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Product Description:
Too good to be true? How would you like to get rid of depression once and for all? How would you like to be drug-free, regardless of your diagnosis? How would you like to show your doctor that depression is not a Prozac deficiency? How would you like to be able to turn on your brain's happy hormones anytime you like? How would you like to get rid of all your other medical problems? It only sounds too good to be true if you are not well-versed in the blueprint for 21st century medicine. For it looks for causes and cures, not drugs and surgery to merely put a Band-Aid on symptoms. If you would like to be healthier and happier than you have ever been before, come join the 21st century medical evolution. This is your chance to take control. This is your gift of hope, where there was none. We invite you to learn what even your doctor does not yet know. Just when you thought you were at the end of your medical rope, along comes the blueprint for health, happiness and perennial hope.
Pages:
707
Cover:
Soft
Publisher:
SK Publishing
Date Published:
1997
Table of Contents:
Dedication: III Acknowledgements: IV Volume 1: Environmental Factors Chapter 1: The Undiagnosed Epidemic: 1 Introduction: 1 Disclaimer: 3 An Epidemic in Disguise: 5 The Many Guises of Depression: 11 The Current Diagnosis of Depression: 16 Caution: Suicidal Thoughts: 19 Depression is Not a Prozac Deficiency: 20 Side Effects: 21 Progress Means a Chemical Lobotomy: 27 Misleading Medical Advertising: 30 Economic Impact: 32 Depression is a Brain Disease and/or Brain Allergy: 33 Depression and Fatigue are Linked: 37 Over-Eating: A Form of Depression: 39 Labelitis: The Most Lethal Disease: 41 The Label is the Focus: 43 Chapter 2: Food For Thought: 46 The Food Factor: Causes and Cures: 46 Sugar: 48 Gluten and Wheat: 51 Mold and Ferment Foods: 54 Additives, Dyes and Hormones: 54 Milk: 61 Caffeine: 61 Alcohol: 64 Water: 66 Irradiated Foods: 67 Diagnosis of Hidden Food Sensitivity: 70 Food and Mood: 71 Manipulating Your Brain's Happy Hormones: 72 Diet, Crime and Delinquency: 84 Chapter 3: The Chemical Connection: Causes and Cures: 88 Invisible Brain Poisons: 88 Brain Fog: 91 Pesticides: 99 Are You a Depressed Dursban Dummy? Or Do You Just Have the Dursban Depression?: 101 Inert Ingredients: 109 Natural Gas: 110 Toxic Encephalopathy: An Epidemic in Disguise: 111 The Toxic Teacher Syndrome: 115 Toluene: 124 Heavy Metals: 129 Lead: 134 Mercury: 136 Fluoride: 138 "My Doctor Prescribed Mylanta": 139 Prescription Drugs: 144 Immunizations: 148 Diagnosing The Problem: 148 Happiness Can Come From Simple Changes: 149 Everyday Chemicals Can Change Brain Chemistry: 150 Prescription Medications Enhance Cancer: 155 The Sick Building Blues: 156 So Why Haven't I Heard About This?: 158 Chapter 4: Mold Madness: Causes & Cures: 162 Candida Craziness: 165 Airborne Mold Allergy Strikes The Brain: 169 Candida is a Total Load Problem: 172 Treatment: 176 Volume II: Nutritional Factors: Chapter 5: The Nutrition Connection: 184 How Do We Get Nutrient Deficient?: 185 "If You Eat a Well-Balanced Diet, You Can't Get Deficient": 188 The Inter-Connectedness Can No Longer Be Ignored: 190 How the Sick Get Sicker, Quicker: 194 The Nutrient Nemesis: 205 The Magnesium Mistake: 207 Never Forget The Bell-Shaped Curve: 212 How Long Can This Be Ignored?: 213 Is There a Conspiracy of Ignorance and Arrogance?: 215 Solo Nutrient Deficiencies are Rare: 219 Deficiencies are Not Rare: 221 Chapter 6: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies Cause Serious Depression: 225 Vitamin B1 or Thiamine: 225 Vitamin B3: 227 Vitamin B6: 231 Vitamin B12: 235 Vitamin B12 in Sea Vegetables: 242 Folic Acid: 243 Vitamin C: 248 Vitamin E: 252 The Hidden Side Effect of All Drugs: 254 The Mineral Connection: 256 Magnesium Leads The Way as an Example of How The Sick Get Sicker: 257 The Magnesium Cycle of Disease: 266 Premenstrual Syndrome as One Type of Depression: 270 Copper Deficiency: 273 Inappropriate Iron Treatment: 278 Zinc: 282 The Chromium Catastrophe: 285 The Diet Disaster: 287 Manganese: 291 Lithium, Vanadium, Cesium: 293 Selenium: 296 The Osteoporosis Outrage: 296 Hydrochloric Acid: 297 The Happy Hormones are Made From Amino Acids: 299 Tryptophan: 299 Amino Acids Are The Building Blocks of The Happy Hormones: 305 Tyrosine: 307 MAO Inhibitors: 311 Phenylalanine: 313 Taurine: 315 Assessing And Treating Amino Acid Deficiencies: 317 SAM: 322 The Biochemical and Genetic Basis of Personality: 324 Essential Fatty Acid Deficiencies: Is Your Depression Because You Are Due For An Oil Change?: 326 The Margarine Mistake: 327 Omega-6 Oil Deficiency Can Mimic Depression: 332 Omega-3 Oil Deficiency Can Mimic Depression: 336 What Comes First, Depression or Disease?: 339 Chapter 7: Some of The Best Kept Secrets In Medicine: Orphan Accessory Nutrients: 345 Phosphatidyl Choline: 346 Our Chemical Environment Steals Our Happy Hormones: 349 Diagnosing and Treating Phosphatidyl Choline Deficiency: 356 Phosphatidyl Choline: Why Some People Never Get Well: 359 Membrane Fluidity Determines Disease: 363 L-Glutamine: 365 Carnitine: 371 How Bad Thoughts Steal