Posted by janejane on January 2, 2010, at 6:00:30
In reply to Re: Julia Ross- mood types/chemicals, posted by inanimate peanut on January 1, 2010, at 11:55:58
For anyone who might be interested, another neurotransmitter quiz:
http://www.pintochiropractic.com/php/sec1a.php
This one comes from Eric Braverman, an expert on amino acids - the stuff our bodies use to make neurotransmitters. (The link actually goes to a third party, but I used it since it will calculate your scores for you, which is handy.) It's a pretty long questionnaire, and I'm not sure some of the items are phrased well, but it might be fun to see whether the results agree with the others. I think some of the things he asks about are pretty interesting.
Ross cites Braverman in her book, by the way. I also noticed that her approach appears to borrow heavily from the work of Joan Matthews-Larson, whose book on depression ("Depression Free Naturally") is really good too. (At some points, Ross pretty much tells you to to go out and read the Matthews-Larson book because it expands on certain ideas more.)
One minor annoyance about the Matthews-Larson book is the way she promotes her clinic and supplements. In some ways, I don't blame her too much since she was pretty much a pioneer when she started and so she was probably one of the only trusted sources she knew of (although there were a few others like Priscilla Slagle, and I guess Carl Pfeiffer too, doing similar stuff).
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