Fix Your Broken Brain with "The UltraMind Solution"

A new book is poised to shatter beliefs about the underlying causes of mental or behavioral health related disorders. Written by Mark Hyman, MD, it's called "The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First."
In the book, Dr. Hyman writes that symptoms related to a "broken brain" such as poor memory and lack of focus, or even more serious disorders like depression, anxiety, OCD, Alzheimer's and autism, are caused by imbalances in the body's basic biological systems rather than biochemical imbalances in the brain. As such, Dr. Hyman believes the most effective way to address these problems is not through the head, but through the body. Since our bodies operate as a whole system, the solution to a "broken brain" is found in an integrated functioning of the core underlying biological processes that run every cell, organ and system in the body rather than psychotropic medications specifically targeted at changing the brain's biochemistry. In other words, if you fix your body first, you will awaken its natural capacity to heal your brain automatically.
Dr. Hyman's book is based on the principles of "functional medicine," a whole-systems approach to healthcare. His program is aimed at fixing core imbalances in the body's basic biological systems by addressing food allergies and intolerances, substance abuse and addiction, diet and digestion, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, stress management and sleep patterns. He also shows you how to eliminate toxins from the body and increase energy metabolism.
Dr. Hyman provides a wealth of scientific research to support the UltraMind Solution along with specific testing and treatment recommendations aimed at helping virtually anyone develop a more comprehensive, holistic and customized approach to correcting imbalances in the body to heal your "broken brain." He provides numerous case studies from people who have already benefited from his program, including children who have recovered from attention deficit disorder and autism, elderly individuals who recovered from dementia, and people from all age groups that recovered from mood and anxiety disorders. In addition, he demonstrates the evidence of many more who cleared their foggy thinking and achieved optimal brain functioning.
Time for Something New
Clearly, with 1 in 3 Americans suffering from mental or behavioral health related disorders; 1 in 10 taking antidepressants; 8 million children on stimulants and the presence of autism, Alzheimer's and other conditions increasing at a catastrophic rate, what we are doing is not working. Add to this alarming statistics which reveal psychotropic medications as the number two class of all prescription medications and the adverse effects of modern medicine as the number three leading cause of death in the United States, what we need is a new approach. Functional medicine is the wave of the future.
To learn more about this groundbreaking new book, visit Dr. Hyman's Web site at ultramind.com.

Last updated on: Nov 18, 2009

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