HBC Protocols

04/24/2014

Selfie obsession, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and depression quiz
Practically everyone is snapping pictures of themselves these days, in every imaginable context, even some very dangerous ones. 5 hours ago a 19 year old kid from North America vacationing in South America nearly got run down by a train taking a selfie. He would have been clipped and probably killed had the conductor not kicked him away in the nick of time. Selfie production —via still or video—is the fastest way to fill social network sites—Facebook, tumbler, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest oh and let’s not forget Google Plus—with absolute evidence that you are one good looking, fascinating, courageous, kinky, multidimensional, crazy, cool . . . . person, right?
Not if you do it all the time. Let’s clarify something here. Selfie addiction is not an addiction. It is the symptom of a pathology that has been linked to past bullying and low self-esteem called BDD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Another poster boy for this affliction is a 15 year old kid who has been on the news for taking up to 80 selfies before leaving for school in the morning. As his addiction worsened, he lost weight (binging only on selfies) and dropped out of school. He eventually attempted su***de with an overdose of pills. He wanted to be a model and his Facebook friends told him his body was all wrong and he had bad skin. Describing this as sad denies the word substance. It is positively scary.
Are you one of those people who go crazy taking selfies? If so your narcissism has just found another way to run amuck. Not sure? Take the quiz below. Young people today have enough technical ability to be their own one person production team. With this ability to photograph, edit, and score almost any image or short vid they can mount daily productions of their lives. The effect of this ability is that they are now in a position to morph and re-morph into a constantly different identity, effectively redefining themselves for instant feedback from sites like Facebook. Men and women, boys and girls with Body Dysmorphic Disorder are then being trapped into believing appearance is their only value. Selfies have become the way to check for flaws. Other compulsive repetitive behaviors designed to hide or improve perceived physical flaws are: constantly checking in a mirror, excessive grooming, excessive exercise, constantly changing cloths, comparing your body parts to other people’s body parts.

Ask yourself the following questions to determine whether you might have BDD.
1. Are you very concerned about the appearance of some part(s) of your body which you consider especially unattractive? Yes or No? If yes: Do these concerns preoccupy you? That is, do you think about them a lot and wish you could worry less? Yes or No?

2. How much time do you spend thinking about your defect(s) per day on average? Add up all the time you spend on this. Less than 1 hour a day, 1-3 hours a day or More than 3 hours a day.

3. Is your main concern with how you look that you aren't thin enough or that you might become too fat? Yes or No?

4. What effect has your preoccupation with your appearance had on your life?
a. Has your defect(s) often caused you a lot of distress, torment, or emotional pain? Yes or No?

b. Has your defect(s) often significantly interfered with your social life? Yes or No?

c. Has your defect(s) often significantly interfered with your school work, your job, or your ability to function in your role (e.g., as a homemaker)? Yes or No?

d. Are there things you avoid because of your defect(s)? Yes or No?

You're likely to have BDD if you gave the following answers:
Question 1: Yes to both parts
Question 2: Answer b or c
Question 3: While a "yes" answer may indicate that BDD is present, it is possible that an eating disorder is a more accurate diagnosis
Question 4: Yes to any of the questions.

Please note that the above questions are intended to screen for BDD, not diagnose it; the answers indicated above can suggest that BDD is present but can't necessarily give a definitive diagnosis.
Effective treatments are available to help BDD sufferers live full, productive lives. On such therapy is Cognitive-behavior therapy. CBT teaches patients how to recognize irrational thoughts and change negative thinking patterns. Patients learn to identify unhealthy ways of thinking and behaving and replace them with positive ones. CBT has had a measure of success but doesn’t work for everyone. The second mode of treatment is ACT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. ACT incorporates the core concepts of mindfulness, acceptance and value based living.
Another way to go is antidepressant medications. The most popular for BDD are the SSRI’s because of their ability to address the obsessive and compulsive symptoms. Natural ssri’s include St. John’s wort and Sceletium Tortuosum.
Click on this http://hbcprotocols.com/depressionemotional-mood.html link for a complete list of all natural antidepressant options.

SceletiumHomeopathic

04/22/2014

Raw Sceletium is both an antidepressant and a relaxing alternative to opioids.

