Feb 12 2009
The Naturopathic Way to Combat Insomnia, Stress, Restlessness and Anxiety, Plus Many Other Common Psychological Problems
A total 41% of American workers interviewed reported an increase in work stress on their jobs compared to a year earlier. Another poll taken among Americans showed that more than one half of the respondents (58%) reported having experienced insomnia at least a few nights a week. This is a trend in American health, where we are seeing many common psychological problems such as stress and insomnia moving to an epidemic stage (epidemic means 1 in 4 have the ailment).
Why have these psychological problems reached epidemic numbers? There are many reasons for stress, insomnia, restlessness and anxiety, such as significant personal events, like losing a job, marital problems, money worries and generally worrying. Other causes can include physical illness that causes pain, depression, shift work, caffeine or alcohol consumption, and medication side-effects. Each one is a drain on your nutritional support system, this is a scientific fact.
The drain on your nutritional support system is the common thread here which runs through all of these problems. What do I mean when I say drain on your nutritional support system? I mean that each one of those problems burns up large amounts of your B vitamins and minerals. Those B vitamins and minerals are your nutritional support and if they get low the problems you are experiencing will seem to grow in number and severity.
That nutritional support system is the foundation from which you handle everyday problems. When that foundation is supporting you; you feel more confident and you handle your everyday troubles and crises with ease and consideration. If you are not supported, you may handle the problem, but you feel the physical and emotional drain on your body and mind. Then where is the next problem/crises coming from; this is the modern world with plenty of them to spare, you need support.
Are you experiencing some of the symptoms of a drained nutritional support system, stress, anxiety, insomnia or restlessness? Well do not expect your body to run trouble free without replacing the nutrition in that system. Not replenishing that system is like expecting your car to run without oil. Look below at the different B vitamins and see the symptoms you can acquire due to their deficiencies, all scientifically proven.
Why can’t we just get our vitamins from our diet? You just have to look around you to see the evidence that the majority of Americans have no idea what a good diet is (see article “America Is Number One, The Fattest Industrialized Country In The World”). At every turn in our society we are, in fact, encouraged to eat foods that have almost no nutritional value by the media. Most markets do not offer us much of a choice. The food is refined, irradiated or poorly grown at the farm; all three destroying the nutritional value of the food. The very people who are supposed to protect our health instead defend the manufacturer and spin the information so much they are confusing. They even make laws to stop anyone from saying that to eat certain whole foods might prevent or cure you of many diseases, even though it is true.
I have been involved with naturopathic medicine and nutrition for over 20 years and I find it difficult to find whole foods that are truly nutritional in any market or restaurant. The odds are stacked against you having any better luck than I do. So I supplement to make sure that I keep a balance of B vitamins and minerals beyond what I eat and I suggest you do the same thing. Why allow yourself and your family to be caught up in the same health crisis you see everywhere today.
Important Note: Basic law of nature and another scientific fact (see article, “The Truth About Vitamins”), if your B Stress formula is not from food you cannot absorb it! It is a big basic law of nature; we depend on plants for our nutrition. If your vitamin supplement does not say the words somewhere on the label “Whole Food Vitamins”, “Made From Whole Foods” or “Food Vitamins”. Do not waste your money on it because it is synthetic and you cannot absorb it.
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Below Is What Your Stress B Vitamin Supplement Should Contain In A Whole Food Form. Plus, The Problems A Deficiency Of Each Vitamin And Mineral Can Cause. Vitamin A Vitamin C Thiamin B-1 Riboflavin B-2 Niacinamide B-3 (called the happy vitamin) Vitamin B-6 Folate B-12 Pantothenate Biotin Magnesium Zinc Potassium Choline Inositol PABA
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Example Of A Nutritional Herbal Formula For Stress, Insomnia, Restlessness, And Anxiety. Also Helps Maintain Your Nutritional Support System. Can Be Taken With B Stress Supplements. In wild crafted or organic form this herbal formula is nourishing, tranquilizing and anti-spasmodic in action. It is designed to encourage composure while reducing anxiety, tension and stress. It is intended to help calm down, rest, relax, sedate and relieve nervous tension and muscle spasm. Listed below are each of the herbs and their benefits and safety. Important Note: If your herbal supplement does not say that it is organic or wild crafted then it could be grown anywhere under less then healthy conditions. This is one area where the government rigorously enforces the law and so does the herbal industry. The information given here is based on thousands of years of traditional safe use. Black Cohosh root Valerian root Blue Cohosh root Wild Yam root Hops flower Passion Flower herb Skullcap herb Lobelia herb & seed Chamomile flower Wood Betony herb |
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I’ve been looking in favor of articles on stress and anxiety, it may be me, but I’m sorry. I just don’t comprehend what you’re saying here
Hi thank you for the comment
Just looking at one vitamin, B3 niacin for instance and its effect on the mind. A lack of this nutritient can cause the disease pellagra and a few of the symptoms of pellagra are psychosis and dementia. The government has literally ordered manufactures of refined foods to add B3 back into their foods to avoid this disease in the population (look at the label on white bread you will see the word Enriched with B3 Niacin). The thing that the government does not seem to realize is that everybody’s need for B3 is different and someone could have subclinical pellagra because of their diet and only manifest the symptom of depression. You could literally council or drug this person for the rest of their life but until they get enough B3 in their diet they will always be depressed. Paul