Healing the Mind the Natural Way: Nutritional Solutions to Psychological Problems with foreword by Abram Hoffer MD PhD author of Niacin Real Story ( orthomolecular medicine ) 0874777526, 9780874777529

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Leading-edge Research by Orthomolecular Physicians Offers New Hope for People Suffering from

• Psychosomatic Problems • Depression • Eating Disorders •

Addictions • Anxiety • Learning Disorders

Nutritional Solutions to Psychological Problems

Pat Lazarus Foreword by Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. Founding Fellow, American Academy of Orthomolecular Physicians

• Hyperactivity • Alzheimer’s Disease ... and many other conditions

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Healing the Mind the Natural Way Nutritional Solutions to Psychological Problems

Pat Lazarus

A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book Published by New York

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Note to Readers This book is a unique source of information, guidance, inspiration, and hope for people who wish to fight mental problems without the toxic effects of drugs and without long¬ term, expensive psychotherapy—as well as for those who have already tried those thera¬ pies without success. The information in this book should not be used for self-diagnosis or self-treatment. While correctly chosen nutritional therapy is nontoxic, the author stresses that only trained, licensed physicians in the field of orthomolecular medicine are capable of correctly prescribing safe and effective nutritional therapy tailored to your in¬ dividual body chemistry. Please use the information in this book under the supervision of such a physician. The author and the publisher expressly disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this book.

A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons Publishers Since 1838

200 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Copyright © 1995 by Pat Lazarus All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Published simultaneously in Canada Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lazarus, Pat. Healing the mind the natural way : nutritional solutions to psychological problems / Pat Lazarus, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87477-752-6 1. Mental illness—Nutritional aspects. 2. Orthomolecular therapy. 3. Mental illness—Diet therapy. I. Title. RC455.4.N8L39 1995 616.89T—dc2o 95-11787 CIP Book design by Jaime Robles Cover design by Lee Fukui Printed in the United States of America

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To the memory of my parents, who suffered and died—needlessly early, I think—because the new field of orthomolecular (nutritional) medicine, covered in this book, was not known to us. To my loved ones who have made “miraculous” recoveries be¬ cause they were lucky enough to know of orthomolecular medicine and approached it with an open mind. To the pioneering doctors who developed orthomolecular medi¬ cine, and continue to refine it, often fighting strong odds created by skeptics who have not investigated this field with an open mind, if at all. And perhaps most important, to those for whom I wrote this book: Those who do not know that nontoxic orthomolecular thera¬ pies offer hope for those with mental disorders, even when main¬ stream

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