Carbs linked to depression
I got this in my e-mail this morning and while I don't believe everything I read this is interesting. Afterall how can good nutrition possibly make you feel worse!
Diet behind mood disorders
No matter what your local shrink tells you, the answer to depression isn't always in your head...and even when it is, he's the last person you should ask for help.
Nope, the real culprit is the slop you stuff down your yaw. And now two new studies confirm what I've been telling you all along: Carbs and processed food lead to depression and other mood problems. (That's if diabetes and heart disease don't get you first.)
A new study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry found that people who ate the most processed foods had the highest risk of depression. It was a clear case of cause-and-effect: The worse the diet, the higher the risk.
Another study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that women who ate diets heavy in processed foods over a 10-year period were 50 percent more likely to suffer from depressive disorders. The researchers took it a step further and found that women who ate primarily fresh meat and vegetables were 30 percent less likely to suffer from depression.
It's basic nutrition, really. The real recipe for good physical AND mental health is the low-carb lifestyle I've been backing for years.
I won't blame you for thinking this is stunning news -- it certainly knocks the socks off pill-poppers when they realize they've been conned into taking expensive and dangerous zombie meds for no good reason.
But it's not a state secret. If your doc managed to stay awake during medical school he should know all of this already -- he just finds it much easier and far more profitable to send you out the door with a pocketful of happy pills.
And if you want to know what's even worse than those antidepressants, keep reading...
Diet behind mood disorders
No matter what your local shrink tells you, the answer to depression isn't always in your head...and even when it is, he's the last person you should ask for help.
Nope, the real culprit is the slop you stuff down your yaw. And now two new studies confirm what I've been telling you all along: Carbs and processed food lead to depression and other mood problems. (That's if diabetes and heart disease don't get you first.)
A new study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry found that people who ate the most processed foods had the highest risk of depression. It was a clear case of cause-and-effect: The worse the diet, the higher the risk.
Another study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that women who ate diets heavy in processed foods over a 10-year period were 50 percent more likely to suffer from depressive disorders. The researchers took it a step further and found that women who ate primarily fresh meat and vegetables were 30 percent less likely to suffer from depression.
It's basic nutrition, really. The real recipe for good physical AND mental health is the low-carb lifestyle I've been backing for years.
I won't blame you for thinking this is stunning news -- it certainly knocks the socks off pill-poppers when they realize they've been conned into taking expensive and dangerous zombie meds for no good reason.
But it's not a state secret. If your doc managed to stay awake during medical school he should know all of this already -- he just finds it much easier and far more profitable to send you out the door with a pocketful of happy pills.
And if you want to know what's even worse than those antidepressants, keep reading...
Interesting, but I think it's a chicken-or-the-egg kind of question: is one depressed because one eats processed foods, or eating processed foods because one is depressed? Either way, I agree that it does become a vicious cycle. I'm sure there are also reasons for carb cravings involving serotonin levels as well.
Interesting stuff though!
Interesting stuff though!
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