The term "brain chemistry" refers to the chemicals the brain produces and how they affect individuals.  Basically, change in brain chemistry is what changes behavior.  Therefore, by understanding how various chemicals affect behavior, we're able to influence a person's quality of life by advising him or her of lifestyle changes that alter these brain chemicals.

Put simply, RRI focuses on five major brain chemicals, also called neurotransmitters. While the brain produces thousands of less influencing neurotransmitters, these five are the most significant since science has documented how they work together to define a person's physiological make-up.  These brain chemicals, especially serotonin and dopamine, affect how a person feels, acts, and reacts.  It's when the delicate balance of neurotransmitters is disturbed that problems occur, and this helps explain why people behave in certain ways.

For that reason, knowing our individual brain chemistry may help us address certain behavioral and/or emotional problems.  In fact, scientific research shows a strong relationship between changes in serotonin and dopamine through adjustments in diet and lifestyle.  By making these diet and lifestyle changes a person may, with a high degree of certainty, achieve what we call "brain optimization," which means that the brain is performing at its best for that individual. 

It is important to note that there is no "normal" brain chemical level that can be determined by blood studies or other methods.  These methods are only useful in determining changes in brain chemical levels, not in the identification of brain optimum levels.  However, it has been documented that chemicals that are out of balance will create signs and symptoms that can be measured.  A person's brain chemistry is considered optimal when no negative signs or symptoms are reported.

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