Orthomolecular Psychiatry

by Junius Adams
Reprinted from COSMOPOLITAN - June 1977

Nevertheless, there have been some crossovers from the opposition. Dr. Robert Naiman, a well known "establishment" psychiatrist, has said, "I'm for everything that helps anybody. Orthomolecular therapy's apparently helping, so I am delighted it is in the field." Not long ago, Dr. Ben Burston, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale Medical College, sent a 26-year-old male patient, described as a "intractable schizophrenic," to the Brain Bio Center. The man is now recovered, as a married, and is leading a reasonably happy, normal life. Says Dr. Berston: "I'm not so committed to my magic that I can't try anyone else's."

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Is Vitamin B Deficiency The Root Cause of Violent Shooting Rampages?

by Kimberly Hartke

"The startling part of sub-clinical pellagra, like hypoglycemia, is that the symptoms also mirror those of schizophrenia, a problem so widespread that those who suffer from it occupy one out of every four hospital beds in the United States."

Published in 2013 this article recapitulates the following facts: pellagra is characterized by the "3 D's" (or 4 "D's"): dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea (, death) and it is still widespread. Schitz is perhaps the most deadly (for other people) of the mental disorders; it is the usual cause for somebody shooting their parent - Horrobin has stated that when he hears about somebody shooting their mother he knows right away it's almost certain Schitz is involved, nobody else kills their parents. This would also explain the general craziness of killers (ie, Charles Manson)

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How the introduction of corn into Europe crated vampire stories

"In this ecofact we�re here to discuss how the legend of vampires may very well have arisen from a basic misunderstanding of human biology. Let us explain.

Corn, which was discovered in the new world, was brought back to Europe in the 1500s. It quickly became a crop of the poor, who would often eat nothing but raw corn as their main energy source. But, here is the problem. Corn contains the essential vitamin niacin, but it is inaccessible in its raw form. Thus, eating a diet of only raw corn leads to a vitamin deficiency known as pellagra. Victims of pellagra are hyper-sensitive to sunlight. If exposed, the skin often turns shiny with scaly areas. The brain starts to degenerate causing the person to have insomnia, anxiety, aggression, and depression. Often the persons stomach bleeds, meaning they can not eat normal food and can often digest only blood.

Here is another interesting tidbit: Pellagra was not common in the new world where corn was native. The reason for this is that peasants in Mexico and Central America prepared corn differently. Corn tortillas were often prepared with lime (an alkali) which helped to extract niacin from the corn and thus insured that pellagra didn�t arise."