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Relative nutritional deficiencies associated with centrally acting monoamines

Authors Hinz M, Stein A, Uncini T

Received 24 February 2012

Accepted for publication 12 March 2012

Published 8 May 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 413—430

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S31179

Review by Single anonymous peer review

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Marty Hinz 1, Alvin Stein 2, Thomas Uncini 3

1Clinical Research, NeuroResearch Clinics Inc, Cape Coral, 2Stein Orthopedic Associates, Plantation, FL, 3DBS Labs, Duluth, MN, USA

Background: Two primary categories of nutritional deficiency exist. An absolute nutritional deficiency occurs when nutrient intake is not sufficient to meet the normal needs of the system, and a relative nutritional deficiency exists when nutrient intake and systemic levels of nutrients are normal, while a change occurs in the system that induces a nutrient intake requirement that cannot be supplied from diet alone. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the primary component of chronic centrally acting monoamine (serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine) disease is a relative nutritional deficiency induced by postsynaptic neuron damage.
Materials and methods: Monoamine transporter optimization results were investigated, re-evaluated, and correlated with previous publications by the authors under the relative nutritional deficiency hypothesis. Most of those previous publications did not discuss the concept of a relative nutritional deficiency. It is the purpose of this paper to redefine the etiology expressed in these previous writings into the realm of relative nutritional deficiency, as demonstrated by monoamine transporter optimization. The novel and broad range of amino acid precursor dosing values required to address centrally acting monoamine relative nutritional deficiency properly is also discussed.
Results: Four primary etiologies are described for postsynaptic neuron damage leading to a centrally acting monoamine relative nutritional deficiency, all of which require monoamine transporter optimization to define the proper amino acid dosing values of serotonin and dopamine precursors.
Conclusion: Humans suffering from chronic centrally acting monoamine-related disease are not suffering from a drug deficiency; they are suffering from a relative nutritional deficiency involving serotonin and dopamine amino acid precursors. Whenever low or inadequate levels of monoamine neurotransmitters exist, a relative nutritional deficiency is present. These precursors must be administered simultaneously under the guidance of monoamine transporter optimization in order to achieve optimal relative nutritional deficiency management. Improper administration of these precursors can exacerbate and/or facilitate new onset of centrally acting monoamine-related relative nutritional deficiencies.

Keywords: nutritional deficiency, serotonin, dopamine, monoamine

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