Got a load of books the other day on natural anxiety therapy. Literally, 16 of them! Some aren’t specifically on that topic but they all relate. It’s not common knowledge that blood sugar imbalance, adrenal fatigue, nutritional deficiencies, allergies, and systemic yeast infections are major players when it comes to the root causes of anxiety and other mental disorders.
There is some really cool stuff in a book called Nutrition and Mental Illness by Carl Pfeiffer, MD. Most people need to supplement B6, zinc, and manganese. Zinc deficiency teenagers have acne. Deficiency in B6 and zinc can cause a pyroluric condition that results in a person being excessively moody. Copper toxicity can cause serious mental “stuff”, to release it use zinc and manganese. All hypoglycemics are low in manganese. People that have a hard time handing protein need B6 and zinc. High histamine level people should NOT take folic acid. If you cannot remember your dreams, consider B6 supplementation. When one has adrenal fatigue, they cannot produce enough adrenaline to maintain blood sugar balance. Cool stuff from Dr. Pfeiffer huh?
Pfeiffer recommends for the average person zinc gluconate at 300 mg in morning and evening, take enough B6 until you remember your dreams (no more than 500 mg without doctor supervision), and 10 mg morning and evening of manganese gluconate. Woo hoo for these wonderful findings! I have this book listed under the “Favorite Stuff” tab or CLICK HERE.
be careful of too much zinc. it can induce copper deficiency. 300 mg is a lot. and two is even more. copper deficiency is a serious condition. don’t take that much zinc without doctor supervision.
also the b6 dose mentioned is too much. UL is 100 mg per day. routine consumption of b6 (unless you are deficient in b6) can lead to nerve damage.
Copper toxicity is rampant, especially due to the pipes in which we get our water from. If people have white spots on their nails, they are zinc deficient. If they have immune issues, usually zinc deficient.
Have you ever heard of Linus Pauling? Won a Nobel Prize for his work with vitamin c and other deficiencies. These are his numbers. Where have you found human research studies as proof of having these toxicity numbers? I have not, only the research done with functional and ortho molecular medicine that indicates deficiency is epidemic, not toxicity.