Natural Highs
Feel Good all the Time
Hyla Cass, MD and Patrick Holford
What does it take to make you feel "high"? Do you
routinely reach for caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, or sugary snacks
to get you through the day or to transition from one event to the
next? If so, you are certainly not alone.
In an average week, Americans drink 1 billion cups
of coffee, 3.4 million cups of tea, 4.5 billion sugared or caffeinated
soft drinks, 2.3 billion alcoholic drinks; smoke 8.25 billion cigarettes
and consume 400,000 tons of sugar, and 20 million pounds of chocolate.
On top of this we take 20 million antidepressants, puff our way
through 25 million joints and pop 1 million tabs of Ecstasy. Whether
it's to relax, get a boost or just plain feel good, it is clear
that we are dependent on chemical stimulants.
Unfortunately, the quick fixes we have become accustomed
to don't work long-term and often further contribute to the underlying
problems of fatigue, depression, brain fog, and anxiety. Are there
any alternatives?
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"Good, solid information about natural
ways of modifying brain chemistry in order to spend more
time in the moods and emotional states you desire."
Andrew Weil, M.D.,
Health guru and best-selling author of Healthy Aging, Eight
Weeks to Optimum Health, and The Natural Mind
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In their groundbreaking book, Natural Highs,
authors Hyla Cass, M.D., and Patrick Holford answer this question
with a resounding yes.
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"Natural Highs offers ground-breaking
evidence that the ability to feel good all the time - naturally,
without artificial chemicals - is easily within our grasp.
This provocative book will soon have you reassessing your
daily routine and implementing healthy, powerful changes
that will effect your mood, energy and happiness in no
time."
Jack Canfield,
Co-author of the best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series
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Their remarkable research
shows how to formulate the perfect "brainfood" to improve how we
think and feel, resulting in a greater sense of connection and
joy in everyday life.
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"If nature can offer us sound, safe, legal antidotes
to the poisoning of the human spirit then there can be no
more important work in the 21st century than researching and
exploring these resources."
Sting, Multi-platinum/multi-Grammy-winning
recording artist; social and ecological activist
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There are potent natural substances - herbs, amino
acids, nutritional supplements and foods - that can significantly
elevate mood, tame stress, and repair memory in ways that work in
harmony with your body's own chemistry.
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"This book is pioneering, both
in its breadth of intelligent information and in its compassionate
concern for the reader. Painting a picture of the energized,
relaxed, and connected life we really do want to, and can
in fact be living, Natural Highs offers realistic, innovative
and pragmatic means to help us achieve it."
Sharon Salzberg,
author of "Lovingkindness" |
Rather than artificially changing the way you feel,
these substances affect the brain's neurotransmitters (things such
as dopamine and serotonin) that are crucial to our ability to feel
good, happy, relaxed, and energetic - naturally. The authors present
everything from simple solutions to more comprehensive programs
(such as those to overcome addictions) combining supplements and
mind-body techniques that will leave you understanding your brain,
moods, and cravings in a whole new, fascinating way.
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"'Why worry, be happy' is great advice, but how can we
do it? Natural Highs may be one of the most important books
you'll ever read. By implementing the excellent advice of
these noted experts in psychiatry, nutrition and herbology
you can restore your body and emotions to the natural state
of joy, creativity, memory and optimal function that everyone
craves."
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
author of "Inner Peace for Busy People" and "Minding the Body,
Mending the Mind"
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Haven't you been thinking about weaning yourself
off the chemical crutches that seem to rule your life? With these
Natural Highs you'll soon feel good all the time - naturally
and without the side effects.
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"Here's a book that should be on everyone's shelf. Dr.
Cass sheds new light on an important subject. Her discussion
of the importance of connection is a valuable new contribution
in the area."
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
Author of "Achieving Vibrance and Conscious Loving"
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Hyla
Cass, M.D. is one of the country's
foremost authors and speakers on the subject of integrative
medicine. A former Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
at UCLA School of Medicine, she has incorporated nutrition
and natural health techniques into her practice for more
than 20 years.
Patrick
Holford is the United Kingdom's leading nutritionist
and an authority on health. He is the founder of The Institute for
Optimum Nutrition in London, the largest training school in the
UK for nutrition consultants. He is the author of The Optimum
Nutrition Bible, The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook and
many others.
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