by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© May 2014, L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
The
effects of nutritional balancing programs upon the brain and the central
nervous system are fantastic and would easily fill a large book. Among them are improvements in
cognition, perception, memory, adaptive energy and coping skills in most
cases.
This may sound exaggerated, but
hundreds of cases of our clients indicate it is not. As this occurs, many psychological symptoms and conditions
often disappear. Also, the program
will often assist what may be called psychological maturation, mental and
emotional integration of the personality, and more.
Principles. Let us begin with a few critical principles that apply to
the brain and nervous system followed by just some symptoms that benefit from a
nutritional balancing approach to healing the brain and mind.
NUTRITIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL
DISORDERS
1. The body and
the brain are integrated parts of one organism or system. All too often, symptoms of the body and brain are split off
from each other in the current conventional medical care system. This is very unfortunate, I find.
The two are so intertwined that such distinctions are rarely
correct. This is also often
clearly revealed on a hair tissue mineral analysis. Until this split is healed, doctors and psychologists will
continue to miss important links between symptoms related to the body and those
apparently stemming from the brain itself.
Nutritional
balancing is a bridge, both in terms of assessment and correction. This means that patterns of mineral imbalance on a hair
tissue mineral analysis are most often associated with both physical and
mental/emotional or behavioral symptoms, as well. This fact is confusing and shocking to many who are learning
to interpret hair mineral tests.
However, it is true. It is
part of the amazing design of human beings, which I sometimes call the holographic
or fractal design concept of a human body and brain.
Once one understands enough about physiology, nutrition and
brain chemistry, the connections make more sense. Unfortunately, standard
blood, urine, feces, x-rays and other simple tests will usually not reveal
these correlations. The hair
mineral test, when properly performed and correctly interpreted, reveals these
connections easily, however. Many
articles on this website describe in detail the hair mineral patterns about
which I am speaking.
2. The brain is a
chemical organ. This is an extension of the principle
above. However, it refers to the
brainÕs incredible dependence upon a proper balance of an enormous number of
chemicals for its functioning. Let
us examine these in more detail.
Nutrients. Just as the connection between body and brain is commonly
ignored, so too is the dependence on the brain on at least 20 or more common
minerals, as well as most of the vitamins, and many other phytonutrients. This word simply means nutrients we
obtain mainly from vegetables or other plant foods. Scientists have only recently discovered some of these
required nutrients, and more are being discovered each year.
Renourishing the brain is therefore of
extremely high priority in nutritional balancing. Unfortunately, the brain needs almost all of the nutrients. Anything less will not work as well.
Also, the nutrients need to be in balance. Many who consult with the Approved nutritional
balancing practitioners are taking some of the right supplements. However, the balance is wrong and the
effect of the nutrients is negated, as a result.
For example, the minerals tend
to compete with each other for absorption. For this reason, taking a multi-mineral supplement or a
general vitamin/mineral supplement is usually less than fully effective because
the minerals compete and interfere with each other.
Also, low-dose food-based
minerals often are not potent enough and are essentially contaminated with
other nutrients so their effect may be much less, even if they are superior
quality minerals. These are some
of the subtleties we encounter that cause failure of many other nutritional
based programs.
Brain
allergies. The brain is also subject to
allergic types of reactions, sensitivities or Òbrain allergiesÓ. This is a largely unexplored area but
one that is quite significant, especially in certain conditions such as ADHD,
autism and other mental health conditions in children.
This is also a relatively new
area of research. However, it has
been known for some 30 years or more, for example, that many children with ADD
and ADHD react very badly to common food additives, particularly colors,
flavors and preservatives that are added to many prepared foods for children.
Removing the offending chemicals
from the diet and water supply, and restoring the bodyÕs ability to handle
allergens of all kinds can make a world of difference for some of these
children and adults.
Toxic metals. Additionally, the brain is extremely sensitive to a large
number of physical toxins. These
include at least 20 toxic metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, aluminum and
others.
In fact, all the toxic metals
are classified as neurotoxins. The
effects of some of them, such as lead and mercury, are well-documented. In addition, combinations of them have
even more unusual and often disastrous effects upon the brain and nervous
system.
Nutritional balancing is the
finest method we know of to remove ALL the toxic metals safely and effectively
at very deep levels. It works
better, in our experience, than intravenous or oral chelators,
clay baths, herbs and other methods commonly used to remove toxic metals.
Chelation may be faster in a few cases,
but not nearly as safe or able to remove the metals at such deep levels. This topic is discussed in much more
detail in the article on this website entitled Toxic
Metals and in the article entitled Chelation Therapy.
