophrenia
GABA and glycine are the primary relaxing neurotransmitters in your brain. A new study with schizophrenia patients if the first to show that a lack of GABA is a common problem and associated with perception malfunction. Previously, GABA has been implicated in animal models of schizophrenia and post-mortem analysis in the brains of schizophrenic patients.
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Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™,
DHA,
dopamine,
GABA,
Pantethine,
PhosphatidylSerine PS,
Q 10,
Schizophrenia,
Stress Helper®,
Super B Complex,
theanine,
Thyroid Helper®