Many people ask what foods they can eat to help lift their
serotonin levels, and therefore help treat their depression. What people
don't know to ask is about the adverse reactions to foods that can
actually cause depression. Adverse reactions to foods include food
allergies, food sensitivities and blood sugar imbalances. When these
reactions to foods are diagnosed, and the right restricted diet is
untaken, it can lead to the depression and anxiety being resolved.
Let's take a look at a few of these adverse reactions to food now, and how they are related to depression and anxiety.
1) Celiac disease
Celiac disease, also spelled coeliac, is a digestive disease in which the body's immune system reacts abnormally to gluten. Gluten is a protein found in many grains that we commonly eat. Grains like wheat, rye, and barley. In people who have celiac disease, the immune system attacks and causes damage (inflammation) to the small intestine.
For over forty years, it has been known that people with celiac disease suffer more often from neuropsychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, epilepsy, and migraine headaches. These complaints may also be the only sign of celiac disease.
2) Food Allergies and Food sensitivities
Evidence has existed for more than thirty-five years substantiating the involvement of food allergies and sensitivities in mental health. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is known to be caused by adverse reactions to foods in at least a proportion of children. It has also been shown that some schizophrenic patients achieve full-recovery when they are put on a gluten-free diet.
lthough the research on depression and food is a little more controversial, it is possible that in certain patients, anxiety and depression is a consequence of a food sensitivity. When a diet which excludes the offending foods is implemented, it can lead to the depression and anxiety being resolved.
3) Reactive Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia occurs when sugar (glucose) levels in the blood are not high enough to fuel the body's needs. Reactive hypoglycemia is a type of hypoglycemia which occurs in response to eating food and takes place one to four hours after a meal. Reactive hypoglycaemia can cause depression, fatigue and/or anxiety in certain people.
Individuals experiencing hypoglycemia have two types of symptoms; firstly those that are related to not enough glucose in the blood stream to feed the brain and secondly those that are caused by a rise in adrenaline, other stress hormones, and the activity of the autonomic nervous system (the automatic part of the nervous system that controls your breathing, heart rate, etc.)
Symptoms of Reactive Hypoglycemia include:
Firstly:
Let's take a look at a few of these adverse reactions to food now, and how they are related to depression and anxiety.
1) Celiac disease
Celiac disease, also spelled coeliac, is a digestive disease in which the body's immune system reacts abnormally to gluten. Gluten is a protein found in many grains that we commonly eat. Grains like wheat, rye, and barley. In people who have celiac disease, the immune system attacks and causes damage (inflammation) to the small intestine.
For over forty years, it has been known that people with celiac disease suffer more often from neuropsychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, epilepsy, and migraine headaches. These complaints may also be the only sign of celiac disease.
2) Food Allergies and Food sensitivities
Evidence has existed for more than thirty-five years substantiating the involvement of food allergies and sensitivities in mental health. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is known to be caused by adverse reactions to foods in at least a proportion of children. It has also been shown that some schizophrenic patients achieve full-recovery when they are put on a gluten-free diet.
lthough the research on depression and food is a little more controversial, it is possible that in certain patients, anxiety and depression is a consequence of a food sensitivity. When a diet which excludes the offending foods is implemented, it can lead to the depression and anxiety being resolved.
3) Reactive Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia occurs when sugar (glucose) levels in the blood are not high enough to fuel the body's needs. Reactive hypoglycemia is a type of hypoglycemia which occurs in response to eating food and takes place one to four hours after a meal. Reactive hypoglycaemia can cause depression, fatigue and/or anxiety in certain people.
Individuals experiencing hypoglycemia have two types of symptoms; firstly those that are related to not enough glucose in the blood stream to feed the brain and secondly those that are caused by a rise in adrenaline, other stress hormones, and the activity of the autonomic nervous system (the automatic part of the nervous system that controls your breathing, heart rate, etc.)
Symptoms of Reactive Hypoglycemia include:
Firstly:
- Fatigue
- Dizziness
- "Difficulty in thinking"
- Confusion
- Weakness
- Being Uncoordinated
- Seizures
- Blurred vision
- Depression
- Palpitations
- Sweating
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Tremor
- Mood swings and crying spells
To find out what biochemical imbalances including adverse reactions to food may be causing your depression visit http://www.breakingfreefromdepression.com
and download your free depression report. By finding out the real cause
of your depression, you can find the best treatment for you.
Alternatively visit Dr Janelle Sinclair's blog which discusses the
symptoms of the biochemical imbalances which cause depression, how to
diagnose them, and how to treat them naturally. http://www.breakingfreefromdepression.com/blog.
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