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Published on Leave a comment on Bananas Are Good For Your Gut and This Benefits Your Brain

BANANAS ARE ONE OF MY MOST RESEARCHED TOPICS AND ONCE AGAIN I COME ACCROSS MORE INFO WHEN NOT EXPECTED (this time) I AM HAPPY TO PLACE IN THIS POST. IT IS AN ARTICLE FROM READER'S DIGEST. WHEN YOU ARE READING IT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR GUT IS REFERRED TO AS OUR Second Brain because it has the Same Neurotransmitters - believe it or not - that run from our Brain to our Gut and back to our Brain in Relays. SO WHEN WE LOOK AFTER OUR GUT, WE ARE CARING FOR OUR BRAIN.…

Published on Leave a comment on Healthy Eating for Depression

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ALL DEPRESSION DOES NOT RELATED TO A "One Size Fits All" NEED FOR SEROTONIN and MEDICOS KEEP PUSHING FOR THE USE OF SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) THAT DO NO RAISE SEROTONIN BUT ACTUALLY KEEP RECYCLING IT and SOMETIMES THE USE OF ANTI-PSYCHOTICS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. I HAVE KNOWN SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE STLL DEPRESSED ON SSRIs BECAUSE DEPRESSION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PROPER DIET (Balanced Nutrition) AND I KNOW 4 PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED MAJOR DEPRESSION IN NO SMALL WAY WHOSE DIET WAS REALLY LACKING IN NUTRIENTS.…

Published on Leave a comment on 8 Healthy Foods That Lift Your Mood

I LIKE THIS ARTICLE I FOUND TODAY ON HealthLine BECAUSE FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN AWARE THERE ARE MORE NEAUROTRANSMITTERS THAN SEROTONIN INVOLVED IN BETTER MOODS and GOOD MOODS. YOU KNOW THE SAYING; One Size Does Not Fit All? THAT IS SO TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BRAIN. ANE THERE WERE BOOKS WRITTEN YEARS AGO LIKE Change Your Food Change Your Mood by Janet Maccaro Ph D, CNC (a Nutrition Based Approach to reducing Stress, banishing The Blues and Feeling Great) STILL AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE.…

Published on Leave a comment on The Foods We Eat Have An Impact On Our Mental Health Often – Especially Over Time

There are two people in my Family whose Mental Health has been Seriously Affected through Poor Diet. One of them was trying to make ends meet financially. He made many meals with Pasta mostly, and a Slice of Bread with Vegemite (he used margarine instead of butter) for lunch and Cereal for breakfast. He also had LOTS of Coffee. After doing that for many months, he experienced a Full Swing Major Depressive Nervous Breakdown that commenced in a state of Psychosis.…