Toxic
chemicals. Other powerful toxins include
hundreds and perhaps thousands of toxic chemicals in the air, water and food as
well as those with which we come into direct contact. These range from solvents and pesticides to plasticizers,
food additives, food preservatives and many others.
The effects of only a very few
of these chemicals are well researched.
However, many are known to be neurotoxic. In addition, we are exposed to complex
combinations of these chemicals.
No one has any idea regarding the neurotoxic
effects of these combinations, especially when combined with toxic metals and
nutrient deficiencies.
Nutritional balancing is one of
the very few nutritional or even medical systems or therapies that we know of
that can remove hundreds of toxic chemicals quickly and safely as well.
This is done by balancing the
body chemistry to drastically improve the bodyÕs energy level and ability to
remove toxins. We also support and
regenerate as much as possible the eliminative organs and enhance other body
systems as well that are concerned with detoxification, such as the autonomic
nervous system.
Another part of the program that
is not mandatory but very helpful is the use of a powerful detoxification
regimen involving coffee enemas, lamp saunas, and other means to rapidly
enhance the excretion of toxins.
For more on toxic chemicals, please read Toxic
Chemicals on this site.
Biological toxins
from infections, poor digestion and other causes. Other
toxins that powerfully affect the brain are generated inside the body. These can be due to chronic infections,
intestinal toxicity and other rather common causes.
These can be incredibly powerful
toxins. Examples include toxins
generated by certain strains of bacteria in infected teeth, sinuses and other
areas near the brain. Others
include the alcohol produced by the overgrowth of candida
albicans in the intestines and in other tissues of
the body.
Few methods exist to detect and
remove chronic infections such as infected teeth and other deep and low-grade
infections. Most of these
infections produce few if any visible signs, symptoms or abnormalities on
standard medical tests. However,
they definitely affect oneÕs physical and mental health, in our experience.
Nutritional balancing is one of
the few ways I know of to bring up and eliminate these chronic infections that
may be anywhere in the body. As
the bodyÕs energy, elimination, digestion and other functions improve, the body
begins to expose and heal these infections. Often a purification
reaction occurs for a few days and then the infection is gone for
good. Root canal-filled teeth,
however, must usually be removed, however. This is quite important, as most people cannot heal an
infected root canal-filled tooth since the nerve to the tooth is dead.
Harmful electrical fields in the
environment. These can also
affect the brain. New research
indicates, for example, that long-term continuous cell phone use or even
computer use may affect some peopleÕs brains and nervous systems.
The problem of cell phone usage,
wifi in every home and workplace, smart meters, and
hand-held computers is one that I hope will be addressed, as the young people,
especially, have much greater exposures than the older generation with
potential problems that are quite severe.
I hope this topic will be
addressed more in the future. In
the meanwhile, I suggest that everyone try to minimize their exposure to cell
phones, computers, television sets and other sources of electromagnetic fields
that may be unhealthy for our nervous systems. For more details, please read How To Reduce EMFs
on this site.
3. The brain
requires tremendous energy. This is another key principle
that is not appreciated much in medical care today. It may be stated that energy is required for all brain
functions. Specifically, this is
energy produced within each cell that is needed for all cellular and organ
functions, including the activities of the nervous system.
In fact, scientists tell us that
the brain uses up to half our
calories. When any problem of
energy production arises, the brain is affected at least as much as any other
organ or system of the body.
In practice this means that low adaptive energy or low vitality always causes disturbances in cognition, perception,
reasoning ability, memory, and more.
For example, when energy is low,
often feelings are suppressed and thinking becomes foggy or lacks clarity. One result is Brain
Fog, a common symptom today.
Memory can suffer, as can the ability to process past traumas and
events. In fact, all
cognitive and behavioral activities are affected to some degree by low energy.
A simple example can help
clarify this principle. When a
person has had very little rest or sleep for a few days, many mental and
emotion faculties deteriorate rapidly.
These include perception, memory, cognition, processing speed, mental
acuity and many others.
This is rare, you may say, but
really it is not rare at all. Many
people do not rest nearly enough.
Even among those that sleep 10 hours nightly, many have low adaptive
energy for other reasons.
Low adaptive energy means that
the energy available to the cells of the nervous and other body systems is well
below the ideal. This is due to a
combination of factors, many of which we mentioned just above, such as nutrient
depletion, toxic metals, toxic chemicals and chronic infections.
These imbalances, in turn, cause
hormone imbalances, mitochondrial dysfunction, cell permeability difficulties
and other problems at the cellular and organ levels that impair adaptive energy
production in the brain and elsewhere.
