Many kinds of depression are described as "biochemical." What this means is that the biochemistry is "out of whack." Doctors then prescribe anti depressant drugs to help correct the imbalance, and people start to feel better after a while.
Since our internal biochemistry is affecting our well being, then we can all easily see that what we eat affects depression and how we feel. For example, we've probably all eaten a lot of junk food at some point and started feeling bad. Food directly affects our biochemistry.
Most people looking for depression help can find it by changing one thing. Refined white sugar can often be a big cause of depression. Sugar affects your energy level, your mood and your "tude." Sugar can cause mood swings and occasional black, dark feelings. So if you are having feelings of depression, sugar could very well be the cause.
Take sugar out of your diet for just a few days and see if you notice any difference. Notice if having no refined sugar provided help with depression. I did, and the difference was startling. I had more energy, more positive feelings, and no dark mood swings after the second day. Blood sugar levels affect more than just physical energy. Read the classic book Sugar Blues to better understand all the ways that sugar can negatively affect your health and well being.
Now, don't go thinking you have to give up sweets. Just give up the refined white sugar. The health food store near you has many different natural alternative sweetners that won't give you the sugar blues. Things like agave nectar and stevia and processed by the body differently and won't affect your moods in the same way.
Even if you aren't depressed or experiencing dark mood swings, you may want to give up sugar for a week just to test how it affects your energy level and mood. If you can't possibly imagine giving up sugar for a whole week, then you can try a different kind of test that will provide some proof in just half a day.
For breakfast or a midmorning snack, eat a couple doughnuts and nothing else. Dont eat any protein with them, dont have coffee or soda or any form of caffeine with them. Notice how your body feels in about half an hour to an hour. If you dont pump yourself up with caffeine, you should notice you feel good and happy and energized for about half an hour to 45 minutes, then you should start to feel tired and irritable and groggy for the next two hours after that as your blood sugar swings up then down.
We each have different biochemistries, so the way you handle sugar may be different than your peers. But the blood sugar swings caused by sugar are well documented and are not intellectual or theoretical. If you want to try some natural depression help, this is a great place to start. The proof lies as close as the nearest Krispy Creme. There is no guarantee that your or a loved ones feelings of depression are caused by sugar, but common table sugar is a major culprit in depression for many people. - 16004
Since our internal biochemistry is affecting our well being, then we can all easily see that what we eat affects depression and how we feel. For example, we've probably all eaten a lot of junk food at some point and started feeling bad. Food directly affects our biochemistry.
Most people looking for depression help can find it by changing one thing. Refined white sugar can often be a big cause of depression. Sugar affects your energy level, your mood and your "tude." Sugar can cause mood swings and occasional black, dark feelings. So if you are having feelings of depression, sugar could very well be the cause.
Take sugar out of your diet for just a few days and see if you notice any difference. Notice if having no refined sugar provided help with depression. I did, and the difference was startling. I had more energy, more positive feelings, and no dark mood swings after the second day. Blood sugar levels affect more than just physical energy. Read the classic book Sugar Blues to better understand all the ways that sugar can negatively affect your health and well being.
Now, don't go thinking you have to give up sweets. Just give up the refined white sugar. The health food store near you has many different natural alternative sweetners that won't give you the sugar blues. Things like agave nectar and stevia and processed by the body differently and won't affect your moods in the same way.
Even if you aren't depressed or experiencing dark mood swings, you may want to give up sugar for a week just to test how it affects your energy level and mood. If you can't possibly imagine giving up sugar for a whole week, then you can try a different kind of test that will provide some proof in just half a day.
For breakfast or a midmorning snack, eat a couple doughnuts and nothing else. Dont eat any protein with them, dont have coffee or soda or any form of caffeine with them. Notice how your body feels in about half an hour to an hour. If you dont pump yourself up with caffeine, you should notice you feel good and happy and energized for about half an hour to 45 minutes, then you should start to feel tired and irritable and groggy for the next two hours after that as your blood sugar swings up then down.
We each have different biochemistries, so the way you handle sugar may be different than your peers. But the blood sugar swings caused by sugar are well documented and are not intellectual or theoretical. If you want to try some natural depression help, this is a great place to start. The proof lies as close as the nearest Krispy Creme. There is no guarantee that your or a loved ones feelings of depression are caused by sugar, but common table sugar is a major culprit in depression for many people. - 16004
About the Author:
You can find out more ways to get natural depression help in the book about Help With Depression In Minutes A Day. John Stephan Laney teaches emotional and relationship intelligence courses and you can find out more at Help For Depression. Many types of depression can be healed without drugs or pyschotherapy.
