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A healthy gut becomes a butyrate factory, transforming dietary fiber to one of the most important quenchers of inflammation. Butyrate has been shown to boost BDNF, the brain’s ultimate fertilizer. Autoimmunity (when the host’s immune system attacks the cells of the host) can be instigated by gluten for many people. The typical low-fiber American di

Neurotransmitter Role in the Brain Medication Examples

Heliotherapy, A. Rollier MD (Oxford Medical Publications, 1923) The Science of Orgasm, Barry R. Komisaruk et al (John Hopkins University Press, 2006) The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles, Bruce H. Lipton (Hay House, 2005)

In various forms of functional brain scans, the areas that show up as most active in terms of dissociation are rich in endogenous opioid receptors (found in the limbic system). You can think of our endogenous opioid system as our body’s natural defenses it can muster against pain, yet people often find that taking euphoria-producing medications or

persistently high insulin levels and insulin resistance secretly set the stage for most of the diseases we dread.

After conducting numerous studies of medications for PTSD, I have come to realize that psychiatric medications have a serious downside, as they may deflect attention from dealing with the underlying issues. The brain-disease model takes control over people’s fate out of their own hands and puts doctors and insurance companies in charge of fixing th

many MDs and technologists are taking metformin prophylactically to prevent cancer.