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How to Naturally Balance Brain For Better Health - The Edge Effect
Mar 28, 2009
In the book The Edge Effect [Sterling Publishing, 2005], Dr. Eric Braverman, the Director of the Place for Achieving Total Health in New York and Philadelphia, and the former Chief Clinical Researcher at the Princeton Brain Bio Center, provides readers with an easy to execute "prescription" to reverse and prevent illnesses believed inherent to aging.
"Today we know that good health requires that for any given body function, all four (brain) neurotransmitters must be processed in a specific order and in precise amounts," explains Dr. Braverman in the book.”The slightest deviation in the brain's activity can be felt in the body, and small electrical imbalances can be amplified into bigger health problems."
GABA, Serotonin, Dopamine and Acetylcholine: Determining Your Dominant and Deficient Nature
The Edge Effect unravels the complexity of the brain with a 101 introduction and clear description of how four key neurotransmitters interplay to impact mood, health and longevity. The book isn't written as a verbage- heavy science textbook. In clear action-oriented language, Dr. Braverman systematically outlines a plan to optimize well-being and to prevent disease by balancing the body's most vital organ.
Each person's nature defines who he is and is largely the result of the interplay between biochemicals that affect how he thinks, behaves and feels. Everyone, Dr. Braverman explains, has one dominant neurotransmitter in his brain that influences the other three. GABA is the brain's calming chemical, while Serotonin plays a role in mood, sleep and appetite; both are the inhibitory or down-regulating neurotransmitters. The excitatory or "go" acceleration biochemicals include Dopamine which is involved in motivation, interest and drive, and Acetylcholine, which promotes thinking functions such as comprehension, language, intelligence and attention.
Dr. Braverman provides readers with his Braverman Nature Assessment, a powerful self-diagnostic tool. This detailed questionnaire determines a person's dominant nature and deficiency, and provides a starting point to implement his program. Each neurotransmitter score dictates what, and how vigorously someone needs to apply Dr. Braverman's nutrition and supplement-based program to re-balance his brain.
Menopause, Aging and Health "Pauses"
While most people are familiar with menopause, the natural decline in a woman's hormones as she ages, Dr. Braverman explains that over time, everyone experiences "pauses" or drops, in all major functions of their body. Some of the many pauses include biopause (neurotransmitters), sensory pause (the senses), osteopause (bone density), cardiopause (blood flow, increase in blood pressure), psychopause (personality health and mood), and pituitary pause (hormone feedback loops).
Dr. Braverman offers a prescription to delay these pauses through a combination of nutrition, hormones, supplementation and if necessary medication, although his plan helps most people reduce or eliminate the need for medication.
The Brain, Disease and Chronic Symptoms
The number of conditions and symptoms related to or caused by unbalanced brain chemistry, Dr. Braverman explains, is staggering. In the book he outlines the conditions related to neurotransmitter deficits:
- Dopamine: addiction, obesity, Parkinson's disease
- Acetylcholine: arthritis, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis
- GABA: chronic pain, seizures, hypertension
- Serotonin: sleep disorders, sugar cravings and type 2 diabetes, anorexia, bulimia, sexual addiction
Dr. Braverman explains that many illnesses such as PMS, stroke and sexual disorders are "multinature illnesses" that often result from a combination of deficiencies.
Through a three-pronged approach: brain information, a neurotransmitter nature assessment, and a nutrition and supplementation plan, Dr. Braverman demystifies the brain and provides readers with a straight forward solution to reduce or prevent a long list of emotional and physical illnesses.
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