Product Description

What does it take to make you feel "high"? Do you routinely reach for caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, or sugary snacks to get you through the day? Unfortunately, the quick fixes we have become accustomed to don't work long-term, and often contribute further to the underlying problems of fatigue, depression, brain fog, and anxiety.

In Natural Highs, two leading authorities in psychology and nutrition present a prescriptive breakthrough program based on nutritional supplements, herbs, and simple mind-body therapies that will help to increase energy, sharpen the mind, elevate mood, relax the body, and beat stress. Their remarkable research shows how to formulate the perfect "brainfood" to improve how we think and feel, resulting in a greater sense of connection and joy in everyday life-the natural high.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #259603 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-02
• Released on: 2003-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Features

• A guide to help you feel good all the time
• Learn to recognize what makes your brain and body tick
• A wealth of feel-good information in 338 pages

Amazon.com Review
Boundless energy awaits anyone willing to trade their cigs, drugs, or lattés for the healthier alternatives prescribed in Natural Highs. According to authors Hyla Cass, M.D., and Patrick Holford, the first step toward bliss is eating right. In their lean yet satisfying nutrition chapter, they advocate a fairly even ratio of complex carbohydrates, proteins, and fats; plenty of water; high-potency multivitamins; and minerals. After establishing this balanced diet, those seeking to "get high" or "chill out" can select from a menu of natural supplements and substances: various stress busters, energizers, and mood enhancers that research shows can mimic--or surpass--the appealing effects of stimulants like caffeine, sugar, and nicotine or sedatives like dope, alcohol, and tranquilizers. Best of all, these good vibrations allegedly come without the typical letdowns or addictions. Historical tidbits, ample charts and diagrams, scientific data, and case studies from the authors' practices create a compelling argument for natural alternatives, including kava, ginseng, choline, and DMAE. Helpful sidebars outline the positive effects, cautions (rarely any), and recommended dosages associated with each item. Cass and Holford also delve into uplifting lifestyle enhancements like meditation, massage, dance, and sexual chemistry. Lots of reference material rounds out this guide to healthy--and legal--mood magic. --Liane Thomas

Review
"Here's a book that should be on everyone's shelf. A valuable contribution to the art and science of feeling good, -- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. - author of Achieving Vibrance and Conscious Loving

Natural Highs may be one of the most important books you'll ever read. -- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. - author of numerous books, including Inner Peace for Busy People

Offers ground-breaking evidence that the ability to feel good all the time - naturally - is easily within our grasp. -- Jack Canfield, co-author of the best selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series

About the Author
Hyla Cass, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. The author of St. John's Wort: Nature's Blues Buster; Kava: Nature's Answer to Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia; and All About Herbs,

Patrick Holford is the United Kingdom's leading nutritionist and one of the world's authorities on health. He is the founder of The Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London and the author of The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook, and many other books.

Customer Reviews

Practical, accessible info to help you feel good more
I've known Dr. Cass's work for a number of years now and so, expected quality. But this book is even better than I expected, in terms of the breadth and depth it covers. It covers mood, energy, relaxation, entheogens, memory, stress busters--- and a lot more.

Knowing Dr. Cass's past books on herbal approaches, I expected a primarily herbal approach to natural highs. But this book covers all kinds of natural means to get high, to feel good more, including color therapies, biofeedback, aromatherapy, massage, meditation and much more. The list of resources and sources in the back of the book is probably worth the price alone.

This book gives a ton of great ways to get high naturally without drugs. I'm particularly interested in the supplements for sharpening the mind and will be trying some of them.

Lastly, the book calls for a kind of integrated approach to positive states, taking an enlightened, positive psychology approach. The book also discusses how to get off of addictive drugs. Put it all together and this book is good news.

Finally something useful!
I don't know about you, but I get tired of health & nutrition books that go on and on about technical details without supplying any real information I can use. That is why I have appreciated the direct approach taken in Natural Highs. The authors clearly explain how to feel better and why it works. The descriptions of neurotransmitters and brain chemistry are sufficient without becoming tiresome. The supplement recommendations are candid and well balanced. Important techniques such as breathwork and meditation are also covered. This book is readable and even entertaining. If you are curious about natural ways to relax or improve your mood, give it a try!

A wealth of information from which everyone can benefit.
I first came to this book because I was looking for help with the severe withdrawal symptoms I was experiencing from no longer taking Prozac. Natural Highs opened my eyes to the existence of not one, but many different natural supplements that would help me to rebalance and boost my mixed-up, post-Prozac serotonin levels. In addition, many of these supplements are, apparently, as good as or better than drugs for significantly improving problems with depression, anxiety, etc. in the long term -- with NO side effects. This book is well-written, thoroughly researched and organized, and provides clear, easy-to-read concise information. If the existence and significant benefits of these natural supplements were more widely known, and big drug companies had less money, power, and influence, I truly believe our world might very well be a happier, more well-adjusted, and more functional place.