Brain Health and Healing
Get power over anxiety, mood, voices, learning and memory issues, addiction, OCD, paranoia, etc. We look at root causes and triggers, biotypes, nutrients and herbs, allergies and sensitivities, metals and toxins, environment and epigenetics. We're talking nutritional psychiatry, integrative psychiatry, and functional medicine. Come join us for knowledge, stories, laughter, and serious talk about the brain: how it works, how it is nourished and cared for, and how mental health evolves. And if you want more, you can always look to my books at https://www.boragebooks.com New podcasts will come out twice a month. Note: What we say in this podcast is educational only. It is not medical diagnosis or treatment advice for the individual. If you suspect illness, see a knowledgeable physician.
Episodes
21 episodes
Thyroid Effects on Brain Function
This episode focuses on thyroid health, and its potential impact on bipolar and schizophrenia. We also discuss what low and high thyroid look like, difficulties detecting thyroid problems, and the importance of tyrosine and iodine. B...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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23:41
Seizures and Mental Health
This episode explores the intersection of seizure disorders, particularly temporal lobe epilepsy, with mental health. We talk about the prevalence of misdiagnosis, and about common symptoms and treatments in temporal lobe epilepsy and bipolar.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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19:24
Why is it so hard to stop eating junk food?
In this episode we discuss excitotoxins. which are chemicals, such as MSG and aspartame, that are often added to junk food to make it taste good. We talk about how these chemicals, made of aminos acids in ultra-concentrated doses can inj...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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20:57
Yeast, Candida, and the Brain
This episode discusses effects of Candida and other yeast on mental health. Candida can influence mood, anxiety, insomnia, irritability, hyperactivity, psychosis, and overall health. We also overview treatment approaches including paleo d...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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24:43
Food sensitivities and mental health
This episode is an introduction to the influence of food allergy and sensitivity on mental function. We look at effects on schizophrenia, depression, mania, anxiety, insomnia, hyperactivity, autism and other conditions. We also mention various ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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16:31
Choline for bipolar, anxiety, stress, ADHD, mania, dementia, memory, learning
This episode looks at the effects of choline in calming mania, overstimulation, anxiety and stress, and at its role in recovering from stress and enhancing memory and learning. We also talk about how excess choline may contribute to depression,...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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21:38
Magnesium for Bipolar, Anxiety, Agitation, Psychosis, Depression
This episode discusses the balancing effects of magnesium, and its role in moderating bipolar, anxiety, agitation, voices, and stress. Also its potential benefit for depression and addictions.Studies and Reviews
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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18:33
A Table of Contents Relating to Bipolar Disorder
In Season 1 we looked first at the effects of light on mood, and then went on to the Major Biotypes, and some of the key related nutrients: Episode 6: Influence of Light on Mood and Sleep: Mania, Depression, SAD, BipolarEpisode 7: A...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:23
Niacin for Anxiety, Schizophrenia, and Mania
In this episode we discuss niacin (vitamin B3), and how it helps counter brain overstimulation and so, anxiety, mania, and schizophrenia. We also talk about the use of B3 for confusion, learning disorders, dementia, and nicotine and alcohol&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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19:59
Histapenia (overmethylation), re: Schizophrenia, Paranoia, Mania, Anxiety, Hyperactivity
Histapenia (overmethylation) is associated with significant anxiety, and, beyond that, is a major biotype in schizophrenia and bipolar. In this episode, we discuss symptoms of histapenia, and nutrients associated with improvement. Re...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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19:42
Folate (folic acid): Depression, Mania, and Biotype
Why folate (folic acid) can have opposite effects on mood. How It can worsen undemethylated depression, by reducing serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine in the synapse. How, conversely, it can be antidepressant for people who do not create en...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:53
Undermethylation and chronic depression, schizoaffective, bipolar, OCD, learning and behavior disorders
Brain undermethylation is frequently associated with chronic severe depression and schizoaffective. It is also common in autism, OCD, and learning and behavior disorders. This podcast describes the means by which methylation regulates the...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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16:22
Vitamin B6 (P5P): Depression, Anxiety, Learning problems, Autism, Childhood Psychosis, etc.
Brief overview of the importance of B6 to cognition, mood, and neuroprotection. Discusses dopamine, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, GABA, taurine, and MAO. Looks at effects on depression anxiety, learning, autism, psychosis, etc....
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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9:22
Copper and Zinc. Re: mood, voices, paranoia, hyperactivity, autism, anxiety, mania, insomnia, violence
Copper and zinc exist in a dynamic balance. High copper with low zinc is overstimulating and can contribute to symptoms in anxiety, paranoia, violence, hyperactivity, schizophrenia, bipolar, autism and insomnia. Discusses the effects of z...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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20:02
A Major Stress Disorder, Pyroluria. In: Anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, schizophrenia, ADHD, etc.
We talk here about a major stress disorder, pyroluria, that occurs across the gamut of mental health conditions: schizophrenia, bipolar, anxiety, panic, PTSD, learning and behavior disorders, etc. People with pyrrole disorder react intensely to...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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22:09
Influence of Light on Mood and Sleep: Mania, Depression, SAD, Bipolar
Explores the profound influence of sunlight on mood. Also goes into the effects of light dark cycles on hormone rhythms, on serotonin and melatonin production, and on cortisol and sleep interactions. And how these changes further alter mood.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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22:12
Nerve Cell Communication Basics
A short segment on neural communication. A nerve cell is like a tree with a filament-like trunk, and branches on either end. Messages go to receptors on dendrites (the initial branches). Second messengers transfer information through to the ner...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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5:57
Biochemical Individuality
Biochemical individuality. In 1957, Dr Roger Williams, with his book, Biochemical Individuality, brought attention to the concept that each person is biochemically unique. Some people are born with 3 kidneys or a heart on the “wrong” side of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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3:28
Why Nutrients?
The brain is made from, and runs on, nutrients. Enzymes, proteins, neurotransmitters, hormones, and all brain cells are made of nutrients. Nutrients protect the brain from oxidative stress and toxicity. Nutrients (and environment) determine gen...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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17:21
Foundations of Nutritional Psychiatry
The foundations of orthomolecular psychiatry. Nutrient treatment of the anxiety, depression and psychosis in scurvy and pellagra. Dr Abram Hoffer’s niacin and vitamin C megavitamin therapy for schizophrenia. Dr Carl Pfeiffer’s histamine axis bi...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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15:18
Intro: Brain Health and Healing
Nutrient-based approaches for anxiety, insomnia, depression, mania, voices, autism, etc, from a functional perspective. We focus mainly on orthomolecular and integrative psychiatry, and nutrients like zinc, magnesium, niacin, other B vitamins, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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18:11