As most of you already know, Sceletium Tortuosum is a ground flowering herb that grows almost exclusively in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. Prized for hundreds of years by the native tribes, current studies support its pharmacology as an selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and PDE4 circulatory enhancer. Sceletium has been administered for hundreds of years as antidepressant/calmative as well as ceremonial intoxicant and sexual stimulant by San tribe medicine men. Many find raw sceletium tortuosum to be an excellent alternative to over prescribed opioid treatments common today. Not only can you quickly calm your emotional response to anxiety via Sceletium Tortuosum's PDE4 enabling alkaloids without triggering addiction, but you can—under your doctor's guidance—consider substituting it to opioid (morphine, oxycodone OxyContin, Percocet) overuse. Each capsule contains 300 mgs of raw sceletium, rice powder maltodextrin for increased bioavailability. There are 60 caps per bottle. It contains no sugar, starch, yeast, artificial color, preservatives or dairy or gluten byproducts. The price is 39.95 per bottle. The same continuity and buy three get one free options are also available. Read more.

02/06/2014

For more information check out the HGH website at http://hbcprotocols.com/human-growth-hormone.html

Ultra potent 9,990ng HGH Seal Feed, don't push, your endocrine system with this revolutionary new super-potent HGH Protective Seal. As convenient and easy to use as it is powerful. Just stick it on an

02/06/2014

Remember 2.5 years ago, when the NFL and the players shook hands on a new collective bargaining agreement on human growth hormone testing? Part of the accord was to start blood testing for HGH. No progress has been made. Both sides are still haggling over the details about whether NFL commissioner Roger Godell, or a neutral arbitrator will handle certain types of appeals. Fortunately as a non-player you don’t have to deal with the NFL—or NBA or MLB. You can benefit from all of the benefits (burn fat, build muscle, speed up injury recovery, increase stamina, maintain you HGH-chiseled physique, and enhance a general feeling of well-being: check depression) of a 100% safe HGH transdermal patch protocol without a sniff of worry or scandal because unresolved organized athletic rules don’t apply to you, do they? Click here to read more.

01/09/2014

For more information check out the Idebenone website at http://idebenone.net/

Idebenone is an extraordinary antioxidant. Studies have shown it to be an effective support for cardiac and all mitochondrial issues such as MS, Friedreich’s ataxia and Leber’s eye disease. Idebenone has been shown to support the Corpus callosum, the contralateral axonal fibers known as white matter...

01/09/2014

Should I take Idebenone with a fatty meal? What about the transdermal Idebenone cream?
Good question. We are aware that some purveyors recommend taking it with fat but they aren’t quoting a study source for Idebenone’s lipophilicity in vivo human studies. Only in in vitro. In fact, all antioxidants have their own particular relationship with fat. Vitamin E is fat soluble but conflicting information is available on the influence of dietary fat on vitamin E absorption in humans. Animal studies are also conflicting. If you have access to a credible study synergizing Idebenone with fat we’d like to read it. The most credible source for me are the studies published on the government site www.pubmed.gov Of the 399 studies regarding Idebenone I have included here what they have on Idebenone and lipids—albeit primarily via liposome. As you are probably aware we are the only company that offers Idebenone via liposome. The conclusion of one study is that the fatty liposome has a negative effect on its biological activity. Yet, other studies found the opposite. Our actual living experience is that the liposome synergizes Idebenone. I regularly administer our cream on specific muscles prior to a workout and find that it has an anabolic-like effect, increasing energy, strength, stamina and muscle volume. I have included a study (below) concludes that lipid/water liposome’s may increase uptake to the brain effectively overcoming the blood brain barrier and increasing the efficacy of the loaded antioxidant. I have also included here the in vitro study that concludes that SLN (solid lipid nanoparticles) could be regarded as a promising drug delivery system to improve Idebenone bioavailability and antioxidant activity.

How much should I take?
100 mgs of Idebenone via capsule is considered a low prophylactic dose. As a replacement for CoQ is should be enough. Doctors prescribe much higher doses for individuals—up to 1000 mgs per day—with tragically debilitating mitochondrial diseases like: Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, Friedreich’s ataxia, and Leber’s hereditary eye disease . . . Unlike its substrate, Idebenone does not leave an oxidation trail as it enters the mitochondria so there is no reason to take both Idebenone and CoQ if you are currently taking CoQ.

