Mental Health Flyer References

Section I :Does Our Diet Affect Our Mental and Emotional Health

Relationship of diet to mood and cognitive health

• Del ParigiA et al. Nutritional Factors, cognitive decline, and dementia. Brain Res Bull. 2006 Mar 15;69(1):1-19.PMID: 16464680

• Rogers PJ. A healthy body, a healthy mind: long-term impact of diet on mood and cognitive function. ProcNutr Soc. 2001 Feb;60(1):135-43. PMID: 11310419

Feel good chemicals
• Breuning LG. Five Ways to Boost Your Natural Happy Chemicals. Psychology Today. http://bit.ly/1KiMLRn

Low blood sugar hypoglycemia and anxiety, depression and anger
• Hyman M. The Blood Sugar Solution. 2012. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

• Virkkunen M. Reactive hypoglycemia tendency among habitually violent offenders. Neuropsychobiol 1982; 8:35–40.PMID: 2980863

• Stitt, BR. Food and Behavior. 2004.Manitowac: Natural Press.

Excitotoxins produced during hypoglycemia
• Auer RN. Progress Review: Hypoglycemic Brain Damage. Stroke.1986; 17: 699-708. PMID: 3526646
• Auer RN. Hypoglycemic brain damage. Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Dec 16;146(2-3):105-10. PMID: 15542270

Sugar binging releases dopamine will results in fewer dopamine receptors.
• Avena NM et al. Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake. NeurosciBiobehav Rev. 2008; 32(1): 20–39. PMC2235907

The Gut-Brain Connection
• Perlmutter D. Brain Maker. 2015 New York: Little, Brown and Company
• The Brain-Gut Connection. Harvard Health Publications. http://bit.ly/NbILdt

Thyroid disorders and Mental Health

• Berent D. Thyroid hormones association with depression severity andclinical outcome in patients with major depressive disorder. MolBiol Rep. 2014 Apr;41(4):2419-25. PMID: 24443228.

• Weiss RE et al Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and thyroid function. J Pediatr 1993; Oct; 123(4)539-45PMID: 8410504

• Bernal J. Thyroid Hormones in Brain Development andFunction. Thyroid disease Manager. 2 Sept 2015. http://bit.ly/1G7X8E2

Vegetarian Diet

• Michalak J et al. Vegetarian diet and mental disorders: results from a representative community survey. Int J BehavNutrPhys Act 2012; 9: 67.PMC3466124

• Deans E. You’re A Vegetarian. Have you lost your mind? Psychology Today. 11 Nov 2012 http://bit.ly/1YGins0

• Masterjohn C. My Experience With Vegetarianism — Updated With New Reflections.9 Jun 2013. cholesterol and health.com. http://bit.ly/1gVCS1T.

Section II Modern Diets & Mental Illness

Refined Sweeteners,
• Ilardi S. Dietary Sugar and Mental Illness: A Surprising Link. Psychology Today. 23 Jul 2009. http://bit.ly/1NZIRBe

• Teitelbaum J. The Link Between Soda and Violence? The Dr. Oz Show. 2012. http://bit.ly/1YGtcdA

Modern vegetable oils

Fallon S, Enig MG. The Oiling of America.The Weston A Price Foundation. 1 Jan 2000 http://bit.ly/1PDFX2w

Hibbeln JR.Increasing homicide rates and linoleic acid consumption among five Western countries, 1961-2000.Lipids. 2004 Dec;39(12):1207-13. PMID: 15736917

MSG
• Blaylock, R. Excitotoxins. The Taste That Kills. 1996 Santa Fe, NM: Health Press 1996.

• Blaylock RL. Health and Nutrition Secrets. 2006. Albuquerque, NM: Health Press.

Additives:
• Edelkind S. Feingold Blue Book. Behavior, Learning and Health: The Dietary Connection. 2012. Free online.http://www.feingold.org/BLUEBOOK.pdf

Wheat and gluten
• Jackson JR et al. Neurologic and Psychiatric Manifestations of Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity. Psychiatric Quarterly. 2012; 83(1) 91-102. PMID: 21877216

• Okusaga O et al. Elevated gliadin antibody levels in individuals with schizophrenia. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013. PMID: 23282016

• Pynnonen PA et al.: Gluten-free diet may alleviate depressive and behavioural symptoms in adolescents with coeliac disease: A prospective follow-up case-series study. BMC Psychiatry.2005; 5:14. PMID: 15774013

Soy
• Mercola J. Got Thyroid Problems? Then Stop Consuming Soy. Mercola.com. 13 Oct 2010. http://bit.ly/1G8iam8

• Fallon S &Enig MG. Cinderella’s Dark Side. Newest Research on Why You Should Avoid Soy. Mercola.com. http://bit.ly/1LE9ERR

• Hurrell RF. Soy protein, phytate, and iron absorption in humans. Am J ClinNutr. 1992 Sep;56(3):573-8.PMID: 1503071

Aspartame
• Martini B, Hum D. The Connection between Aspartame (Artificial Sweetener) and Panic Attacks, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Memory Problems, and Other Mental Symptoms.Safe Harbor. http://bit.ly/1QEcshp

• Humphries P et al. Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame onthe brain. Eur J ClinNutr 2008; 62, 451–462. PMID: 17684524

• AlSuhaibani ES. In vivo cytogenetic studies on aspartame. International J Genomics. 2010; PMID: 20689731

GMOs
• Seneff S. Glyphosate: The Elephant in the Room (Autism and glyphosate). 17 May 2013. http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/

• Samsel A, Seneff S. Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases. Entropy. 2013; 15(4): 1416-1463. doi:10.3390/e15041416

Drugs for Mental Illness
• Whitaker R. Anatomy of an Epidemic. Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America. 2010.New York:Crown Publishers.

