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Nutritional Lithium: A Cinderella Story: The Untold Tale of a Mineral That Transforms Lives and Heals the Brain Kindle Edition

by James Greenblatt (Author), Kayla Grossmann (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In a nation plagued with chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, a different predator is the single greatest reason for disability in the United States: mental disorders.

Our fast-paced and frenetic lifestyle, coupled with a grossly polluted environment, has created the perfect breeding ground for mental instability. With the spread of brain disorders on the rise around the world, nutritional biochemistry and one of its stars, lithium, has stepped into the spotlight to offer proven methods to heal our bodies from the inside out.

Historically linked to severe psychiatric illness, lithium as an agent of good health and well-being is often ignored and brushed aside. Known as the Cinderella drug, it is an essential mineral in our physical and psychological makeup. Lack of its presence in the body can result in poor brain development, psychiatric symptoms, and so on. When administered in small, controlled doses, lithium can significantly improve the lives of those suffering from mental disorders.

Nutritional Lithium: A Cinderella Story illustrates the significance of this precious mineral not only as a nutrient vital to human development, but also as a nutritional component that can help millions of people worldwide.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FT4OGDI
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2016
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A pioneer in the field of functional and integrative medicine, board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, James M. Greenblatt, MD, has treated patients since 1988. After receiving his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He served as the Chief Medical Officer at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA for nearly 20 years and has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine. He is the author of eight books, including the best-seller, Finally Focused: The Breakthrough Natural Treatment Plan for ADHD. His updated edition of Answers to Anorexia was released in October 2021 and his newest book, Functional & Integrative Medicine for Antidepressant Withdrawal is available now. He is the founder of Psychiatry Redefined, an online learning platform dedicated to an evidence-based, personalized treatment model for mental illness.

Please visit www.PsychiatryRedefined.org or www.JamesGreenblattMD.com for more information.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023
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Lithium is essential nutrient for sure! This book is very informative. Am using it for myself and my husband with Parkinsons. Just started it so no real improvements to report except that I am sleeping much better already!
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J. FELLA
4.0 out of 5 stars An important book, but could've been better.
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017
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This is a good book, an important book, and needed to be written. I've been studying orthomolecular medicine as it pertains to mental health, for a long time, and lithium isn't a nutrient that gets hardly any attention. This book does a good job of explaining the benefits of lithium for the brain, cites some good studies, etc.

However, I had a couple of issues with the book. On page it the authors say "When patients display signs of mania, or have suicidal thoughts, pharmaceutical lithium is clearly indicated." But then, throughout the book, they mention case studies of patients, even manic ones, who responded dramatically to nutritional doses, and low nutritional doses, at that. I'd like to have heard a more detailed discussion on perhaps why some patients respond so dramatically to such a low dose, whereas some need 600mg or more of prescription lithium. If a low dose can be some dramatic, why would someone ever need 5 or 10, 20 times as much? Also, I'd like to have heard more perspective on these amazing results at such low doses. Such as, how common is it to respond at such low doses? How many patients perhaps didn't respond at nutritional doses? I can only assume these miracle cases are rare in the extreme.

My second issue with the book is that sections of it repeat in various chapters. The benefits of lithium are covered in at least two different sections, pretty much verbatim. I found myself thinking "didn't I already read this?" and I turned back a few pages, and sure enough, I had.

