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Biochemical changes and health matters

February 2, 2017
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Biochemical changes and health matters a lot in the establishment of a health weight

Biochemical changes and health matters: Linking stress and obesity

Over the past decades, many people have alleged without any scientific evidence that stress and obesity are linked together closely. This has been the running hypothesis for a very long time but, now scientific research is confirming by bringing forth proofs and evidence supporting this connection. Explicit biochemical changes appear to help in explaining this link and, the medical professionals understands these reasons better and are in a better position to address the prevalence of obesity epidemic facing U.S and beyond in the global space. However, doctor Dalal Akoury MD who is also the founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center agrees that the most disturbing aspect of the link between stress and obesity is that, it tends to be self-reinforcing. That is to say, very often, when people are stressed they may eat improperly and that may cause them to gain weight which can cause more stress thereby leading to even weight gain which you’re trying to fight off.

Biochemical changes and health matters: The biological connections

If you have been keen you must have realized that each time you’re stressed it is always a common practice that you will tend to crave comfort foods which are high in fat or sugar and researchers have established that specific hormones may play a role in this process.

Serotonin – reaching for fattening comfort foods during stressful times may be an attempt to offer self-medication. Consuming carbohydrates raises the body’s serotonin level and serotonin is the body’s feel-good chemical. It makes you feel better. Under normal circumstances, people under stress don’t make smart or healthy food choices. Very often their choices of carbohydrates are rich in fat, like muffins, pastries, doughnuts, and cookies which are not necessarily healthy foods.

Cortisol – researchers have also discovered that chronic stress can cause the body to release excess cortisol, a hormone critical in managing fat storage and energy use in the human body. Cortisol is known to increase appetite and may encourage cravings for sugary or fatty foods.

Neuropeptide Y. – recent studies also have established that the human body processes food differently when under stress. One study established that lab mice fed a diet high in fat and sugar added significant amounts of body fat when placed under stressful conditions while those mice fed a normal diet didn’t add as much weight despite the stress. This finding has been linked the phenomenon to a molecule called neuropeptide Y which is released from nerve cells during stress and encourages fat accumulation. A diet high in fat and sugar appears to further promote the release of neuropeptide Y.

Finally, from the facts listed above, there is no doubt that all the biochemical changes matter a lot in weight management and as a society, we have a duty to bring some serenity in the weight loss management. To that effect, doctor Akoury made a decision of establishing this medical center to help in transforming each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to find their own inner healing power. Efforts like this are essential in containing weight gain prevalence and you can benefit from it by scheduling an appointment with her today for the commencement of your recovery program.

Biochemical changes and health matters: Linking stress and obesity

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Marijuana dried leaves and the addictive component

January 12, 2017
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Marijuana dried leaves and the addictive component complications. Actually, the designer drugs and synthetic marijuana are both serious substances of abuse irrespective of your state laws.

Marijuana dried leaves and the addictive component: How it affects human health

We are often encouraged by nutritionist to serve more of vegetables in all our meals for a healthy living and to keep our bodies strong and detoxified. There are several plants commercially produced for this purpose and great investment is being done by agriculturalist to ensure that this worthy objective is not only achieved but also sustained. While this is being done there are some few individuals who are in the business of doing the direct opposite. I am talking about those farmers who are commercially producing the herb called marijuana. This is not just an herb but a serious drug which is very illegal in most nations.  Marijuana dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which contains the psychoactive (mind-altering) chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), as well as other related compounds. This plant material can also be concentrated in a resin called hashish or a sticky black liquid called hash oil.

And according to the experts at AWAREmed health and wellness recourse center under the leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, there is no doubt that marijuana is the most common illicit drug used in the United States and many other states globally. The biggest users of this substance are the young people. This has been very evidence in the last two decades where there has been steady increase of young people in relation to a diminishing perception of drug risk that may be associated with the increased public debate over drugs legal status. Although marijuana is illegal in most states some governments have passed laws allowing its use in treatment of certain conditions.

Marijuana dried leaves and the addictive component: Effects of marijuana to the brain

The THC will rapidly pass from the lungs into the blood streams when marijuana is smoked carrying with it the chemical into the brain and other vital organs of the body, besides smoking it can also be absorbed into the body slowly when ingested in food or drinks. When ingested, it will acts on specific molecular targets on brain cells, called cannabinoid receptors which are ordinarily activated by chemicals similar to THC that naturally occur in the body and are part of a neural communication network called the endocannabinoid system. This system plays an important role in normal brain development and function.

The highest density of cannabinoid receptors is found in parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thinking, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. Marijuana over activates the endocannabinoid system, causing the high and other effects that users experience. These effects include altered perceptions and mood, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking, problem solving, and disrupted learning and memory. Looking at the problems attached to this drug, we cannot burry our heads on the ground and pretend that everything will be alright. And as a way of taking remedial action, you can schedule an appointment with doctor Akoury who is a veteran addiction expert with vast experience of over two decades. Upon receipt of your request, she will evaluate your individual conditions and enroll you into the most effective treatment program that will deliver your health back in a record time.

Marijuana dried leaves and the addictive component: How it affects human health

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Amino acids for the healing of addicted brain

January 10, 2017
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Amino acids for the healing of addicted brain and when this is done, life is rejuvenated to perfection

Amino acids for the healing of addicted brain: Treatment possibilities

Addiction is a serious health risk, a condition with several treatment possibilities including the use of amino acids as we will be finding out progressively. Addiction can affect directly or indirectly and despite its grave effects we are yet to appreciate that its physical disorders originate from the brain. According to the experts from AWAREmed health and wellness resource center under the leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, addiction has some painful symptoms which occur during abstinence and interferes with the ability to stay sober. Some of these symptoms include; craving, obsession, compulsion, stress sensitivity, anxiety, depression, mental confusion, and hypersensitivity to the environment. It is also important to note that the pain of staying sober can be so severe that it may interfere with the ability to function normally even when the desire for and commitment is strong.

