Nutritional therapies for mental disorders

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 List of possible causes and treatments for bipolar disorder including specific doses as well as supplementary information

Mental Disorder	Proposed Cause	Treatment	References
Bipolar Disorder	Food allergies	Avoid foods that elicit an allergic response	[76, 77]
	Caffeine	Avoid coffee and other caffeinated beverages	[78]
	Inhibition of lithium from alkalizing agents	Avoid alkalizing agents like bicarbonates	[79]
	Vitamin B6 deficiency	100–200 milligrams/day	[72, 80]
	Vitamin B12 deficiency	300–600 mcirograms/day	[71, 81–83]
	Vitamin C deficiency	1–3 grams taken as divided doses	[84–86]
	Folate deficiency	200 micrograms/day	[9, 13, 71, 82, 83, 87, 88]
	Choline deficiency	10–30 grams of phosphatidyl form in divided doses	[73, 89]
	Omega-3 or -6 deficiency	500–1000 milligrams/day	[10, 11, 21, 39, 74, 75, 90–94]
	Phenylalanine deficiency	Initially 500 milligrams/day; can increase to 3–4 grams/day	[95, 96]
	Tryptophan deficiency	50–200 milligrams taken as divided doses	[97–100]
	S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAM) deficiency	800 milligrams	[101–103]
	Melatonin deficiency	3–6 milligrams at 9 pm	[104–106]
	Phosphatidylserine deficiency	100 milligrams with food	[107]

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