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The
Healing Nutrients Within
How to use amino acids
to achieve optimum health and fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
depression, heart disease, and more |
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Your Personal
"Miracle Drugs"
The two dozen amino
acids present in the human body are now being shown to be among
the most potent healing substances ever discovered.
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The Famous Guide
to the Best-Stocked Drugstore of All -- The Human Body
- How to use amino acids
to achieve optimum health
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- New research on their
beneficial roles in cancer, Alzheimer's disease, depression,
heart condition, and more
by Eric R. Braverman, M.D.
with Carl C. Pfeiffer, MD,
PhD,
Ken Blum, PhD & Richard Smayda, DO
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Paperback
ISBN:
1591200377
448 Pages
3rd Edition
Feb 2003
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This update and revision
of the landmark book on amino acids cover the exciting discoveries
of the last decade and shows how to use them in your personal
health management program.
- These constituents of protein are
necessary to every life process
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- Research and clinical work in the
past two decades have revealed a vast range of therapeutic functions
for amino acids, including
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- Phenylalanine's pain-relieving
powers
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- Tyrosine's energizing ability and
addiction-fighting potential
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- Methionine's role in Parkinson's
disease treatment and as an antiallergen
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- Homocysteine's emergence as a new
and precise marker of heart disease risk
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--- Table of Contents
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(For the 2nd Revised Edition -
Mar 1997)
1. Introduction
2. Aromatic Amino Acids
- Phenylalanine: The Pain Reliever
- Tyrosine: The Antidepressant
- Tryptophan and Melatonin:
The Sleep Promoters
3. Sulphur Amino Acids
- Cysteine and Glutathione:
The Detoxifiers
- Taurine: Fights Seizures
- Methionine: Allergy Fighter
- Homocysteine: Worse Than Cholesterol
4. Urea Cycle Amino Acids
- Arginine and Citrulline: Cholesterol
Fighters
- Ornithine: Growth Promoter
5. Glutamate Amino Acids
- Glutamic Acid, GABA and Glutamine:
The Brain's Three Musketeers
- Proline and Hydroxyproline:
Collagen Constituents
- Aspartic Acid and Asparagine:
Important Metabolic Pathways
6. Threonine Amino Acids
- Threonine: Immunity Booster
- Glycine: Wound Healer
- Serine: Potentiator of Madness
- Alanine: Help fo Hypoglycemia
7. Branched Chain Amino Acids
(BCAA's)
- Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine:
The Stress Amino Acids
8. Amino Acids with Important
Metabolites
- Lysine: The Herpes Killer
- Carnitine: Heart Tonic
- Histidine: Arthritis Fighter
9. Clinical Review of Multiple
Amino Acid Abnormalities
Appendices
- A. The Problems of Vegetarianism
- B. The Much Maligned Egg:
The Best Amino Acid Food
- C. Continuing Breakthroughs
in Amino Acids
References
Glossary
Index
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