Category: Vitamins, Minerals and Hormone Supplements
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Why You Should Think Twice About Supplementing Minerals
You said that a safe level of copper supplementation is around 2 mg, and I’m curious to know if there’s anything regarding manganese toxicity.High levels can cause Parkinson’s-like symptoms, and I know that manganese competes with iron for absorption, so there could be some advantages of disadvantages to this depending on the iron content of…
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On Supplements
Supplementation should be thought of as an adjunct to a proper lifestyle. The base of health lies in a nutritious diet of caloric abundance, honest and loving relationships, and a sense of purpose and growth.Childhood trauma and neglect, uninterrupted daily stress, and chronic uncertainty perturbs the psyche and leads to psychological maladaptations as coping strategies.…
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You’re Using Too Much Melatonin
Dr. Peat has commented negatively on melatonin supplementation, citing its suppression of metabolism and body temperature. Melatonin has been shown to correct delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS), a disturbance of the circadian rhythm, deviating from the normal 24-hour sleep cycle.Melatonin regulates and corrects DSPS, but in the vast majority of cases, the sleep cycle reverts…
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How Vitamin B3 Can Replace for Benzodiazepines
Nicotine, niacinamide and the benzodiazepine class of drugs all have anxiety-reducing effects via different mechanisms, but all three enhance the activity of GABA in the brain. Although the benzodiazepines have been linked to dementia, niacinamide and nicotine protect the brain from stress. The benzodiazepine diazepam (Valium) has a central nervous system (CNS) depressive effect,…
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T3 Treats Bipolar Disorder
T3 treats major depressive disorder (MDD), and hypothyroidism appears alongside various neuroses including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), phobias including social anxiety disorder (SAD), personality disorders (which often feature elevated cortisol and low DHEA), and lastly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).This study shows that T3 can also treat bipolar disorder, both by itself or in conjunction with a…
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Thyroid, Progesterone and Magnesium Shorten the QT Interval
Many drugs, particularly antidepressants related to tricyclics can increase the repolarization time for the heart’s ventricles and prolong the QT interval, which can lead to ventricular tachycardia and arrhythmia, and in sever cases death in the form of torsades de pointes.Magnesium has been showed to shorten the QT and can potentially protect against the negative…