The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings and New Research on Amino Acids [Paperback]

Eric R. Braverman (Author), Carl C. Pfeiffer (Author), Kenneth Blum (Author), Richard Smayda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

Discusses the amino acids found in the human body which have been shown to be potent healing substances and shows how to use them in a personal health management program.

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About the Author

Eric R. Braverman, M.D., is the Director of the Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH medical), located in New York City. Dr. Braverman received his B.A. summa cum laude from Brandeis University and his M.D. with honors from New York University Medical School, after which he did postgraduate work in internal medicine with a Yale Medical School affiliate in Greenwich, Connecticut. Dr. Braverman has published more than eighty research papers with many colleagues. He is also the coauthor of several books, including Zinc and Other Micro-Nutrients, Male Sexual Fitness, and Hypertension and Nutrition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 532 pages
• Publisher: Keats Pub; 2nd edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879837063
• ISBN-13: 978-0879837068
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,109,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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97 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amino healing power, January 15, 2004

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings and New Research on Amino Acids (Hardcover)

The amino acids in the human body are proving to be potent healing substances. This book reveals the findings of research in the 1980s and 1990s on the beneficial role of the aminos in Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, heart conditions, stress and many other disease states.

The different amino acids are discussed in chapters according to type: Aromatic, Sulphur, Urea Cycle, Glutamate, Threonine and Branched Chain. Their food sources, nutrient interactions and proven benefits are given in detail.

The therapeutic functions of specific aminos include pain relief (Phenylalanine), fighting addiction (Tyrosine), treatment of Parkinson's (Methionine), heart protection (Homocysteine), herpes killer (Lysine). Many of them also play a part in immune stimulation or as anti-oxidants.

There are three appendices: 1. The Problems of Vegetarianism. 2. The Much Maligned Egg: The Best Amino Acid Food. 3. Continuing Breakthroughs in Amino Acids. This informative book with its good news concludes with an extensive bibliography, a glossary of terms and an index.

Everyone can benefit from the use of supplemental amino acids. This excellent book shows how to integrate them in one's own health management programme. Similar helpful books include The Amino Revolution by Erdmann and Amino Acids In Therapy by Chaitow.

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and extremely helpful, July 17, 2000

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Jimmy Gutman (D.D.O., Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings and New Research on Amino Acids (Paperback)

One of the best references on my shelf. Scientifically detailed but easily understood. When I have a query about an amino acid, I usually reach for this book first. If it doesn't have the precise answer I want, the reference lists contained in the book will lead me to find what I need.

47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book., June 27, 2001

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"petersonreviews" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings and New Research on Amino Acids (Paperback)

The Healing Nutrients Within is a must if you want to stay healthy. It's about proteins and amino acids. Amino acid deficiencies and inborn errors of amino acid metabolism are important causes of diseases, some of them deadly.

Problems with amino acids may cause mental or physical illnesses or both. So you should own this book if you want to have a sound mind in a sound body.

There is a separate chapter for each of the amino acids found in the human diet. And there are an amazing hundred-plus pages of scientific references.