A Low Protein Diet to Treat Mental Illness

Introduction

At the Judge Rotenberg Center for the retarded in Massachusetts they give electric shocks to the retarded as "treatment". When a retarded person does something bad, they get an electric shock. But why not find out what causes the retardation in the first place? Chemical imbalances in the brain, often aminoacidopathies such as PKU, cause many cases of mental deficiency. Why not correct these chemical errors by diet and see what happens? The same is largely true of mental illness, except that these unfortunates get electric shocks to the brain.

Cancer

This same vegan diet, which I designed to fight mental illness, may also be useful for the prevention and treatment of cancer. There are several reasons for this which are quite complex. It seems that meat is a risk factor for cancer, possibly because of carcinogens in meat. Fruits and vegetables are considered protective of cancer. I have written several articles on this already, and I will not repeat these entire articles. Search in either gather.com or associatedcontent.com for these articles. Search for my name, Craig Olson, and "cancer".

The vegan diet is also favored by animal rights activists. I am in favor of animal rights, but I am mostly interested in the health benefits of the vegan diet. I did not invent the vegan diet, but I modified it for my own purposes. Sugar is vegan, but is frowned upon in my version of the vegan diet. I call it the Boston diet. The diet has no cholesterol, so it is also good for the heart.

Modifications to the Vegan Diet

The vegan diet itself is very healthy, but I have made certain modifications to it to lower the protein intake and to restrict sucrose (table sugar). Certain plant foods such as soybeans, beans, bread, etc. are high in protein. These are to be restricted because in mental illness tryptophan floods the brain. I have written many articles about this fact, and I am not going to repeat everything here. Consult the references. Unfortunately sugar pumps tryptophan into the brain by a complex mechanism involving insulin. Therefore sugar is a problem.

Eat Plant Foods

There is evidence that certain plants have substances that have anticancer properties. Linus Pauling felt that vitamin C strengthened the immune system, which is used by the body to fight cancer, AIDS, and various other diseases. I believe that Pauling was correct. My Father died of cancer. I survived it. I am now cancer free.

This does not mean that you should reject other treatments for cancer. You can use both diet and surgery. Sometimes surgery is not an option. Certain cancers are inoperable, particularly if they have spread too much. It also does not mean that you should reject chemotherapy. However, my Father had chemotherapy and died anyway. I didn't.

I believe that certain plant substances may benefit mental illness. They substances are called polyphenols. One class of polyphenols is called "bioflavonoids", or "vitamin P". These are plant pigments. They are considered to have many health benefits. They are thought to help vitamin C.

Chickens Are Foul

One of the side effects of this diet is that you don't have to worry about the avian flu. You don't eat chicken or eggs. This may ruffle some feathers because money is made off of these products.

Another thing that people may beef about is that you don't eat cows or dairy products. A side effect of this is that you don't have to worry about mad cow disease.

Cut the Cheese

Another side effect is that you don't have to worry about the infamous interaction between cheese and certain drugs (MAO inhibitors). These are psychiatric drugs used for depression. It seems that this interaction can kill you if you eat cheeses while on one of these notoorious drugs. Cheese is banned from the Boston diet. The interaction causes a hypertensive crisis (a sudden surge in blood pressure), which is very dangerous. It can cause a headache, but it can also do worse than that, unfortunately.
Conclusions
More research needs to be done. I believe that nutrition can be used to attack heart disease, mental illness, atherosclerosis, cancer, and obesity. The list is longer then that, including hypertension. There are many diseases that are not yet understood, unfortunately. For more information, consult the references. I will continue to write more articles on these matters if there is interest.

References

1. www.associatedcontent.com/article/529911/why_orthomolecular_medicine.html.

2. www.associatedcontent.com/article/532641/a_brief_history_of_scientific_psychiatry.html.

3. www.associatedcontent.com/article/515061/what_is_orthomolecular_psychiatry.html
4. www.associatedcontent.com/article/508829/the_virus_theory_for_schizophrenia.html.

5. www.associatedcontent.com/article/499417/psychiatric_drug_side_effects.html.