Mental Health Nutrition

### **Abram Hoffer**

Abram Hoffer was a Canadian Psychiatrist who lived November 11, 1917 - May 27, 2009.

He was extremely successful in healing mental illnesses using nutritional therapy with a success rate exceeding 80%.

Abram began his career as a scientist with a degree in Agricultural science. As a young scientist one of his early jobs was to add Niacin (vitamin B3) to flour as it had been discovered that Niacin deficiency caused schizophrenia type symptoms eg psychosis, this disease was known as Pellagra.

Abram went on to get a Phd in Biochemistry followed by a Medical degree and a qualification in Psychiatry, working with schizophrenics in the largest mental hospital in Saskatchewan, Canada.

As a practicing Psychiatrist in 1950 he had few tools or pharmaceuticals at his disposal so using his experience with vitamin B3 he developed a theory that patients suffering psychosis may be suffering deficiency of essential nutrients. He publicly stated that 50% of mentally ill patients provided with secure accommodation, good nutrition and respect would heal naturally.

He began treating patients with psychosis with mega doses of vitamin B3, 1000mg breakfast, lunch and dinner and he got dramatic results very quickly.

Overtime he added other nutrients into his regime.

Amongst many famous people, Dr Hoffer treated and cured the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson and Margot Kidder (acted as Lois Lane in Superman).

You can find more about Dr Hoffer here.

### **Dr Linus Pauling**

Linus Pauling was a world leading scientist living throughout 1901-1994, he remains the only individual to ever win two Nobel Prizes, one for chemistry and the other for world peace. In 1964 Linus Pauling came across a book written by Abram Hoffer and did not put it down until he finished it.

Thereafter the medical doctor and the scientist became colleagues and developed the concept of orthomolecular medicine.

In 1977 Linus Pauling wrote a book about the role of Vitamin C in heart health, title *Vitamin C, the Common Cold and the Flu.* Due to his reputation as a leading scientist the book flew off the shelves and it was reported that death by cardio vascular disease reduced markedly in the next few years.

Dr Pauling advocated therapeutic doses of nutrients, rather than the extremely low doses advocated by the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA).

Human Beings are one of the few creatures on Earth that can not manufacture vitamin C internally. Our requirement for vitamin C increases exponentially when our bodies are fighting disease. According to Hickey Vitamin C has a half life of 30 minutes. If unwell you are better off taking low doses of vitamin C (eg 1000mg) every 30-60 minutes than a large dose infrequently.

### **Dr Andrew Saul**

Dr Andrew Saul is a health researcher and had the good fortune to work with Abram. His web site is also a good source of information on mental health and lists protocols via disease eg anxiety depression etc. He documented a final interview with Abram here

### **Dr Kelly Brogan**

Dr Kelly Brogan is a modern doctor who specialises in mental health. Kelly has a book describing her protocol here.

### **Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride**

Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride began her medical career as a Neurologist and Neurosurgeon in Russia.

Natasha developed the Gut And Psychology (GAPs) healing protocol initially to heal her son of Autism. Over time the protocol was further developed to heal many kinds of mental and other illnesses.

It is commonly acknowledged that the health of the microbiome is directly related to our mental health. When the microflora in the gut is compromised then our brain can struggle to function effectively. There are many influences in our environment that compromise the microflora in our digestive tract. The ubiquitous use of antibiotics in medicine and also in the food production chain contributes significantly to the destruction of our microflora. In addition The use of glyphosate in food production directly contributes to the death of microflora.

Health Practitioners can undergo GAPs training and become certified. There are certified GAPs practitioners in South Australia.

It is not well understood that Crohns disease and Ulcerative Colitis are curable with the correct healing protocol.

### **Dr Stephanie Seneff**

Dr Stephanie Seneff became alarmed at the rapid increase in Autism in the worlds children so began to research environmental factors. Her research into the impact of toxicity on the microbiome is stunning. She has found direct relationships between glyphosate, gut health and various diseases such as Autism, Alzheimers, psychosis etc.