What about the Idebenone transdermal cream?
Unlike the very mild 1oz Prevage topical cream manufactured by Allergan and costing anywhere from $80.00 to $100.00 per ounce, our 2oz liposomal Idebenone cream for $59.95 is “industrial” strength and affects a miraculous result to the skin when administered as a facial mask. As it is pure Idebenone. (Prevage is a low volume with certain co factors rendering it sheer enough as a foundation) ours will make you look like a pumpkin it is so bright orange. But leave it on for 20 or 30 minutes and the liposome’s take it down through all layers of skin and into the circulatory and lymphatic system along the way where it then systemically routes out through plasma to the brain, heart . . . It will eventually fade to a tawny color. Still, you should then rinse your face with cool water to remove the residual and pat it dry with a paper towel. Your skin will look radiant! BTW, Allergan, the company that patented Botox holds all of the use patents on Idebenone (which they named Prevage) for skin rejuvenation. This is a use patent, not to be confused with a patent on Idebenone itself. As they have the use patent for wrinkle reduction we are not at liberty to advertise our product as a skin remodeler. So we don’t. But the fact of the matter is that our transdermal cream is 1000 times more powerful—and half as expensive—then Prevage however the Prevage is better as a foundation. Also, our cream being so much more powerful a mitochondrial activator that we do not recommend using it every day as you might breakout in a rash after a while. I personally use it for a facial before going out.

01/09/2014

For more information check out the Hypericum page at http://hbcprotocols.com/products-HV280.html

HBC PROTOCOLS Hypericum Perforatum II St John's Wort for TREATING depression. Used in most of the important National Institutes of Health studies. THE MOST STUDIED ST. JOHN'S WORT IN AMERICA.

01/09/2014

The following is a list of brain degenerative factors that can easily progress into age senile dementia, Alzheimer’s, depression and early general dysfunction.

1. Inflammation. Most people think that inflammation is painful but interestingly enough the brain does not have brain receptors. Hence we cannot feel brain inflammation. Through modern day technology (MRI exams and chemical markers) we can actually look at brain cells that produce inflammation. When this happens the brain is literally on fire.
2. Brain Oxidation. This is caused by an abundance of free radicals in the brain. Oxidation is rusting. It is like leaving a piece of iron out in the rain. This is exactly what happens when free radicals attack brain—and body—tissues. If left untreated brain fat, protein and DNA, our code of life, becomes damaged. It is our pantheon of excellent great antioxidants like Idebenone and Reduced Glutathione that protect us against free radical damage.

Inflammation and free radical are very much interrelated. By reducing inflammation you reduce free radical activity. By reducing inflammation you are preserving your brain and body.

Ways to cut brain and body inflammation.

1. Cut sugar out of your diet. Fact: sugar is directly toxic to the memory centers of the brain. Brain shrinkage of the hippocampus (memory center) even happens within the realm of normal sugar consumption. MRI studies among a group of diabetics performed over a 4 year period definitively measure a profound brain shrinkage due to high sugar levels caused by diabetes. Alpha Lipoic acid is an excellent way to reduce plasma levels of sugar. Sugar is bad because it binds to proteins. This is bad news because it causes glycation. Glycation causes inflammation which causes free radical damage. Sugar creates free radical damage that negatively affects the brain. Note: carbohydrates are a form of sugar. Studies have shown that reducing carbohydrate consumption is one of the most effective ways to inhibit the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.
2. Reduce gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye. Gluten is highly inflammatory. Genetically, humans can’t handle gluten. Our physiology is not prepared to deal with this strange and suddenly very prevalent protein. You don’t have to have celiac disease to suffer the inflammatory effects of gluten. It can affect any part of the body but has been identified as a treatable cause of various brain problems. What happens is that our body mounts an immune response to deal with it. Immune reactions are tied directly to inflammation. Gluten sensitivity is directly correlated to brain dysfunctions like depression, ADHD, and even schizophrenia. Though modern man learned how to cultivate high gluten wheat in the past 10,000 years, it is irrelevant because our DNA that began evolving 160,000 years ago in the hunter gather period in Ethiopia does not have the skill set to deal with gluten. St. John’s wort, the popular antidepressant is also an excellent antioxidant for the brain and is the basis of certain brain cancer protocols.

