Food and your depression

The food you eat can have a huge impact on your depression. It’s the holidays and there is a lot of consumption of red meat, fish, sodas, refined grains and dairy products. Actually, the holidays are filled with foods that make you fat and sick physically, mentally and emotionally. A plant based diet and mindfulness hypnosis can improve your mood and lower your stress. Here at Bainbridge hypnosis and Seattle hypnosis you can learn self hypnosis to make healthy lifestyle changes to improve your physical, mental and emotional health.
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Diet Fuels Depression

PCRM Breaking Medical News, October 31, 2013: Women who consume a diet defined as inflammatory—high in red meat, fish, sodas, and refined grains—have a higher risk for depression, compared with women who consume low amounts of these products. As part of the Nurses’ Health Study, researchers analyzed the diets of 43,685 women who were free of depression at the onset of the research and followed them for an average of 12 years. Using measurable lab values associated with depression as well as a physician’s diagnosis and use of antidepressants, they found that women who favored inflammatory food products were 41 percent more likely to be depressed.

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Vegetarian Diets Improve Mood and Lower Stress

PCRM Breaking Medical News, February 21, 2012: Vegetarian diets improve mood and lower stress, according to a new study in Nutrition Journal. Researchers asked 39 meat-eaters to begin one of three different diets—a vegetarian diet, a meat-based diet, or a meat-and-fish-based diet. They found that after just two weeks, vegetarians scored significantly better on standardized mood and stress tests. The mood tests measured depression, anxiety, and stress and were compared with food frequency questionnaires. The vegetarians consumed less eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), animal sources of omega-3 fatty acids, and less arachidonic acid, an animal source of omega-6 fatty acids.

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The hustle and bustle of the holidays and the challenges of family mixed with foods that make you fat and sick that is washed down with alcohol can fuel depression and anxiety. This holiday season eat plant based food, learn self hypnosis and choose to be blessed beyond measure.

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