Drug Addiction Treatment Specialists, Alternative to Meds Center, Introduces Sauna Detoxification Therapy to its Alternative Mental Health Treatments

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 9, 2009

Alternative to Meds Center in San Francisco, http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com , specialists in holistic drug addiction treatment, is proud to announce it has added Sauna Detoxification Therapy to its offerings of alternative mental health programs. The therapy is designed to remove heavy metal toxins, one of the causes Alternative to Meds Center has found to negatively affect mental health. The center discovers the multiple biochemical factors involved in depression, addiction, anxiety, pain, and lack of passion, and concentrates on ways to counter these symptoms naturally.

Like most things involving human health, science is discovering that natural, physiological systems in the body are far more impressive in their functions than previously understood. The neurotransmitter system is certainly one of these. “Our brain derives its neurochemistry from naturally occurring substances normally found present in our food,” says Linus Pauling, the double Nobel Laureate who coined the term “Orthomolecular”. This alternative mental health approach is used by the Alternative to Meds Center. Rather than using drugs to correct chemical imbalances, Orthomolecular practitioners use nutrients.

“We are more frequently finding that there are real underlying reasons why people are mentally symptomatic,” says Lyle Murphy, Founder of Alternative to Meds Center. “These reasons include food allergies, heavy metal toxicity and poor diet. We test for these allergies. We remove the foods for which our clients test positive — and when we do — we see huge changes in mental disposition. We also see huge changes in many physical problems. Some of the conditions which often subside are migraines, fibromyalgia, digestion issues, acne, and joint pain. It’s also clear that accumulation of toxins — poisons — results in many of the anxieties and depressed states we see. We can relieve these chronic symptoms by chelation therapy or our new sauna detoxification therapy.”

“There is such a thing as nutritional mental health. We say, ‘whole foods equal a whole mind.’ In our modern culture, the foods most available to us don’t possess what is necessary to create proper neurochemistry. Processed food is not even real, human food. It is the dead artifacts of it. Food processing removes all the active food portion of our food. What is left from the processing tastes so bad that you wouldn’t even eat it, were it not for all the artificial flavors and sweeteners added to make it palatable.”

Murphy goes on to say, “As long as this decline in food quality persists, we will continue to see declining mental health.”

As a person progresses in the program, collaborating doctors evaluate and taper client medications, beginning the center’s unique drug addiction treatment. The Alternative to Meds Center tests for neurotransmitter levels with blood tests, and then targets correction based upon the results. They conclude that the neurotransmitter levels of serotonin, dopamine, endorphins and other neurotransmitters can be adjusted most effectively using amino acid therapy, and by targeting the precursors of these neurotransmitters in their creation.

To provide a holistic experience to clients, the Alternative to Meds Center also uses acupuncture, yoga, whole and organic foods, and peer support counseling. Through support and education, the center strives to create a lasting impression on its participants about the benefits of continued attention to holistic well-being.

Many of the people drawn to work at the alternative mental health center have been helped by similar techniques. One of the medical liaisons had been on powerful tranquilizers since the age of four — over twenty years — for OCD and Tourettes Syndrome. He found Alternative to Meds Center, and not only eliminated his medication, but found relief that the medications could not provide. His father, an MD, was shocked, and has become a supporter of the program. Another staff member claims to have been an insulin-dependent diabetic, and now no longer requires insulin. Over half of the staff have been in similar situations and — based on their personal experiences — are committed to helping others.

More can be learned about the center online at http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com or by calling (800) 359-9698.

About Alternative to Meds Center

Alternative to Meds Center is a residential alternative mental health facility designed to help individuals taper off of psychiatric medications. Orthomolecular, naturopathic, and addiction medicine models are all employed to give residents the best drug addiction treatment available. Through the use of brain chemistry testing, imbalances can be identified and corrected through the use of nutrition allowing the person to no longer need medications and offsetting the addictive biochemistry so that the person is relieved of cravings. Alternative to Meds Center uses green mental health techniques, whole and organic foods, whole food vitamin regiments, and mineralized and ionized water. Alternative to Meds Center facility is located in San Francisco in an 11-room Queen Anne Victorian that is a historical landmark, unparalleled in its beauty.

###

©Copyright 1997-

, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.