Speaking of cynical…
Mar 26 2007 | Comments 3
Thanks, Kent, for this article about The Good Mood Diet, in which Susan Kleiner guarantees: “Change your diet, and you’ll feel better in one day. In one week, your depression will vanish. In one month, you’ll lose weight for good.”
Wow. This better be some book. If there were a cure that made depression vanish in a week, I think it’s safe to say millions of people would be running out the door to read about it. Oh, wait…
Is Your Diet Making You Depressed?
liz | 1:33 PM | Uncategorized
I was just reading about that on the net again last night.. the old me would quit my drugs and run out to the grocery store to buy all the super foods…not anymore *yay* (for society)
“Good Mood Diet”? It smacks of an article that appeared on the women’s section of local news site a few days ago – “Change your life by thinking yourself happy”. A choice quote: “We choose to be positive or negative, full of enthusiasm or disinterested, optimistic or pessimistic.”
I submitted a snippy comment on the irresponsibility of printing crap like that, and how I’m sure they’d just love to encounter me without my bipolar meds. The post hasn’t appeared, however – I’m guessing they only want positive, enthusiastic and optimistic comments. Pardon me for not being peppy!
Liz,
I personally suffered from depression pretty bad and elimnating allergenic foods (notably gluten and dairy) and cutting down on sugar pretty much zapped it away.
I know of many folks with chronic mental health problems and autoimmune diseases who have really gotten better by addressing serious nutritional problems and deficiencies. Usually it takes a lot of effort on the part of the patient and requires changing their relationship to food and giving up most junk foods that this society cherishes.
It sure as heck won’t take a week but delving deep into nutrition and kicking drugs is a reality for many folks… Just takes a lot more work than popping pills.
Mistral
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