http://www.ei-resource.org/ 3695-506 http://www.ei-resource.org/treatment-%11-nutritional-supplements/nutrients-g%11l/gamma%11aminobutyric-acid-(gaba)/ Limit or eliminate your ingestion of Gluten, wheat, and food containing Gluten such as Oatmeal and others. You will find this alone will greatly reduce your anxiety. It's the lack of enough stomach acid to breakdown the Gluten protein caused primarily by low Thyroid function and then the lack of enzymes in our food that will break the protein down to the beneficial amino acids that we need for the brain that eventually pushes all the buttons upstairs and makes us feel like we have lost control. We don't need GABA, or Prozac, or Adderal, or Lexapro. We need proper nutrients: enzymes, minerals, vitamins. The body looks for these in this exact order. Use whole foods supplements of everything. Not chemicals, not synthetics. The good book says we can be good for more than a buck, and twenty years. Let's fulfill our birthright. Let your body heal itself. Try nutrition first, and always. ]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:38:10 +0000 3695-505 http://www.ei-resource.org/treatment-%11-nutritional-supplements/nutrients-g%11l/gamma%11aminobutyric-acid-(gaba)/ I have given GABA powder a few tries over recent years in an effort to reduce symptoms of anxiety and improve sleep. While I experience very noticeable effects when taking GABA, it is rather like I have been numbed to the anxious feelings and muscle tension, rather than them being reduced directly. GABA supplements are certainly fast acting but the flipside is that any beneficial effects tend to wear off within a few hours. Having taken benzodiazepine drugs on and off I am able to make a direct comparison and GABA is much less potent. Of course, there is not the risk of dependence as there is with the 'benzos'. Since GABA is relatively cheap and does xert beneficial, although shortlived effects, I have often combined it with other calming nutrients and herbs and this is an approach that seems to be pretty effective, at least in my case. I have only noted side effects with GABA when taking very high dosages and these have been limited to mild nausea and a spaced out sensation. Moderate dosages have been no problem. Although certainly no miracle cure, GABA supplements may be of some benefit and thus worth a trial. ]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:02:21 +0000