APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE

Amino Acid Therapy

Amino Acid Therapy

At BrainTrainUK, we apply neuroscience to transform lives through better brain health. Our main services from BrainTrainUK are electroencephalogram (EEG) neurofeedback and analysis.

EEG neurofeedback enables the brain to learn better regulation.

This enables better brain function, emotional balance and resilience. This can help with cognitive performance, stress management, and other brain-related issues.

To enhance our services, we also offer amino acid therapy.

What are Neurotransmitters and can I test them?

Neurotransmitters are critical to brain function. They are chemicals in the brain that help with mood, thinking, and mental health.

The brain creates neurotransmitters from amino acids. These amino acids are made from the protein that we eat, supported by vitamins that are metabolised from our food.

Bodily blood tests can’t measure neurotransmitter levels. The blood system for the brain is separated from the blood system for the rest of the body by filters known as the blood-brain barrier. These filters ensure that the brain is protected from harmful viruses and bacteria, and allow the brain to precisely control the neurotransmitters within the brain by stopping neurotransmitters from crossing the barrier in either direction. Amino Acids CAN get through the Blood Brain Barrier, to be converted into neurotransmitters.

It gets complicated because the same chemicals used as neurotransmitters by the brain also have different functions in the body. For example, dopamine is a hormone released by the kidneys, serotonin is found in the gut where it regulates movement, and is also involved in wound healing; noradrenaline is a stress hormone. This is why medications designed to change the levels of neurotransmitter chemicals can cause physical side effects, as they affect the non-neuro functions of the same chemicals in the body.

Therefore, we don’t use blood tests to measure neurotransmitter levels in the brain/nervous system. Researchers sometimes take samples directly from the nervous system itself using an invasive lumbar puncture to extract cerebrospinal fluid.

Amino Acid Therapy to correct Neurotransmitter problems

Sometimes our brain’s system of producing neurotransmitters malfunctions, which can cause problems including depression, anxiety and ADHD.

Amino acid therapy helps fix these problems. By taking high-quality amino acids that the brain turns into neurotransmitters, kick-starting the brain’s own neurotransmitter-generation ability.

For example:

• L-Tryptophan and 5-HTP help make serotonin, which regulates mood.
• L-Tyrosine helps make catecholamines, including dopamine, adrenaline, and noradrenaline, which regulate alertness, energy, focus and drive.
• L-Theanine helps make GABA, which helps calming and regulates anxiety and stress.

By correcting neurotransmitter levels, amino acid therapy can improve brain function.

Amino acid therapy is not something you need to do forever. Once the neurotransmitter creation process is ‘kick-started’ it will function better.

How Amino Acid therapy works with EEG Neurofeedback

EEG neurofeedback enables the brain to learn better regulation. This enables better brain function, emotional balance and resilience. Amino acid therapy can make this process even more effective.

1. Better Neurotransmitter Levels: Amino acid therapy ensures the brain has the right chemicals. With neurotransmitter levels more balanced, neurofeedback training can work better.
2. Personalised Treatment: Combining amino acid therapy with EEG neurofeedback allows for tailored treatment.

Our Amino Acid Therapy Programme

We integrate an intricate understanding of amino acid generation with EEG neurofeedback.

This holistic approach allows us to tailor interventions. Interventions that work to improve both electrical brain regulation and brain biochemistry. To enhance cognitive performance, emotional well-being, and mental health.

By adding amino acid therapy, we can enhance the effectiveness of neurofeedback. Providing you with a comprehensive solution for brain health.

Our integrated approach can transform your brain health and quality of life.

With BrainTrainUK, you’re not only getting treatment. You’re getting a pathway to a healthier, more balanced you.

Our package price is £595 including 28-days worth of up to three different high-quality supplements delivered directly to you*.

The programme looks like this:

1. 1st Appointment. We assess which Amino Acid supplements you may benefit from, and agree a priority. We provide you with the initial Amino Acid supplements.
2. First trial. You take the initial Amino Acids whilst we track your progress over the following few days; often we can see positive effects within an hour;
3. Review. We review your progress and may make adjustments to dosage or Amino Acid supplement.
4. You will then continue to take your supplements for 28 days, with weekly check-ins. We will supply high-quality supplements delivered direct to you.
5. Final Appointment: At this stage we will review progress and determine if you have reached the end of your treatment, or would benefit from a further course of supplements.

Further appointments are charged at £249 each.

*Most clients will need to continue to take amino acids for at least 3 months, some longer, and then will slowly reduce them. After 28 days you will need to purchase them yourself; we can recommend sources that will cost between £15 and £40 per month per supplement.

Our Amino Acid Therapy service is available remotely throughout the UK. Contact us to start..

 

Our Amino Acid Therapy credentials

We are trained by Christina Veselak, founder of the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition.

She has been a licensed psychotherapist for over 30 years, and currently provides on-line Relapse Prevention Coaching and Mental Health Nutrition to a wide variety of clients.

Christina consults for supplement companies as well as IV detox programs and residential addiction treatment, helping them integrate this life-saving nutritional approach into their programs.

She is an experienced public speaker, and has presented at conferences and trainings around the world. Christina also founded the Alliance for Addiction Solutions, a non-profit organisation which promotes the use of nutritional and other natural modalities to support repair of the addicted brain.

Christina is committed to staying abreast of the rapidly growing science of orthomolecular psychiatry and functional nutrition & biochemistry for mental health, and is passionate about sharing her knowledge with both the general public and professionals in the fields of addiction recovery & mental health treatment.