Section III: Nutrient Deficiencies and Mental Illness
Vitamin A
• Olson CR, Mello CV. Significance of vitamin A to brain function, behavior and learning. MolNutr Food Res 2010; 54(4): 489-495. PMC3169332

• Masterjohn C. The Benefits of Liver, Cod Liver Oil, and Dessicated Liver. Cholesterol and Health.com Aug 2005. http://bit.ly/1Fwyty6

Vitamin D

• Spedding S. Vitamin D and Depression. Nutrients 2014; 6:1601-1518.PMID: 24732019

• Masterjohn C. From Seafood to Sunshine: A New Understanding of Vitamin D Safety. Weston A. Price Foundation. 2006. http://bit.ly/1gRzTri

• Masterjohn C. Vitamin D is synthesized from cholesterol and found in cholesterol-rich foods. Cholesterol and Health. 25 May 2006. http://bit.ly/1FiclYj

Vitamin B1

• SimontacchiC.The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children.2007. New York: Tarcher.

• University of Maryland Medical Center. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) http://bit.ly/1LQctek

• Gratzer W. Terror of the Table. The Curious History of Nutrition. 2005. New York: Oxford

Vitamin B3

• Onusic, S. Violent Behavior:A Solution in Plain Sight. Wise Traditions 2013; 14(1)http://bit.ly/1jrkbTF

• Campbell-McBride N. Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia. 2010. Mediform Publishing.

• Hoffer A et al. Niacin: The Real Story. 2012. Laguna Beach: Basic Health Publications.

Folate
• Saedisomeolia A et al. Folate and vitamin B12 status in schizophrenic patients. J Res Med Sci. 2011 Mar; 16(Suppl1): S437–S441.PMC3252772

• Folate. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet. National Institutes of Health. http://1.usa.gov/1OwuSmt

Vitamin B6

• Hvas AM et al. Vitamin B6 level is associated with symptoms of depression.PsychotherPsychosom. 2004 Nov-Dec;73(6):340-3. PMID: 15479988

• Vitamin B6. Linus Pauling Institute. Oregon State University.
http://bit.ly/1LzPMzr

Vitamin B12

• Hyman M. The UltraMind Solution. 2009. New York:Scribner.

• Pacholok SM, Stuart JJ. Could It Be B12? An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses. 2011. Fresno CA:Quill Driver Books.

• McGruder J. Nutrient Showdown: Best sources of vitamin & Minerals. Nourished Kitchen. 9 Dec 2009. http://bit.ly/1KBWLme

Vitamin C

• Subotičanec K et al. Vitamin Cstatus in chronic schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 1990, 28:959–966. PMID: 2275953

• Cocchi P et al. Antidepressant effect of vitamin C. Pediatrics 1980; 65:862–863.PMID: 7367105.

• Bourre JM. Effects of nutrients (in food) on the structure and function of the nervous system: update on dietary requirements for brain. Part 1: micronutrients. J Nutr Health Aging. 2006 Sep-Oct;10(5):377-85. PMID: 17066209

Omega 3 fatty acids

• Bourre JM. Dietary omega-3 Fatty acids and psychiatry: mood, behaviour, stress, depression, dementia and aging. J Nutr Health Aging. 2005;9(1):31-8.PMID: 15750663

• What do we know about nutrition, impulsivity and criminality. Briefing Paper 4. Institute for food, Brain and Behavior. http://bit.ly/1KxxIUx

• Allport S. Queen of Fats. 2006. Berkeley CA: University of California Press.

Zinc
• Onusic, S. Violent Behavior:A Solution in Plain Sight. Wise Traditions 2013; 14(1) http://bit.ly/1jrkbTF

• SwardfagerW et al. Potential roles of zinc in the pathophysiology and treatment of major depressive disorder.NeurosciBiobehav Rev. 2013 Jun;37(5):911-29. PMID: 23567517

• Deans E. Zinc: an antidepressant. Psychology Today. 15 Sep 2013. http://bit.ly/1NWKVdo

Cholesterol

• Golomb BA et al. Low cholesterol and violent crime. J Psychiatr Res. 2000 Jul-Oct;34(4-5):301-9.

• Atmaca S, M Kuloglu M, Tezcan E, Uaruns G B. Serum leptin and cholesterol values in violent and non-violent suicide attempters. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Feb 28;158(1):87-91.

• Alvarez JC et al. Low serum cholesterol in violent but not in non-violent suicide attempters.Psychiatry Res. 2000 Aug 21;95(2):103-8. PMID: 10963796

Glycine
• Fallon Morell S, Daniel KT. Nourishing Broth. 2014. New York: Grand Central Life & Style.
• Masterjohn C. Meat, Organs, Bones and Skin. WestonA. Price Foundation. 2 Jul 2013. http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/meat-organs-bones-and-skin
• Yadid G et al. Glycine stimulates striatal dopamine release in conscious rats. Br J Pharmacol 1993. 110:50-53.PMID: 8220914

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

• Mercola J. Do Do You Take Any of These 11 Dangerous Statins or Cholesterol Drugs? Mercola.com. http://bit.ly/1AUhwqi

• Colpo A. New Study: Women with higher cholesterol live longer. 5Oct 2011 http://bit.ly/1MsJlNg

• Ravnskov U. The Benefits of High Cholesterol. Weston A. Price Foundation. 24Jun 2004. http://bit.ly/1OXJcUh

• Mercola J. The Cholesterol Myths that May be Harming Your Health. Mercola.com 22Oct2011. http://bit.ly/1MP72lE