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Diet for Depression Improve Your Mood with Mother Nature
A diet for depression can work wonders ...and is the smartest place to start.
It is easy to under-estimate how important your diet is. Do you know that farm animals have better nutrition than Americans? Farmers know it is good business to prevent expensive problems with good nutrition.
Balance Is Difficult
Even if you eat an excellent diet (and who does?)... the soil is depleted of nutrients. Add to that the thousands of new environmental toxins and UN-healthy food that we eat regularly...
Easy Diet for Depression
1. For lethargy, inability to focus, mental fuzziness, negativity, and mood disorders (associated with low norepinephrine and dopamine levels):
a. Plant protein snacks. Small amounts of raw organic unsalted seeds: sunflower pumpkin flax hemp
b. Avoid Carbs and Sugar. This includes white flour, potatoes, white rice, cake, candy, soft drinks, etc. People who are addicted to sugar/carbs are often deficient in trace minerals. If you take a teaspoon of kelp powder (a sea vegetable), often the craving for sugar disappears.
c. Bee pollen. Dr. G.J. Binding, M.B.E., a world-famous expert on nutrition, says (fresh) bee pollen "contains the richest source yet revealed of vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids, hormones, enzymes and fats." The Bible mentions bee pollen 68 times. It is praised in the Talmud, the Qur'an and ancient Chinese scriptures. Pollen has 5-7 times more protein than meat, eggs or cheese, and it is easy to digest.
Bee pollen should be a part of every diet for depression!
How to Use Bee Pollen
Test for a possible allergy by ingesting just one pellet. Then gradually build up - over a week or so - to one teaspoon.
Don't cook with the granules. Heat destroys the live enzymes and reduces the nutrients. It is important to keep it refrigerated.
Beware of imported bee pollen: U.S. manufacturers have switched to pollen from China and Spain. These are heat processed and dehydrated.
2. Lack of motivation or attention span are associated with low dopamine levels:
Vitamin B6 and magnesium prevent loss of dopamine from the brain.
b. Natural B6 (plus B1,2,3,5,and 9) is in: Organic romaine lettuce, broccoli, spinach, and bee pollen.
c. The amino acid that converts into dopamine is in:Whole, organic, raw almonds, brazil nuts, pecans, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds.
d. Make this green smoothie for a mood/energy lift:Choose from dark green organic veggies: (romaine lettuce, broccoli, spinach), and add banana, apple or pear, plus a little water.
e. B12 is good for depression and post-traumatic-stress. The best source is sea vegetables. Number one is Alaria. Also try laver, kelp, dulse, spirulina and blue-green algae.
EXCESS DOPAMINE
And the opposite: Over-work, inability to relax, "agitated depression" are associated with excess dopamine levels.
3. Low Serotonin is associated with worry, mood control, irritability. The precursor to serotonin is the amino acid tryptophan. The herb St. John's Wort is known to enhance serotonin. Do not take it if you are on anti-depressant drugs.
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c. Bee pollen. Dr. G.J. Binding, M.B.E., a world-famous expert on nutrition, says (fresh) bee pollen "contains the richest source yet revealed of vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids, hormones, enzymes and fats." The Bible mentions bee pollen 68 times. It is praised in the Talmud, the Qur'an and ancient Chinese scriptures. Pollen has 5-7 times more protein than meat, eggs or cheese, and it is easy to digest.
