Guideposts to Mental Health
By Dr. Royal Lee
Summary: Dr. Lee addresses some possible nutritional causes of mental distress. People who eat too many acidifying foods, such as whole grains, may become overly acidic, marked by symptoms of irritability, introversion, and the feeling of not getting enough air. People who eat too many alkalizing foods such as green vegetables, on the other hand, may feel aches in their joints or a nervous stomach. Dr. Lee also quotes Dr. Benjamin Sandler's description of people who suffer from drastic swings in blood sugar. "Dizziness, faintness, nervousness, tremors, sweating, pallor, flushing, palpitation, tachycardia (rapid heart), abdominal pain, and psychoneurotic manifestations may occur," Sandler says. To combat such sugar swings, Lee recommends, in words that speak to any nutrition practitioner today, to "avoid refined sugars as found in doughnuts, pies, cakes, ice cream, candy and other forms of sweets." From Let's Live magazine, 1958.
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Relationship of Soil Fertility and Psychic Reactions
By James A. Shield, MD
Summary: An assistant professor of neuropsychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia conveys a well-researched link between the health of the soil in which food is grown and psychic reactions. A powerful and well-referenced report that cites and amplifies similar conclusions by Sir Albert Howard. From Virginia Medical Monthly. Reprint 70B, 1945.
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The Schizophrenic Pattern
By Dr. George Goodheart
Summary: Dr. Goodheart, the founder of Applied Kinesiology, discusses his nutritional-biochemical approach to treating schizophrenia. He reviews supporting literature and adjunctive chiropractic care. From The Digest of Chiropractic Economics, 1970.
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