Hair tissue mineral testing
reveals this in numerous cases of mental and emotional disorders. The test has several indicators of
lowered adaptive energy. Often all
of these indicate significant energy loss or failure to produce enough energy
at the cellular level.
However, once again this problem
is not apparent on regular medical tests, brain scans, EEGs or psychological
tests used today. Nor can one
assess the problem accurately by a personÕs appearance, age or other physical
characteristics. To repeat,
however, these imbalances are the rule today, not the exception. For more on adaptive energy, read Restoring Energy on this website.
4. Many toxins
cause specific brain disorders. This is an
undisputable fact. However, it is
once again not even mentioned by most physicians to those who suffer with
depression, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, bipolar disorder and other common
conditions.
Unfortunately, detecting the
toxic conditions cannot be done with blood tests, once again. The hair mineral analysis, however, is
helpful, in some cases. Even if
the cause is not readily apparent on a hair mineral test, if one stays on a
nutritional balancing program for several months to a year or more, most of the
toxic metals will eventually be revealed as layers of adaptations are removed.
5. Medicine and
psychology ignore most nutritional imbalances. This is the sad truth.
Neither of these professions pay much attention to nutrition and
especially to toxicology of the heavy metals, which are so important for mental
functioning today.
I also find that those
physicians who are ÒholisticÓ often are not well-trained in nutrition, so be
careful whom you consult. We have
a referral list on
this website of doctors whom I have trained and whom I trust with hair mineral
testing and nutritional balancing.
Otherwise, results will not be nearly as good.
6. The brain is
the seat of the mind and the soul. This may sound
vague. However, it is included
because today one of the saddest facts is that many people do not achieve even
near their full human potential because their brains are low in nutrients, high
in toxic metals and chemicals, and often infected or imbalanced in other ways.
The importance of this fact
cannot be overestimated. This is
why just taking drugs for mental health problems is not a good solution, even
if symptoms improve.
Unless the brain is nourished properly
and the toxins removed from the brain, full development of the brain and
nervous system is seriously impaired.
7. Congenital brain nutrient
depletion and toxicity is extremely common. Congenital
imbalances refers to those present at birth. Most physicians do not realize that many children today are
born with nutritional imbalances and toxic metals and chemicals in their
nervous systems, particularly the brain. These are passed on from toxic and
depleted mothers to the offspring through the placenta.
This fact helps explain the
explosion of conditions of early childhood such as infections, ADD, ADHD,
autism and many other developmental and behavioral and learning disorders.
If you are ever thinking of
having children, please do not ignore this fact unless you want to spend years
at special educational centers with your child whose brain is not functioning
well.
It takes a while for a young
woman to correct her own body chemistry before becoming pregnant. It is well worth the effort, a fact to
which many of our clients can testify.
It is best to start now, young ladies!
8. Nutritional imbalances can
cause mental and emotional problems AND negative thoughts and emotions such as
anger or fear can give rise to physical problems. This is an example of the complete
interconnectedness of the body and the brain.
On a related
subject, structural imbalances can
also contribute to mental and emotional disorders and are relatively easy to
fix with appropriate care. This
should also be part of any complete mental and physical evaluation today.
Behavioral disorders. Symptoms that may improve often include depression, anxiety, insomnia,
bipolar disorder, some forms of schizophrenia, emotional instability and
emotional detachment.
Sexual
imbalances. Sluggish sexual development, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, low self-esteem and others often
improve as hormone levels, blood sugar levels and many other subtle imbalances
improve. This can be most helpful
for teens and children with developmental issues as well.
Cognitive and learning disorders may
include brain fog, poor memory, inability to think clearly, clouded perception
and others. Among the learning
disorders that can respond are ADD, ADHD, general lack of attentiveness and motivation
and others.
Psychological maturity and personality
integration. This may include improved grades in school, more
self-motivation, better rest and sleep, improved self-esteem, improved
emotional control and emotional detachment.
This,
in turn, improves all relationships and family issues in many cases. It also tends to reduce overall stress
and anxiety, making a person far happier and more productive.
It also promotes what is called
mental development. This refers to
the unfoldment of a personÕs potential far above what
most people achieve in their lifetime.
Part of this development is to
process all old traumas from childhood successfully. We find that nutritional balancing makes this far more
possible.
Sometimes this requires what we
call purification reactions or the older term of catharsis. This happens regularly on nutritional
balancing programs, but not nearly as often when a person is on just a chelation program or other types of nutrition or drug
regimens.
This is not an exaggeration. Lest this sound exaggerated, it is not, in most cases. Nutrition holds tremendous potential to
enhance counseling and to keep people mentally healthy and prevent drug
dependency, both legal and illegal.
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