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When the vitamin A supports the adrenal glands in the high-vitamin butter oil or emu oil under the
body is conversion of cholesterol into stress hormones. tongue, several times per day. High-vitamin
Trauma and stress rapidly use up vitamin A, butter oil and emu oil provide vitamin K , a
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replete with however, with the result that every little thing cofactor for vitamins A and D and a key factor
vitamin A, can become stressful. After a traumatic expe- for a healthy brain and nervous system. Ap-
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we can rience or period of anxiety, the temptation to plied under the tongue, they are immediately
imbibe may be great, and people may turn to absorbed, bypassing the digestion, which may
manage stress alcohol for comfort. When the body is replete be compromised after a long period of alcohol
with humor with vitamin A, we can manage stress with abuse and serotonin deficiency. (It’s also a good
and grace. humor and grace. idea to add a little high-vitamin butter oil or emu
Vitamin D—the body’s main feel-good oil to the cod liver oil cocktail.)
chemical—is a cofactor for vitamin A. We need
them both together. A well-known function EGG YOLKS
of vitamin D is the enhancement of serotonin Egg yolks are the best source of cholesterol
uptake. Although this is something that alcohol in the human diet. All adrenal hormones are
does as well (at least temporarily), vitamin D can made with cholesterol, with the help of vitamin
regulate serotonin without causing a hangover! A. Egg yolks are not only a great source of vi-
Replenishment of vitamin A stores should tamin A but also of vitamins D, K , B and B ,
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be the very first step in the treatment of alcohol- along with iron and sulfur as well as arachidonic
ism, and cod liver oil is the best way to achieve acid, from which the body produces endocan-
this. The most efficient and economical way to nabinoids.
take cod liver oil is as a liquid. To make a “cod
liver oil cocktail,” place one to two teaspoons BONE BROTH
of natural cod liver oil in a glass, mix with a Alcohol increases dopamine levels—some-
little hot water, stir—and down the hatch! If times called the body’s natural cocaine—but in
you prefer, you can take capsules. a way that can cause a serious imbalance. Alco-
The quickest way to heal from trauma and hol can provide a temporary pep-up, but as the
stress is to use Dr. Price’s remedy. This consists mechanism for dopamine regulation becomes
of putting alternating drops of cod liver oil and exhausted, that pep-up may be harder to achieve.
ARACHIDONIC ACID
VITAMIN A VITAMIN D
ENDOCANNABINOID
VITAMIN A
REGULATION OF
DOPAMINE AND CORTISOL
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