Nutritional information for the Brain
The Brain, what exactly is teh barin, how does it work, how is it constructed? How does it develop from birth until death and what happens to it between that time, that some indivduals can be credited for great works of art, or compose a magnificent piece of music, solve lengthy mathematical problems while others cannot account for the last 24 hours or recognize family members and relatives tehy have known for years. Some problems with the brain may not be tragic but are just frustrating and annoying.
Have you ever walked into a room and when having arrived there forgotten what you intended doing there? Do you try to remember phone number s and birth-days but just can't recall them? Sometimes the topic of a conversation just seems to slip away and can only be recalled after a few minutes of frustration. You may ask, "What were we talking about?".
Some scientists believe if we learn more about the brain, we can learn more about ourselves. Really are we anything other than our brain?
It has been estimated that we use just 2-3% of its total capacity. One of the most generous estimations, has only suggested we use 10% of our brain. Think what would result if it were just increased by 2-5%. While we already know that the brain is capable of storing more information than all the libraries in the world, as well as enabling humans to memorize a complete set of encyclopedias, learn 8 or 9 languages in a few months. Does this seem impossible, only because it hasn't been done yet? The capabilities and potential for any individual to do so, is there. Scientists calculate that a computer to have the same capabilities of the brain would be as large as the State of Texas and 24 stories high covering the entire State of Texas.
The brain has such tremendous capabilities and yet some individuals cannot remember their friends and relatives. Why? Well some of these questions remain unanswered, others may never be answered or remain forever unanswerable.
Weighing less than three pounds, the human brain in its natural state resembles nothing so much as a soft, wrinkled walnut. In fact, a walnut is a brain in miniature. However, it is known that like any other organ, such as the heart or liver, the brain too needs specific nutrients to improve its function and to keep it healthy and vital for the entire life of the individual.
Little attention has been paid to its bio-chemical needs because little was known about its function. But without our brain, would there be a mind?
The brain acts as a director of a magnificent and precise symphony of movement, sound and coordination. Each movement, sound or intelligent thought is the result of incredible complexity. Just something so simple as walking or picking up an object, which is taken for granted, engages the brain in an exact electrical and chemical symphony necessary to carry it out. It is not necessary to tell the arm to move 10 degrees right and 50 degrees down to pick up a pen. When the message reaches the brain as to what it is called upon to do, the exact co-ordinates are directed through the muscles to carry the movement out. All this is done in a split second unless there is a brain malfunction and we literally fall all over ourselves. Movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, afflict many of the nation's elderly, a disorder that results in a body that will no longer move as it should. The brain controls bodily movement and new ways are being discovered to improve athletic performance, reducing muscular tension, which can result in athletic injuries.
Investigations into brain functions also reveals that many forms of mental illness may result form alternatives in normal brain function. The brain also responds when the body is subjected to stress and injuries. There is evidence that the brain produces several chemicals which provide pain relief during times of extreme physical and even mental stress. They are called endorphins, which are morphine like substances and act as pain killers.
As any other organ can deteriorate, so too can the brain if it is not given enough nutrients to help assist in its peak performance.
An optimal balance of nutrients is suggested to nutritionally support the function of a healthy brain.
Raw Brian (Freeze Dried)
Raw pituitary (freeze dried)
L:-Glutamine
L-Phenylalanine
L-Tyrosine
L-Glycine
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba)
a-Ketoglutaric Acid
L-Cysteine
L-Methionine
Choline (Bitartrate)
Pyridoxal phosphate
RNA/DNA
Zinc Aspartate
Magnesium Aspartate
Potassium Aspartate
Manganese (chelate)
Vitamin C
Folic Acid
Vitamin B12
It has been hypothesized that raw glandular extracts such as brain and pituitary are capable of nutritionally supporting the function of teh brain. The nutrients in brain and pituitary tissues are necessary to support normal brain health in that they provide the proper nutritional environment.
Choline and L-Phenylalanine share a similar role in the brain function. They collaborate as precursors for the production of several very important neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters control the basic process of impulse transmissions between brain cells. They are reponsible for an elevated and positive mood, alertness, and ambition. A lack of them can cause many brain disorders.
A sufficient supply of choline and potassium (aspartate) in the presence of aceitc acid produces acetylcholine. it is necessary for the correct functioning of the nervous system as well as for proper brain function.
