February 13, 2004

• Don’t eat other people’s food or take their medication.

  
  

  I’ve been putting this off.

  
  

  This comment was left on my recent blog about how my tastes have changed:

  
  

  
  

  Curious: which supplements are you using?

  
  

  Posted 2/9/2004 at 1:58 PM by mups

  
  

  One reason I didn’t respond sooner is that I’d said in that blog that it was, “my neurotransmitter precursor supplements” and earlier in the same blog, I wrote:

  
  

  
  

  “…my amino acid supplements (the neurotransmitter precursors that quell my cravings)”

  
  

  That’s the answer, there for all to see, so having answered the question already, I saw no reason to do so again.

  
  

  Okay, okay, I’m trying to be a bit facetious, disingenuous… so sue me!  I did say that was ONE of my reasons, and it was.  I supposed that mups was looking for something like, “I take *this* and *this* and *that other thing*, and it’s just what you need, go get some for yourself.” 

  
  

  Not bloody likely, Kiddies! 

  
  

  Even if that supposition was incorrect, and mups was really just “curious” about what meds I’m taking, what business is that of anyone’s?  They work for me.  They are amino acid neurotransmitter precursors, chemicals that my body metabolizes into the precise neurotransmitters I need to correct my own imbalances.  That’s all any of you needs to know in order to start looking to find out what amino acid neurotransmitter precursors you might need to take to correct your own imbalances.  Google might be a good place to start if one has the ambition.

  
  

  But I’ll be magnanimous here, and give you some clues, some good places to start looking.  Just don’t get the (mistaken, badly mistaken) idea that taking such supplements is enough to end an addiction or even quell the cravings for a specific substance.  I’ve also  mentioned “my new healthy diet,” which is equally as important as any supplements I take.  What I mean, if anyone needs more explicit words, is that what we don’t ingest is just as important as what we do ingest.  The supplements only work in conjunction with abstinence from addictive and allergenic substances, and such substances–allergies and addictions, sensitivities and suchlike–vary from one individual to another.

  
  

  For a good beginner’s guide to discovering whether you are a slow-burner or a fast-burner, and to learn the importance of one’s ancestral diet and similar abstruse and esoteric matter (just kidding again–this shit is simple, basic nutrition and biochemistry), try reading:
  Your Body Knows Best
  by Ann Louise Gittelman
  

  One of the important factors determining which foods one cannot tolerate and which ones are healthful is one’s blood type.  In general, type O thrives on meat, type A handles most vegies and poultry but not red meat or dairy, while type B tolerates beef better than chicken and is usually allergic to lobster and shrimp.  AB is largely a combination of A and B, and for dietary purposes you can forget the Rh factor.  Your diet is best if it’s consistent with your blood type, and the positive or negative thing is irrelevant.
  Eat Right 4 Your Type
  by Peter J. D’Adamo

  
  

  Ah, but it’s not that simple.  It might BE that simple for a healthy infant whose mother gave it ideal prenatal nutrition, if it has not had any opportunities to pervert its tastes with such things as sugar, casein, gluten, or theobromine (the psychoactive and addictive substance in chocolate).  In the real world, many of us are born addicted, and most of us soon become addicted if we’re not.  You can learn more about addictive and trigger foods at www.nutramed.com.

  
  

  Many of us have become obese or ill or simply malnourished as a result of our food addictions, and some have tried one wrong diet after another in the mistaken belief that what works for one person will work for another.  That simply is not true, so get over it.  If your eating habits or other habits have gotten you into addictive trouble, you need to find your own way out.  You might luck out and find someone else’s way that will work for you, but if you don’t get so lucky you have a lot to lose by such experimenting.  Get to know your own body and its needs, and then give it what it needs.

  
  

  If the basic problem is an eating disorder or weight problem, a good place to start is www.dietcure.com.  There you can find self-test checklists to help you determine that nature of your problem, but if you want to know the specific cures, you’ll need to buy the book:
  The Diet Cure
  by Julia Ross, MA

  
  

  Ms. Ross has also written another book for people whose neurotransmitter imbalances have caused depression, bipolar swings and other mood disorders:
  The Mood Cure
  She also has the same sort of self-test quizzes as mentioned for the Diet Cure, above, at www.moodcure.com.

  
  

  If you’re already past the “mild mood disorder” phase and into full-blown addiction, especially if treatment or 12-step programs haven’t been enough to help you quit, you may need some more detailed, authoritative expert help.  In that case, try:
  

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