Carl C. Pfeiffer (Carl C. Pfeiffer)

Nutrition and Mental Illness: An Orthomolecular Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Carl Pfeiffer's extensive program of research into the causes and treatment of mental illness found that many psychological problems can be traced to biochemical imbalances in the body. He achieved unprecedented success in treating a wide range of mental problems by adjusting diet and providing specific nutritional supplements for those conditions where deficiences exist. This book documents his approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Original
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: April 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 134mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9780892812264
• ISBN-10: 0892812265
• Artikelnr.: 22278383

Autorenporträt

Carl C. Pfeiffer Ph.D., M.D. was the Director of the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Nutrition and Mental Illness
An Orthomolecular Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry
Preface
Foreword
1. Mental Illness- Not All in the Mind
2. Understanding Mental Illness
3. Anxiety and Phobias-The Copper Connection
4. High Histamine Can Cause Depression
5. B6 and Zinc-The Missing Link
6. Brain Allergies
7. The Dangers of Daily Bread
8. Hypoglycemia-The Sugar Blues
9. Minerals, Mood Swings, and Manic Depressive Disorders
10. Diet, Crime, And Delinquency
11. How to Age Without Senility
12. Drugs-The Treatment That Leads Nowhere
13. Why Nutrition is the Way Forward
14. There is an Alternative to Hospitalization
15. Optimum Nutrition for Mental Health
16. Nutrition Programs for Specific Diseases
Conclusion-Have Faith in Tomorrow's Medicine
Summary of the Schizophrenias
References and Further Reading
Useful Addresses
Index