Awaremed Medical Institute

Brain Nutrition and Health Program

"Man should be fully aware of the fact that it is from the brain and from the brain only that our feelings of joy, of pleasure, of laughing arise as well as our sorrow, our pain, our grief and our tears. We are thinking with the brain and we can see and hear and we are able to draw a distinction between ugliness and beauty, bad and good and what is pleasant and unpleasant." Hippocrates (the father of medicine)

The brain is the most complex creation that is known to man.  This three-pound organ controls every single action of every single cell in the human body. The brain is the seat of our existence and intelligence, the brain is forecaster of the senses, the designer of each and every body movement, and the composer of our behavior.  The brain is the source of all the qualities that define our life. The brain is the master conductor of the human body.

The brain communicates with the body through a network of neurons (commonly called nerves). The neurons are a unique and specific type of cell found in the body and the brain that carries electrical information between cells. To put it simply, the job of a neuron is to receive a signal from a cell, convert it to an electric signal called an action potential and transmit this electric signal to another cell that could also be another neuron. When they need to communicate to another cell or neuron, the first neuron sends a chemical called a neurotransmitter across the space between the two, over to the next cell. Once at the second cell, the neurotransmitter binds to a receptor, telling the second cell what to do or telling another neuron if to send a signal and whether it should be a strong or a weak signal.

The integrity and of this rather sophisticated system is of prime importance for a healthy body, in other word when your brain is vigorous, you have the peak of your performance.

Neurotransmitters are messengers that facilitate communications between neurons and target cells and ultimately they control almost every body functions. There are number of chemicals in the brain that are classified as neurotransmitters. The most relevant neurotransmitters are classified into three groups the Excitatory, the Inhibitory neurotransmitters and the combination group.  The Excitatory neurotransmitters include Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, PEA (phenylethylamine), Histamine, and Aspartic acid is involved in cellular memory, pain, and perception. The Inhibitory neurotransmitters decrease the ability to send signals and have calming and regenerative effects; they include GABA, Serotonin, Glycine, Taurine, Agamatine. The Neurotransmitters that are both inhibitory and excitatory include Dopamine.

GABA (gamma aminobuytric acid) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that prevents and reduces certain nerve signal. GABA deficiency usually causes anxiety and even epileptic seizures.

Glutamic acid, also known as glutamate, is an excitatory neurotransmitter that is the most abundant amino acid in the body. Glutamate major function is to enhance cognitive activities like memory and learning.  Excess glutamate has been implicated in seizure development and plays a role in Alzheimer pathology.

Acetylcholine is very important for maintaining healthy intact cognitive function.

Norepinephrine is the neurotransmitter most involved in the “fight or flight” response and other stressful situations, since it increases heart rate and blood pressure. It is known for causing arousal or wakefulness, attentiveness, sleep, dreaming and it is also involved in the formation of memories.

Dopamine is made from tyrosine, it is involved in epinephrine and norepinephrine production and  it plays a role in the cardiovascular, renal, hormonal, and central nervous system.

Serotonin is involved in several important body functions such as memory, emotions, moods, sleep and arousal. Serotonin deficiencies have been linked to depression, anger, OCD, sleep disturbances, irritable bowel syndrome and many other emotional and physical disturbances.

Neurotransmitters disorders are caused by neurotransmitters imbalances and are implicated in a host of human diseases.

Brain Power, Brain Speed, Brain Rhythm and Brain Synchrony

• Brain Power: Impacts your energy and drive and it is governed by a healthy balance dopamine center.  Loss of brain power and symmetry is due to dopamine deficiency causing weight gain, fatigue and diminished libido.
• Brain Speed: Impacts information processing and recall and is a function of a healthy and sound acetylcholine system. Loss of speed is due to acetylcholine deficiency causing memory and concentration lapses, and it accelerates the aging process.
• Brain Rhythm: Impacts calmness and stability and is controlled By GABA. Loss of rhythm (GABA deficiency) causes anxiety, hypertension GERD and seizures.
• Brain Synchrony:  Is a function of a healthy balanced serotonin system. Loss of coordinated development (serotonin deficiency) affects mind-body connection, causing headaches, backaches, insomnia and depression.

We cannot treat cognitive, mood and mental illness effectively by using drugs or psychotherapy ONLY.  We need to treat the entire body; we should always remember that the body and the brain are one interconnected system.  What you do to your body, you do to your brain.  Treat your body and you treat your brain.  ONLY when you fix your body will you fix your “wrecked brain”.  This is the method that Awaremed practices and that is why we witness miracles every day.

These are true possibilities right now. But the methods to achieve it are the best-kept secret in medicine today at Awaremed I, Dalal Akoury, will be delighted to share with you how to achieve a road to a better and healthier you by teaching you about the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health.  Unlike our current medical system, the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health will teach that you don’t need expensive therapies or medications in order to join this revolution.

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