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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I know we have had the discussion a lot about depression on here and how it impacts other areas. I read this article yesterday and thought I would share -- I think they bring up a good point about the increase in psychiatric disorders. I know for me personally, I have been tracking my mental status and how it's effected by food just to see.....I have to say I get extremely depressed and agitated if I go on a binge of coke, and other sweets. There's a definite difference there.
Maybe this might help someone.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/10-foods-i-eat-every-day-to-beat-depression-111600263828.html |
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Location: Kansas | thank you for sharing!!! I think a majority of people suffer from depression, I know I do. |
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Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Interestingly enough, this article on the over use of psych meds in women is on CNN today. I've been saying for years that the percentage of women in psych meds is not normal- finally they're starting to recognize that fact.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/opinion/holland-women-depression-drugs/index.html |
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I've noticed this as well. I struggled with Bulemia and Anorexia during High School. My depression just fueled those two eating disorders. Meds wouldn't have changed my eating habits. My eating habits changed my depression and how frequent it showed up.
My mother had the same problem during high school.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | My son was diagnosed with hypoglycemia because of behavior issues and we were able to put 2 and 2 together and get him tested. My mom seriously thought he was a mental case. He would be hyper/jittery/crazy/defiant and then minutes later be depressed, lethargic and wanting to kill himself. He was 8. His body is slow to produce insulin and then over-produces. He had a seizure and quit breathing when he was 3, and looking back, it was likely triggered by a severe sugar crash. |
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Location: Texas | Sugar greatly influences my mood... in a very negative fashion. I am so much happier if I avoid it.
I think a lot of people are highly affected by what they eat. And for doctors, it's easier to treat the symptoms than truly resolve the problem. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Three 4 Luck - 2015-03-04 10:56 AM My son was diagnosed with hypoglycemia because of behavior issues and we were able to put 2 and 2 together and get him tested. My mom seriously thought he was a mental case. He would be hyper/jittery/crazy/defiant and then minutes later be depressed, lethargic and wanting to kill himself. He was 8. His body is slow to produce insulin and then over-produces. He had a seizure and quit breathing when he was 3, and looking back, it was likely triggered by a severe sugar crash.
I have the same thing. It's no fun. |
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| This whole post is sending off alarm bells in my head!!!! Yes, sugar is a huge factor in depression and many other things that you all have mentioned.
I can honestly say that my anxiety and cravings have been GREATLY reduced since starting using Plexus products. I won't go into detail about them, because I know that you guys didn't come here for that. However, if any of you want any info about how Plexus can help balance blood sugar, reduce cravings, help with anxiety, inflammation, irritability, cholesterol, etc. just send me a quick message. I'll be happy to help! You're missing out if you don't at least ask!!! |
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| I quit pop about a year ago and a few months into my pop sobriety I drank a coke... my anxiety went through the roof. I didnt really put it together until a friend of mine pointed it out. |
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| Food sensitivities effect your health and how you feel. A very good friend's 11 year old son was on antibiotics pretty consisitently for an 18 month period for sinuse infections, moody and depressed. She took him to Dr. Hotze who tries to find the cause and not treat the sypmtom. He did testing for food sensititivites and found many that were causing the problem. They eliminated these foods and his sinuses finally cleared up and his attitude changed which was a surprise-we thought it was just his age. Cindy started paying close attention and she started to notice that if he ate a potato (one of the offending foods) his ears would turn red and Collin would get agitated. He was not allergic in the sense that he developed a rash or it closed his thoat but his body could not process the foods correctly and it caused subtle issues for him. I have read a lot of articles about exercise and the "feel good endorphins" you get from a work out being a successful aid (along with meds) in helping with depression.
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Location: Jersey Girl | Exercise definately helps with depression. Every winter I would get horribly depressed because don't get my barn time during the week. This year I decided to take a fitness class and it has made the winter bearable. |
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| Well I've noticed as I get older I either notice my food allergies more or I am developing them. I have two diabetic parents on insulin pumps so of course I am super sensitive to sugar. Dairy causes pain and emotional roller coster and wheat is of the DEVIL! I am getting way more aware of how these things affect my mind and body. And I've been treated for anxiety and depression most of my adult life. So last year while going through some REALLY heavy stuff, I decided to go for a walk everytime I felt like I was spiraling into that hole. It is amazing how effective it was. First winter in years that I haven't needed meds and I am way more positve positive and happy. |
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| Depression is anger without enthusiasm! All joking aside I have had my battles with depression at times and it is tough, but it boils down to how hard life can be, and how one chooses to handle the situation. Understanding your boundaries and working to not let things get to you. I also understand some people are just wired that way or have a chemical imbalance and those are different issues. Also, people who don't have bouts of depression don't understand since they haven't seen the world thru that perspective. I think our food has a lot to do with it. Also, JMHO I think doctors just diagnose people with it and send them down the road. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I think we tend to down play the effect food has on mental status and I know the healthcare community does. I think we can have a sensitivity to something that doesn't cause enough of an allergic reaction so it flies under the radar and eventually other symptoms as a side effect manifest themselves and then we treat the symptom and not the original cause. I started researching the whole food thing when I had a place on my face that didn't heal and my lap work showed persistent but low grade inflammation. I asked about Lupus and he said real possibility and put me on a med that made me feel even worse. Thats when I started experimenting and eliminating a food for a few days and then trying it and seeing how I felt and taking close notes. Still don't have all the answers, especially in regards to energy, but I have learned what effects my joints and my mind........interestingly enough on potatoes and peanuts. Theres a paleo doctor that I ran across that talks about how potatoes have a certain kind of bacteria or fungus in them that is nature's way of protecting the root. Peanuts have the same thing but not as high a rate and what causes allergy issues, he suspected, was the low level of mold that builds up when they're kept in large storage like corn, etc. And the allergy was to the mold not necessarily the peanut itself. I can't remember the guys name but it was extremely interesting reading. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | I believe that there is definitely a connection. Fair-weather, I heard many years ago about the problem with mold on peanuts; also, potatoes are in the "nightshade" family, along with tomatoes, tobacco, and some highly toxic plants. I think our bodies can tolerate a certain amount of offenders, but then something will overload the system and BAM! we start having reactions without knowing why or to what. I really, really need to go off of wheat for a while and see if it makes a difference, but bread is my favorite food. They say you crave what you are allergic to. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | cloverleaf - 2015-03-05 11:44 AM I believe that there is definitely a connection. Fair-weather, I heard many years ago about the problem with mold on peanuts; also, potatoes are in the "nightshade" family, along with tomatoes, tobacco, and some highly toxic plants. I think our bodies can tolerate a certain amount of offenders, but then something will overload the system and BAM! we start having reactions without knowing why or to what. I really, really need to go off of wheat for a while and see if it makes a difference, but bread is my favorite food. They say you crave what you are allergic to.
I have often thought about the whole allergy and craving connection thing a lot. I have sensitivity to dairy, get wheezy from wheat/gluten, get wheezy with peanuts if I eat a certain amount. Chocolate and Cokes I'm addicted to and they send me down the tubes. And all of those things I crave like crazy. Colloidal minerals seem to help minimize it but they're still my favorite foods. Wonder why they say that? |
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| That makes so much sense the craving what you are allergic to. I have also recently developed/noticed an issue with chocolate and I crave it all the time. Which is wierd, after being raised in a home with very lottle sugar I can normally go months without thinking about chocolate. |
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