Amino acids for the healing of addicted brain: Neurotransmitters and addiction

Everyone need comfort both physical and emotional, for this to effectively take place, neurotransmitters will play a very significant role in feelings of pleasure and well-being. The brain will in the event of deficiency or excess of the neurotransmitters give rise to uncomfortable feelings. Many at times the decisions and actions we take are chosen to produce a good feeling or relieve bad feelings. For example:

  • We eat because it produces a reward of good feelings.
  • We eat certain foods because they produce a better reward than others (chocolate produces more reward for most people than parsley).
  • We have sex because it produces a powerful release of pleasurable chemicals.
  • We work because the work itself is rewarding for us or because the end result produces a reward.
  • We refrain from certain actions because they do not produce the feeling of reward we are seeking.
  • We all differ in what gives us satisfaction and in the depth of satisfaction we experience, but we are all motivated by chemical actions in the brain that nature uses to keep us alive, motivated, functioning, and reproducing.

An imbalance in the interaction of neurotransmitters can result in a reward deficiency that can manifest as restlessness, anxiety, emptiness, lack of satisfaction and vague or specific cravings. When this takes place the brain is simply communicating to us to take action to make right the imbalance. There are substances and activities that change our biochemistry so much that we want to do them over and over. And if the person has a reward deficit that predisposes to addiction, the activity that works will be repeated as often as necessary to get the desired reward. For the person predisposed to addiction, the chosen activity will rapidly go from self-medication to addiction.

While research has opened doors to new understandings of the nature of addiction and its effect on the brain, little of this information has been applied to actually helping people get well from this devastating disease. There are scientifically based strategies that change the brain chemistry of the addicted person, removing the discomfort of withdrawal, eliminating cravings, and relieving the abstinence-based symptoms of addiction. These include nutritional therapy, acupuncture, auricular therapy, and brain wave biofeedback. The most important are the nutritional approach, especially with the use of amino acids, which is the focus of this discussion. We will continue this discussion in our subsequent postings but in the meantime, you and I need to pool together in keep the activities of our brains healthy. And therefore for any concern about this deadly condition, you can always schedule an appointment with doctor Akoury for a one on one professional input.

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Addictive biochemistry and the HPA axis

December 27, 2016
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Addictive biochemistry and the HPA axis that focuses on the real action points

Addictive biochemistry and the HPA axis: Ending alcohol abuse using alternative treatment

The door to addictive biochemistry opens when either the hypothalamus or one of the organs which serve the hypothalamus in accomplishing this job is injured, or if the nutrients required are not available. In any one of these conditions, the entire system will fall off the “point zero” (homeostasis) that the HPA system tries to maintain opening the door for addictive biochemistry. According to the experts at AWAREmed Health center under the leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, we can’t change the fact that addictive biochemistry and full out alcoholism are associated with overexpression of the sympathetic nervous system; low serotonin, GABA, dopamine, endorphins and enkephalins and it is in the hypothalamus where the delicate job of balancing this network of hormones and neurotransmitters to achieve physical and mental health is supposed to be done whether it be directly from the hypothalamus or via the pituitary and adrenals under the control of the hypothalamus.

Differences between biochemistry and alcoholism

The only difference between addictive biochemistry and full out alcoholism is that addictive biochemistry becomes aggravated, meaning that the deficient condition within the hypothalamus, pituitary or adrenals is made more profound by the damaging effects of alcohol toxicity and the medicating effects which, while drinking, overexpress serotonin, endorphins and dopamine which magnifies the negative impact of an already up-regulated brain chemistry. The symptoms the problem drinker experiences intensify in direct relationship to the diminishing health of the neuroendocrine system which further encourages the person to drink more thus causing further damages. This cycle progressively intensifies until intervention which discontinues and heals the damage is required to stop it.

The pituitary gland is located below the hypothalamus and is directly connected to it via nerve and circulatory pathways. The hypothalamus regulates the function of the pituitary gland which in turn controls hormonal secretions of all other glands; however, specific to alcoholism we are concerned with the function of the adrenals and the secretion of cortisol which is under control of ACTH (adrenocorticotrophin) secreted by the pituitary, and epinephrine and norepinephrine which is also released by the adrenals due to a rise in CRH and/or signals from the sympathetic nervous system.  In the case of cortisol release, when the hypothalamus registers low blood sugar it will send CRH (corticotrophin releasing hormone) to the pituitary which then releases ACTH which will cause cortisol to be secreted from the adrenals.  This chain of events will also cause the release of epinephrine and to a lesser degree norepinephrine.  Prolonged increased levels of epinephrine will block insulin receptors which lead to insulin resistance and lowered serotonin, endorphin, enkephalin and GABA levels which impair HPA functions and increases compulsive/addictive behavior.

The adrenals sit on top of the kidneys and are directly controlled by the pituitary gland. The adrenals are comprised of two sections; one is the medulla which is the inner core and the second is the adrenal cortex which is the outer layer. The medulla relates to the sympathetic nervous system and produces the catecholamine’s epinephrine and norepinephrine. The adrenal cortex produces sex hormones, aldosterone, and what we’re most concerned with cortisol.

Although it is hard to imagine because they are docked on our kidneys, adrenal health is fundamental to our mental health. Proper levels of cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine are crucial to our mental well-being so the concentrated focus needs to be applied to their health when healing addictive biochemistry and alcoholism. As you consider breaking way from addictive biochemistry and alcoholism, you can always consult with doctor Dalal Akoury an expert in this discipline for over two decades and has been helping many get their life back globally by emphasizing on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE.

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