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Amino Acids ADHD- Balancing the Brain’s Neurotransmitters

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Amino acids are found in protein and they feed the brain’s neurotransmitters which effect behavior and learning skills. Having a deficiency in neurotransmitters can dramatically effect people’s ability to learn and can cause erratic behavior. The Amino acids ADHD connection is supported by the fact that many children with ADHD are born with a deficiency in neurotransmitters. This also suggests a genetic link. Out of the 20 amino acids, the human body naturally produces ten of them. The rest of Read More

Insomnia? – Rewire Your Brain to Get Some Sleep

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Why do we have trouble with insomnia? Too many of us think about NOT going to sleep, instead of thinking about getting to sleep when we hit the pillow at night. Fearful thoughts about not being able to sleep trigger the fight-or-flight response, and the stress chemicals thus produced make us anxious and prevent us from relaxing. As we get more and more in the habit of worrying that we can’t get to sleep, we build a strong neural I-can’t-get-to-sleep Read More