B-Complex:
the mind vitamin
part 2 of 3
the mental health role of vitamin B complex
Among other things, B-complex is a mind-vitamin.
Its effects contribute profoundly to our sense of well-being.
Here is a causal although by no means definitive guideline
to assess deficiency symptoms
Here is a causal although by no means definitive guideline
to assess deficiency symptoms
Paraphrasing and quoting this edition of The Complete Book of Vitamins (Rodale)
“R. Glen Green, M.D. … recommended that physicians ask
[the patient specific] questions … regarding, not physical,
but perceptual changes involving the five senses.”
[the patient specific] questions … regarding, not physical,
but perceptual changes involving the five senses.”
Although not definitive by any means,
the questions below1 are suggested by Dr. Green
the questions below1 are suggested by Dr. Green
as a good starting place for nutritional insight
that leads to an interesting connection between B complex and mental health
”When a patient experiences some or all of these things – even sometimes –
then Dr. Green administers another test which reveals perceptual difficulties
in sight, hearing, taste, smell and attitudes.”
This second test, the Hoffer-Osmond Diagnostic (HOD),
is initially intended as a psychiatric means to diagnose schizophrenia –
but “Dr. Green …adapted it to his medical practice and discovered
is initially intended as a psychiatric means to diagnose schizophrenia –
but “Dr. Green …adapted it to his medical practice and discovered
that the test also indicated vitamin B-complex deficiency.”
Now certainly i'm not suggesting that B-complex can cure schizophrenia.
Further, a person can be deficient in B-complex and not be schizophrenic.
But what is significant is that a simple vitamin was linked
by clinical research to a mental illness as intense as schizophrenia.
by clinical research to a mental illness as intense as schizophrenia.
discovering that research was enough for me to try B complex.
and the very unexpected results i experienced
drives my need to get the message out ...
the truth is,
and the very unexpected results i experienced
drives my need to get the message out ...
the truth is,
like me, you may not need an anti-depressant at all -
you may just need B complex
you may just need B complex
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1 Dr. Greene's suggested questions:
- Does your face seem to change when you look in a mirror?
ref: The Complete Book of Vitamins (Rodale)
- Does your face seem to change when you look in a mirror?
- Do words move when you try to read?
- Does the ground move when you walk?
- Do you feel you walk on the ground or off the ground?
- Do pictures move when you look at them?
[not that the pictures fly around, but that the image
in the photo doesn’t actually seem to be still]
- Do you hear someone calling your name when you are alone?
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ref: The Complete Book of Vitamins (Rodale)
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