Vitamin C plays an essential part in the metabolism of phenylalanine. Vitamin C has other important functions in the formula. Many times persons suffering from nervousness and irritability will show an excess of copper in their bodies. Both vitamin C and zinc normalizes this excess. Vitamin C itself has been shown by quantitative EEGs to have an anti-anxiety effect. It is also needed to give support to the adrenals during stress. The presence of toxins in our bodies can add to our not "feeling ourselves." Vitamin C is a well-known antitoxin and mobilizes not only copper but also lead and mercury, allowing for their excretion by the kidneys. The absorption of vitamin C is supported by the presence of calcium and magnesium.
Magnesium functions as a natural tranquilizer in the body. Ringsdorf and Cheraskin suggest that a magnesium deficiency is suspect whenever they are "mental" symptoms. A lack makes people extremely nervous and distraught., and can be one of the results of rigid dieting.
Zinc has a multitude of diverse functions in the body and is best known for maintaining prostate health. Howe3ver, tiny amounts are also needed for the brain to carry out its functions. Research at the University of Michigan out its functions. Research at the University of Michigan showed a significant relationship between high academic grades and high zinc levels. Zinc deficiency is prevalent in our society because of soil exhaustion, food processing, careless cooking and eating junk foods.
Like any fire, an epileptimc attack starts with a spark. Before a grand mal, an electric current crackles across nerve cells in the brain, setting off the seizure. But a diet high in zinc may help[ the brain make a chemical that prevents seizures.
It's the neurotransmitter GABA, important for many brain functions. Says UCLA neuroscientist Barry Sterman, "Zinc is the building block for GABA, and GABA stops seizures."
As soon as kindling begins, he notes, the brain tries to head off seizure activity. It races to pull zinc out of the blood - and, when that supply's exhausted, out of tissues. It's a race the brain often loses.
But Sterman's cat studies suggest a zinc-rich diet may give potential epileptics the winning edge. When one group of cats, electrically primes to have epileptic seizures, was fed six times the normal amount of zinc, they used it all up to dampen the kindling.
GABA - It is generally known that neurotransmitters, chemical substances produced by the brain and acting as chemical messengers can have an excitatory and/or inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. Some of those neurotransmitters - for example, noradrenaline - may act on some synapses as excitatory neurotransmitters, and on other synapses as inhibitory neurotransmitter.
The common inhibitory neurotransmitter is GABA. GABA may be considered as a natural tranquilizer produced by our brains. It has been estimated that in normal individuals as many as one-third of the synapses in the brain may use GABA as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA is formed directly from glutamic acid, a possible excitatory neurotransmitter.
GABA administration decreases hyperactivity, as well as the tendency to violence and antisocial behavior in juvenile delinquents. Apart from hyperactivity and behavior problems, many other disorders respond favorably to GABA administration, including: learning disabilities and mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hypertension.
In Europe, GABA is used as a safe sleeping pill for pregnant women and old people. It is also used to treat children with behavior problems, many other disorders respond favorably to GABA administration, including: learning disabilities and mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hypertension.
In Europe, GABA is used as a safe sleeping pill for pregnant women and old people. It is also used to treat children with behavior problems and learning disabilities. The human organism can tolerate dosages of GABA as high as 40 grams per day without any serious side effects reported.
Of the nonessential amino acids found in neural tissue, glutamic acid is the most significant from the standpoint of concentration and the inter-conversion to other important compounds. Among the latter are glutamine and alpha-ketoglutarate - which provides linkages with ammonia and carbohydrate metabolism, respectively -- and the inhibitory neurotransmitter substance, gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA). Together these members of the glutamate family constitute over half of the total brain amino acids. They are genrated in the nerve cells using the caron atoms provided from blood glucose and this accounts for about one tenth of the total carbohydrate utilization in the brain.
Concentrations of GABA in the brain are drastically depressed in states of vitamin B6 deficiency. Vitamin B6 is a cofactor for the enzyme that converts the amino acid glutamic acid into the neurotransmitter GABA.
As it is for many enzymes involved in amino-acid metabolism, notably the amino transferases and amino acid decarboxylases, vitamin B6 in teh form of the coenzyme, pyridoxal phosphate, is an essential cofactor for GABA synthesis in the brain. The apoenzyme of glutamate decarboxylase binds pyridoxal phosphate poorly, so that the activity of the enzyme and hence the concentrations of GABA in the brain, are drastically depressed in states of vitamin B6 deficiency.