Psychodietetics - food as the key to emotional health

260 Pages·2022·39.002 MB·English

by  Emanuel Cheraskin MD, WM Ringsdorf MD, Warren Marshall Ringsdorf MD,  Arline Breecher, Linus Pauling, Abram Hoffer MD PhD

A NUTRI BOOK * $195 *
^OfiiMALD/^
OPTIMAL
TWO FAMOUS DOCTORS
SHOW THAT CHANGING YOUR
EATING HABITS CAN:
RELIEVE NERVOUSNESS
AND
IRRITABILITY.
REVERSE MEMORY LOSS AND OTHER
SYMPTOMS OF AGING.
HELP YOU ACHIEVE A HAPPIER,
HEALTHIER EMOTIONAL LIFE.
PSYCHO-
DIETMCS
BY DRW. E. CHERASKIN
AND DR. M. RINGSDORF, JR.
WITH ARLINE BRECHER

.
IS YOUR DIET DRIVING YOU CRAZY?
According to Dr. Cheraskin and Dr. Ringsdorf,
dieting on fewerthan 2,100-2,400 calories daily
can deprive you ofsome ofthe essential vitamins
and minerals absolutelyvital to good mental
health.
DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO
CONTROL YOUR TEMPER?
Repeated temperflareups may be caused by a
calcium decrease in your bloodstream.
ARE YOU AN "EVERYDAY ADDICT"?
Dr. Cheraskin and Dr. Ringsdorf aren'ttalking
aboutmarijuana or heroin.They're talking about
the coffee, cigarettes and alcohol thatcould be
causing damage to your emotional health.
THE ANSWER MAY BE IN YOUR KITCHEN.
Find outwhytwo doctorswithyears ofclinical
experience and numerous scientific honors for
theirwork in nutrition and preventive medicine are
convinced that: "It's notwhat's eating you . .
It's whatyou're eating!"
PSYCHODIETETICS
Food As the Key to Emotional Health
Bantam Books of Related Interest
Askyourbooksellerforthe books you have missed
THE FAMILYGUIDETO BETTER FOODAND
BETTER HEALTH by Ronald M. Deutsch
NUTRITION AGAINST DISEASE by Dr. RogerJ. Williams
NUTRITIONANDYOUR MINDby Dr. GeorgeWatson
Psychodietetics
FOOD AS THE KEY
TO EMOTIONAL HEALTH
by E. Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D.
and W. M. Ringsdorf, D.M.D., M.S.
Jr.,
with Arline Brecher
BANTAM BOOKS
Toronto/ New York/ London
This low-priced Bantam Book
has been completely reset in a type face
designed for easy reading, and was printed
from new plates. It contains the complete
text of the original hard-cover edition,
NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.
PSYCHOTDOIEETMETOITCTSO:NAFLOOHDEAASLTTHHEKEY
A Bantam Book/published by arrangement with
Stein and Day Publishers
PRINTING HISTORY
Stein and Day edition published November 1974
2nd printing_ December 1974
3rd printing January 1975
4th printing May 1975
5th printing _. January 1976
A selection of the Prevention Book Club April 1975
An excerpt appeared in cosmopolitan magazine April 1976
Bantam edition/July 1976
Copyright © 1974 bAyllE.riCghhtesrasreksienr,veWd.. M. Rlngsdorf, Jr.,
and Arline Brecher.
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by
mimeograph or any other means, without permission.
For information address: Stein and Day Publishers,
Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. 10510
ISBN-O-553-02125-7
Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada
Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc. Its trade'
mark, consisting of the words "Bantam Books" and the por-
trayal of a bantam, is registered in the United States Patent
Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam
Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
1. From Food to Mood: What Psychodietetics
Is All About 1
2. What Causes Emotional Illness: 11
Is Something Eating You? Or Can It Be
Something You're Eating?
3. The Dieting Craze: It Can Drive You Crazy! 25
4. Alcoholism Is a "Social" Disease:
Fact or Fancy? 43
5. Schizophrenia Is a Mental Disease:
Fact or Fancy? 57
6. Hypoglycemia, The Nondisease:
Can a Sweet Tooth Lead to a
Sour Disposition? 71
7. "Mental" Illness: The Twilight Zone 85
8. Drug-Induced Mental Illness:
Psychodietetic Help for the Addicted 99
9. Problem-Solving: The Psychodietetic
Approach to Sexual Inadequacy,
Hyperactivity, Senility, Allergy 115
vi PSYCHODIETETICS
10. Hidden Nondietary Factors That
Influence Emotions 133
11. Are You Goingto Crack Up? 145
12. The Balanced Diet Myth 155
13. The Optimal Diet 163
Appendixes 195
References 207
Index 227
Acknowledgments
The Optimal Diet and this book have much in
common; major foodstuffs are essential, but equally
vital are many contributing factors.
The autho—rs are like the most-publicized vitamins,
C, E, andA ineffective without the support of dozens
of less recognized nutrients. Vitamin B3 (niacin), for
instance, is one of the important supplements. In the
making of this book Carol Cheraskin played the part
of B steadying the authors' nerves; Doris Ringsdorf
3,
was the sunshine vitamin D; Harold Brecher offered
the leveling influence of zinc, sparking creative im-
pulses and subduing erratic ones.
Alda McDowell andAndrea Barclay, our secretaries,
acted like calcium andphosphorus, providing the mus-
cle and bone of the manuscript. The trace minerals be-
hind them were Frances Medford and Bradley Hicks,
supplying background material.
Like the eight essential amino acids, Dr. Alfred
Churchill, Dr. Alan Cott, Dr. David Hawkins, Dr.
Abram Hoffer, Dr. Marshall Mandell, Dr. Humphry
Osmond, Dr. Linus Pauling, and Dr. Carl Pfeiffer
proved indispensable, as were their nutritional re-
search findings.
The essential fatty acids must also be mentioned:
Dr. Joseph F. Volker and Dr. Charles A. McCallum
are among those at the University of Alabama in Bir-
mingham who have created an atmosphere conducive
to our undertaking this and other projects.
vii
PSYCHODIETETICS
viil
Without vitamin Bi2, people and projects get slug-
gish. Senior Editor Renni Browne, with the help ofher
co-enzyme Liz Kelly, kept us to our deadline; like Bi2>
Renni not only 'upped" our productivity, but also in-
teracted so well with all the other ingredients that it
was she who made the final product digestible.
E. Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D.
W. M. Ringsdorf, D.M.D., M.S.
Jr.,
Arline Brecher