Antidepressants

Both myself, and others. I've been pretty depressed most of life...but I've always felt that taking drugs to solve my problems is weak and that I should just suck it up like everything else. And like I said, I'm scared of them.

Montana wrote:

Gala wrote:

Montana wrote:

I haven't had so much as a cold since I started eating right and making exercise part of my daily routine.

I've read that even certain foods work to combat depression and I'm thinking that maybe depression could be linked with not getting enough of certain nutrients.

Just a thought.

How true, Montana. If you know your blood type this book can help:

http://www.dadamo.com/

I'm a type "O" and what a revelation to find out that I function better when I eat protein. Mine is the type that does not thrive as a vegetarian, unfortunately. For a long time I did the vegetarian thing, and was moody and slept poorly, except when I ate fish on occasion. Now I eat a lot of seafood, and it seems to balance me out more. Salmon is expecially helpful because of the Omega-3's.

I remember seeing that blood type diet somewhere before and I couldn't remember why I lost interest, so I did a little research and found this, which made me lose my interest again

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/blood_group_diet.htm

Shucks, I was hoping it was legit.

Aha! That's an interesting article, Montana. And I believe it--to a certain extent. However, I am not recommending you read the book to shed pounds, rather, you determine what foods to eat that optimize your overall health and well-being.

I read the book once a long time ago and refused to follow it to the letter. For example, he said with my blood type I ought to avoid orange fruit-- oranges, mangos, that sort of thing. Well, like, no way. The book provides some practical, common sense guidelines.

Lets face it, I am not going to give up chocolate, ever.

Another way of eating that I found to be helpful, but do not follow to the letter is-- don't laugh-- the Suzanne Somer's book. The gist of it is, you don't mix carbohydrates with fats, but you can use fats with protein. For example, you can cook the fish in olive oil, but you don't eat bread with the meal.

Anyway, she (Ms. Somer's) recommends you Not eat yummy things like bananas, nuts, yoghurt, tofu. There is no way I would eliminate these things from my diet, they're too tasty. Doritos, yes, those I can live without.