From Happy Hormones and Can Even Potentiate Cancer: 372 Consider Carnitine For Medication-Resistant Symptoms: 376 Lipoic Acid: 382 Deanol: 384 Pantethine: 387 Herbs: The Wonderful World of Weeds: 389 St. John's Wort: 389 Ginkgo Biloba: 392 Valerian: 393 Does Depression Lead To Alzheimer's: 395 Volume III: Metabolic Factors: Chapter 8: The Hormone and Gut Connection: Causes and Cures: 399 Glandular Glitches: Thyroid: 399 Parathyroid Hormone: 402 Sex Hormones: 403 DHEA: 408 Other Adrenal Hormones: 410 And Don't Overlook Inhaled Nasal Steroids: 412 Melatonin: 413 Gut Level Medicine: Pancreas: 415 Chromium is Crucial For Hypoglycemia Control: 419 Crushing Cravings: 421 Gut Level Medicine: The Leaky Gut Syndrome: 427 Healing From The Inside Out: 427 Inflammation Causes Leaky Gut: 428 Bugs, Drugs, Food and Mood Precipitate Symptoms: 429 Consequences are Serious: 431 Common Scenario For Leaky Gut: 433 Leaky Gut Syndrome and Fibromyalgia - What is The Connection?: 434 The 8-R Outline: 437 How To Test and Treat: 437 The Best Test For The Leaky Gut: 441 Treating The Leaky Gut: 445 Leaky Gut, Leaky Brain Membranes: 458 Beyond The Leaky Gut: 460 Gut Level Medicine: 461 Candida: A Major Cause of Intestinal Dysbiosis: 465 A Direct Route From Gut To Brain: 470 Enzymes Help Depression: 472 Chapter 9: The Forgotten Factor In Healing: 481 The Faith Factor is Scientifically Proven: 482 Stress Perception and Spirituality: 485 Stress is a Double-Edged Sword: 490 The Best Psychiatry/Psychotherapy: 494 Empowerment: 500 Escapism: 510 Responsibility: 511 Blowing off The Unfathomable: 513 Healing Humor: 522 Reach Out and Hug Someone: 525 Where are Your Priorities?: 526 Vitamin L: 528 The Science of Spirituality: 531 Proof for The Healing Power of Prayer: 539 Volume IV: Treatments: Chapter 10: The Total Load: 554 Candida Raises Chemical Vulnerability and The Total Load: 562 Fatigue Versus Depression: What Comes First, The Chicken or The Egg?: 563 An Example of The Inter-Relatedness of Disease and Deficiency Symptoms: 563 Magnesium and Migraines: 566 Depression Accompanies Many Other Diseases: 569 Genetics are Not Cast in Stone: 573 Cancer: The Last Wake-Up Call, But Hardly an Excuse For Depression: 576 Sleep: 581 EMF or Electromagnetic Fields: 583 Light: Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD: 585 Exercise: 587 Smoking: 588 Visual Disturbances: 589 Arteriosclerosis is Reversible: 589 Environmental Control Unit and Detoxification: 592 Ad Infinitum: 594 Chapter 11: Fixing What's Broken: Environmental Over-Load and Nutritional Under-Load: 598 "If I Wasn't Depressed Before, I Sure am Now!" Or From The Depths of Despair To Swinging on a Star: 598 What Can You Do Today?: 600 Getting Off Drugs: 614 Where Do I Get the Time For Healing?: 619 Actual Tests and Nutrients: 623 Why Some People Never Get Better: 626 Finding a Doctor: 627 Chapter 12: The Current State of Medicine: 629 The Politics and Profits of Depression: 629 Penny-Wise and Pound Foolish: How Cost- Effective is Environmental Medicine?: 629 Office Pollution: A Remedial Source of Disability: 633 When Stumped, Think Environmental Medicine: 638 Gathering Clues: 639 Medicine: The Only Profession Where You Are Paid to be a Failure: 646 The Cost-Effectiveness of the Causal Approach to Disease: 650 This is Bigger Than Depression: It Encompasses All of Medicine: 652 Current Cholesterol Treatment Can Kill You: 657 Paradigm Pioneers Must Break Paradigm Paralysis: 668 Labelitis: The Number One Cause of Death: 674 Never Underestimate The Power of Medical Advertising: 674 How The Sick Will Get Sicker and You Will Pay For It: 678 From Sad To Glad: 684 The Hypertension Hoax: 686 How Common Heart Drugs Cause Cancer: 688 Just The Beginning: Danger Lurks Ahead For The Unknowledgeable: 693
About the Author:
Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, a Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Diplomat of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and has been in private practice for over 30 years. She developed the Formaldehyde Spot Test and published her mold research in three volumes of the Annals of Allergy, and the office chemical testing methods in the National Institutes of Health journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (also in the EPA Indoor Air Referenced Bibliography). She has published 18 scientific articles, 12 books, and was the environmental medicine editor of Internal Medicine World Report, distributed to over 100,000 physicians. She has lectured throughout China, Sweden, England, Canada, and Australia, as well as the U.S. in major international indoor air symposia and yearly advanced courses for physicians, as well as to the public. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and writes monthly articles for health magazines and her newsletter of 10 years covering all aspects of environmental medicine. We are the first generation ever to be exposed to such an unprecedented number of chemicals. Her research projects in progress focus on finding the true underlying causes for symptoms and helping people adapt to the 21st century without resultant chronic disease.
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