12/23/2013

For more information check out the Sceletium tortuosum aka Zembrin site at http://www.sceletiumtortuosum.com/

is the only sceletium tortuosum extract with published pharmacology. It is produced from an elite, naturally occurring chemo-type of sceletium tortuosum plant clinically studied for safety. Zembrin® is the only sceletium tortuosum formulation with a permit for full compliance under the Biodiversity…

12/23/2013

Exploding head syndrome, stress and Sceletium Tortuosum

Do you suffer from Exploding head syndrome? No, this is not a joke. Exploding head syndrome is a rare form of hypnagogic (the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep) auditory hallucination in which the person experiences a loud bang or explosion in their head similar to a real-life bomb exploding. It could also be like a gun firing, a clash of cymbals, ringing, or any other form of loud noise. But, there is no noise. It all transpires inside their head.
It usually happens just at the onset of, or within an hour or two of sleep. It is not necessarily the result of a dream. There is no pain involved however, sufferers frequently feel a sense of fear and anxiety and an elevated heart rate, difficulty in breathing, Attacks may also be accompanied by perceived flashes of light. Exploding head syndrome is also known as “auditory sleep starts”. Though the cause of the Exploding Head Syndrome (EHS) is not known, though some physicians hypothesize it is facilitated by extreme fatigue. It is also linked to rapid withdrawal from certain prescription drugs such as benzodiazepines and SSRI antidepressants. In some cases it is isolated on the left side of the head, and seems to come from the inner ear region. It affects women more than men.
Typical clinical features of REM sleep behavior disorder are:
• Skews slightly toward female gender predilection, but common in men.
• Mean age of onset 50–65 years (range 20–80 years)
• Vocalization, screaming, swearing that may be associated with dreams
• Motor activity, simple or complex, that may result in injury to patient or bed-partner
• Occurrence usually in latter half of sleep period (REM sleep)
• May be associated with neurodegenerative disease
Acute EHS, occurs mostly as a result of a side-effect in prescribed medication—usually antidepressants. But if not then 55% of the time the cause is unknown the other 45% the cause is associated with alcohol.
If you have experienced anxiety-based EHS from benzodiazepine or SSRI withdrawal you should be aware of the natural herb antidepressant known as Sceletium Tortuosum is both a powerful natural SSRI antidepressant and it works at the opioid receptor sites much like benzodiazepines without the addiction issues. Hence, it addresses anxiety, depression as it promotes peaceful sleep. HBC Protocols now offers two different forms of Sceletium Tortuosum. Zembrin, the patented form and raw Sceletium Tortuosum powder. Caution: the raw form of Sceletium possesses more of the anti-anxiety and sexual enhancing alkaloids than our patented Zembrin form of the herb. Please keep that in mind while administering it so that you don’t take too much.

12/23/2013

For more information check out our site at http://hbcprotocols.com/

HBC Protocols highest grade Masquelier's Oligomeric Proantho-Cyanidins (OPC) repairs the circulatory system, improves skin elasticity, Protects existing collagen, Lowers LDL cholesterol, inhibits swelling, (edema) prevents capillary bleeding,reduces cardiovascular disease and Free radical scavenging...

12/23/2013

Study: Clinical depression ages up to 6 years

Depression doesn’t just make you miserable, it can actually age you. Six years! A series of studies has found that people with depression actually have shorter telomeres which are the cellular markers used to determine cell aging. They are actually specialized nucleoprotein complexes at the ends of linear chromosomes that function to “cap” chromosomal termini and prevent end to end recombination which makes them critical in the maintenance of chromosomal integrity. Think of telomeres as a cellular meiotic (cell division) clock that ultimately limits the number of divisions and cellular life span. Increased cellular turnover in the presence of stress-related oxidative damage further exacerbates accelerated telomere shortening and ultimately causes aging due to organ degeneration as stem and precursor cells can no longer replicate and maintain internal equilibrium.

Accelerated shortening has been linked to increased rates of cancer and aging in numerous animal models. Researchers Epel* and colleagues recently demonstrate that chronicity of psychosocial stress (even includes caring for chronically ill children) was directly associated with accelerated telomere shortening. Although future studies are needed the initial findings linking accelerated telomere shortening with mood disorders suggests that antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents could aid in the prevention of stress related diseases of aging for individuals with mood disorders. Effective treatments include depression medication like Human Growth Hormone, St. John’s Wort, Sceletium Tortuosum and our body’s most powerful anti-oxidant reduced glutathione. Recent studies have uncovered a direct relationship between how much reduced glutathione is in our cells and how long we live.

*Elissa Epel, PhD is a health psychologist based at UCSF focusing on stress pathways. For the past 15 years, she has studied stress in the lab and in the field, using common naturalistic stressors, and associations with an early aging syndrome. She examines how stress processes lead to early disease precursors, focusing on overeating, abdominal obesity, and immune cell aging. She has found that people’s propensity to be stress reactive, psychologically or in terms of cortical reactivity, is associated with overeating, abdominal obesity, and accelerated cell aging.