Never went straight to GABA stuff but yeah the
   uber-mega-super-X-factor B-Vitamins thing I've been there. Felt
   like I was burping up vomit after taking them but I took them
   because they felt GREAT... at first, so I had to figure out what
   EXACTLY I needed.

   My diet's pretty diverse. It likes meat and salads + other
   veggies. I stay away from "white stuff" as much as possible. Not
   obsessively, but I found that in principle, the "no white
   flour/no white sugar" thing is pretty accurate for health.

   Fat-wise, I make sure I get some kind of "thin fat" like olive
   oil or fish oil or whatever.

   I analogize like this: It's mineral oil. It gets in the smaller
   cracks and crevices internally. Fat's used to heal blood
   vessels, among other things, and your body uses whatever fat
   molecules it finds.

   So if I eat something with globby yuck fat, I make sure I ALSO
   give it some good fat that same day.

   The powdered creamer in my coffee is transfat-land but that's
   the concession I give myself because I like it better than any
   natural alternative tongue emoticon

   I have a mental category for the antioxidents:

   I put curry, chocolate, tumeric, coffee, tea... and there's a
   few others... in the "very small molecule" category. The very
   small molecules grab the excess oxygen in the blood and flush it
   out.

   I think of the light oils/fats in the same way. They're the
   mineral oil of the body - the WD40 - performing the same
   function. Lubricate and protect.

   I don't drink much but when I do, I consider it a health drink.
   Alcohol is an excellent cleanser; it gets the residue of a
   sticker off a window, and also gets the sticky residue out of my
   braincells.

   If I think of it, sometimes I'll pick up a nice bottle of
   something and have a shot as a "cleanser".. and it's on my list
   of "one of these days" to get back on a one-a-day habit just for
   that reason alone.

   To me body's a machine.   Thanks - I'm always on the search for
   "most accurate analogies" for things and that's the best i could
   find. Cuts through a lot of the language they use to get to the
   heart of "why".

   Also, between msgs, I had a big shot of Captain Morgan. Salut!
   Gotta get the gummy residue (probably from all the cigarettes I
   smoke) out of my brain cells sometimes - makes room for more
   tongue emoticon