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Fields to Fork, Cedar House, Truckee, CA, July 30 and 31, 2010
This workshop, titled “Fields to Fork – a Tool Box for the Informed Eater” will focus on the health and nutritional benefits of organic food and will include sessions on understanding organic labeling, “The #1 Secret to Healthy Eating”, “From our Soils to our Supplements” and more. The educational event will also include a “Fresh from the Farm” cooking demonstration and lunch with Chef Jacob, the Executive Chef for Stella Restaurant at the Cedar House Sport Hotel. The night before the workshop, Stella Restaurant will also host a farmers’ dinner featuring a special summer tasting menu and wine pairing. Five percent of the proceeds from the Fields To Fork workshop will be donated to the Squaw Valley Institute. For more information and to reserve your space call 800-404-1065.

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Am J Psychiatry 161:11, November 2004 2005

Article

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org

Malnutrition at Age 3 Years and Externalizing Behavior

Problems at Ages 8, 11, and 17 Years

Jianghong Liu, Ph.D.

Adrian Raine, D.Phil.

Peter H. Venables, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Sarnoff A. Mednick, Ph.D.,

Objective: Poor nutrition is thought to predispose to externalizing behavior problems, but to date there appear to have been no prospective longitudinal studies testing this hypothesis. This study assessed whether 1) poor nutrition at age 3 years predisposes to antisocial behavior at ages 8, 11, and 17 years, 2) such relationships are independent of psychosocial adversity, and 3) IQ mediates the relationship between nutrition and externalizing behavior problems.

Method: The participants were drawn from a birth cohort (N=1,795) in whom signs of malnutrition were assessed at age 3 years, cognitive measures were assessed at ages 3 and 11 years, and antisocial, aggressive, and hyperactive behavior was assessed at ages 8, 11, and 17 years.

Results: In relation to comparison subjects (N=1,206), the children with malnutrition signs at age 3 years (N=353) were more aggressive or hyperactive at age 8 years, had more externalizing problems at age 11, and had greater conduct disorder and excessive motor activity at age 17. The results were independent of psychosocial adversity and were not moderated by gender. There was a dose-response relationship between degree of malnutrition and degree of externalizing behavior at ages 8 and 17. Low IQ mediated the link between malnutrition and externalizing behavior at ages 8 and 11.

Conclusions: These results indicate that malnutrition predisposes to neurocognitive deficits, which in turn predispose to persistent externalizing behavior problems throughout childhood and adolescence.  The findings [...]

Study Reveals Pesticides from Foods in Children’s Bodies

Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products
By Andrew Schneider
Seattlepi, 1/30/2008 

Read full study here

Government promises to rid the nation’s food supply of brain-damaging pesticides aren’t doing the job, according to the results of a yearlong study that carefully monitored the diets of a group of local children.

The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of conventional foods from area groceries contained biological markers of organophosphates, the family of pesticides spawned by the creation of nerve gas agents in World War II.

When the same children ate organic fruits, vegetables and juices, signs of pesticides were not found.

“The transformation is extremely rapid,” said Chensheng Lu, the principal author of the study published online in the current issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.

“Once you switch from conventional food to organic, the pesticides (malathion and chlorpyrifos) that we can measure in the urine disappears. The level returns immediately when you go back to the conventional diets,” said Lu, a professor at Emory University’s School of Public Health and a leading authority on pesticides and children.

Within eight to 36 hours of the children switching to organic food, the pesticides were no longer detected in the testing.
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Dan Erwine explores the role of micronutrients and dietary supplements in sustaining mental health. There will be a conference later this month in Truckee. On the program: Dr. Dan Smith, a chiropractor and nutritional counselor, and Dr. Kaplan, research psycologist at the University of Calgary.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kunr/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1647855/Nevada.Newsline/Dietary.SupplementsBonnie

Announcing the:

Workshop on Micronutrient Treatment and Research for Mental Health

Why should clinicians and researchers attend?

• Learn about micronutrient deficiency concepts in relation to mental health.
• Learn and discuss the difference between single nutrient and broad-spectrum micronutrient approaches.
• Learn how experienced psychiatrists and other health professionals are using micronutrient treatments in practice, with Dr Charles Popper, MD.
• Hear and discuss case presentations.
• Learn about practical applications for your practice, with Teresa Kolpak, Expert.
• Hear presentations from Dr. Bonnie Kaplan on published and ongoing research in this growing field.
• Learn about conducting research in clinical practice with Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, Ph.D.
• Come, share, and ask questions!

 May 14-16, 2010

The Cedar House Sport Hotel

10918 Brockway Road, Truckee, CA

Conference begins May 14, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

 Visit www.mmhassociation.com for more information!

Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd. is a non-profit company dedicated first and foremost to promoting mental wellness through non-invasive, nutritional means. Founded in 1996 by Tony Stephan and David Hardy, the company is completely independent.

The company has developed and currently produces, EMPowerplus, a specialized micronutrient nutrient designed to address the unique nutritional deficiencies associated with mental illnesses and supports numerous independent research projects that explore the role of nutrition in mental wellness.

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Trinity Plus, Genesa’s newest micronutrient product, will launch early this year.  Genesa is proud to be an avante-garde company, producing products yet to hit mainstream health, yet instrumental in wellness and prevention, based on the best evidence-based research in the field.  We strongly believe to “treat the whole person” you must “treat with the whole spectrum” of micronutrients. 

This launch is truly a celebration of the revolutionary research that allows us to develop such specific, modern supplements to meet the demands of today’s wellness needs.  We are thrilled to be a part of the story that brings the research to your front door:  Trinity Plus.

Coming Soon!

Go to the Resource section of our website and look under brain wellness for Dr. Dan’s most recent blog on wellness.

Neurotransmitters (NTs) are essential chemical messengers that regulate brain, muscle, nerve and organ function. The most common NTs are serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. 

Low levels of these important chemicals are extremely common in the general public and is due to innumerable lifestyle, environmental, and dietary factors.  People with low levels may suffer from one or more of the following conditions: obesity, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, insomnia, attention deficit, learning disorders, panic attacks, migraines, pms, menopausal symptoms, digestive complaints and many more. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other drugs working on the neurotransmitter biochemistry such as Prozac, Zoloft, Effexor, Celexa, Wellbutrin, etc. are currently some of the most commonly prescribed drugs. 

They work by artificially increasing the amount of serotonin in the synapse of the nerve which allows a temporary improvement in the chemical messaging system. The problem with this approach is that these drugs DO NOT increase serotonin levels and in fact deplete reserves of the NT.  

It is also common for people to experience only temporary improvement due to this effect. 

One effective treatment for optimizing the neurotransmitter levels is to provide the basic amino acid precursors or building blocks so the body can replenish the inadequate levels.