So although it's not a perfect book, it fills a void in the literature on nutritional management of psychiatric disorders that was very needed.
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Creative Cracker
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone Should Read This
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022
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A quick and very informative read. The majority of the information provided here is backed up by Medical footnotes. I started taking 15mg of lithium orotate with Vitamin E and Omega 6 fatty acids (as recommended) and after several weeks I feel a lot less anxious and depressed. Plus, there’s a whole host of additional neural benefits to micro doses of lithium. I didn’t want to go on any prescription meds and this seems to be the answer for me.
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L & R
5.0 out of 5 stars Important compilation of research in this area
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2017
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This is an important contribution to the field of Integrative Psychiatry. The most important lesson from this book is that Nutritional Lithium may prevent several disorders including Bipolar Disorder, Dementia and even violence. Patients who suffer with these disorders may be suffering from a Lithium deficiency and require a higher dose of this mineral than the general population. While Nutritional Lithium may prevent these disorder from developing once a patient suffers with an episode of psychosis it is unlikely that Nutritional Lithium alone will solve the problem. Psychosis literally causes brain damage probably as a result of an inflammatory reaction in the brain. Once this occurs anti-psychotic medications may be the only thing that can keep these disorders under control. This may well be because antipsychotic medications have been found to be anti-inflammatory and so they calm the "Brain on Fire" that occurs as a result of psychosis. An interesting question is whether long term treatment with Nutritional Lithium may help the brain to heal allowing the dosage of anti-psychotic medications to be reduced.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book. I have been on the trail of ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2016
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Very good book. I have been on the trail of information about lithium orotate for my own practice, and now your book comes out. I bought a couple bottles a few weeks ago and tried it myself. It helped with my impulsiveness very quickly. If I can use LiOr instead of carbonate, and the side effect profile is that much better, why would I want to continue to prescribe lithium carbonate? Lately I've been using Nassir Ghaemi's theoretical framework in which you address mood first. If mood can't be ruled out, treat mood. Once mood is resolved, down the list to psychosis. Interestingly enough, I have heard of the orthomolecular treatment of schizophrenia with niacin... my first two moves in treating a patient might be LiOr and niacin. How disappointed my professors must be that I don't use STAR*D as my evidence for practice. Just this one simple opening move has clarified my practice. Now knowing that LiOr is safe to use, I'm moving forward. I've had quite a few patients with suicidal ideation, and multiple possibly lethal attempts, who seem to have no suicidal ideation anymore, it's just fantastic. Four stars instead of five because I think the discussion of Hans Neiper's research should include his controversial status, and because your treatment of the methylation cycle does not seem to be up to date. That said, I am very happy to have your book on the patient reading materials table in my waiting room. I encourage my patients to pick up a copy of their own. Thank you very much for gathering all these sources and putting the information in a very easy to understand format.

What's old is new again.
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Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars I give it 5 stars, I started using lithium ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016
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I give it 5 stars, I started using lithium with Dr. Amy Yasko's protocol, it showed up depleted in my Hair test. A lot of people don't understand why they would need lithium, thinking it's for people that deal with depression. This books explain why our bodies need this essential mineral. Why it's the foundational mineral to start with methylation. But, also know, you need magnesium & potassium, too. Lithium will use these minerals up while you up your B12s. This is my understanding from my doctor. There is other health issue he covers I didn't know about that lithium helps with, so this was informative, too.
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Peter Buur
5.0 out of 5 stars Een fascinerend boek over een fascinerend mineraal
Reviewed in the Netherlands on October 5, 2023
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Dit boek beschrijft op heldere en overtuigende wijze de heilzame invloed van lithium op de gezondheid van de hersenen. Een aanrader voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is om met een gezond brein oud te worden.
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Marc
1.0 out of 5 stars Gefährlicher Ratgeber
Reviewed in Germany on January 10, 2020
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Ich habe das Buch gelesen, war begeistert, habe mir Lithium über das Internet bestellt und in geringen Konzentrationen eingenommen. Ich fühlte mich zunächst besser, jedoch bekam ich von Anfang an ein Ziehen in der Nierengegend. Ich musste deutlich häufiger auf die Toilette. Irgendwann wurde aus dem Ziehen ein leichter Schmerz, dann habe ich es gleich wieder gelassen. Ich finde es gefährlich, dass Lithium, und speziell Lithium-Orotate hier als so ungefährlich angepriesen wird. Ich persönlich kann verstehen warum es keine Zulassung in Deutschland hat. Und das liegt nicht daran, dass es zu billig ist und böse Pharmakonzerne damit kein Geld verdienen könnten, sondern weil es - zumindest in meinem Fall - starke Nebenwirkungen haben kann.
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Maria
5.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2018
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Very informative and interesting.
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dorothy Soper
5.0 out of 5 stars Precious Lithium
Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2018
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Having had Bipolar for about 20 years, I know the value of Lithium. My last episode was in 2007, have been well since then, (on Lithium). Am showing signs of tremors though, so as suggested in the book have started on a dose of Flaxseed oil, here's hoping. I'm 69yrs.
Dorothy.
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