Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
See book keywords and concepts |  Depression is a common accompaniment of diabetes. clinical depression can often begin to occur even years before diabetes is fully evident. As well, depression is difficult to treat in poorly controlled diabetics. ţAutoimmune disorders: Thyroid disease, inflammatory arthritis, and other diseases of the immune system commonly add to the suffering of diabetes.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT A LACK OF INSULIN
At our clinic, we measure insulin levels in most of our weight-loss patients. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The symptoms must be present for at least one month to be called clinical depression.
Causes
Depression can be the result of psychological or physiological factors. The most significant psychological theory is the "learned helplessness" model, which theorizes that depression is the result of habitual feelings of pessimism and hopelessness. The chief physiological theory is the "monoamine hypothesis," which stresses imbalances of monoamine neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Serotonin deficiency is the most common biochemical cause. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  As with mercury and lead, high levels of copper are also associated with mental and emotional disorders, including autism, behavioral problems, childhood hyperactivity, clinical depression, anxiety, postpartum psychological problems, hallucinatory and paranoid schizophrenia, insomnia, mood swings, stuttering, and senile dementia (senility).
Sources of copper include beer, copper cookware, copper plumbing, industrial wastes, insecticides, pasteurized milk, tap water, and various foods, as well as swimming pool chemicals and permanent-wave solutions.
The U.S. | | A disturbance in brain chemistry may also be involved; many people who develop fibromyalgia have a history of clinical depression. Some research has found FMS is more likely to occur in people who have a history of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and even alcoholism. Other possible causes that have been proposed include infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus that causes infectious mononucleosis, or with the fungus Candida albicans; chronic mercury poisoning from amalgam dental fillings; anemia; parasites; hypoglycemia; and hypothyroidism. |
Carol Simontacchi
See book keywords and concepts |  According to one study, clinical depression caused by stress is linked to higher levels of an immune complex called interleukin-6 (IL-6), a measure of inflammation.4 In yet another study, which focused on the parents of cancer patients, researchers found that stress lowered the parents' sensitivity to glucocorticoids—steroid hormones that are frequently used to treat inflammatory disorders such as arthritis, asthma, and liver inflammation. |
Win Wenger, Ph.D. and Richard Poe
See book keywords and concepts |  No wonder psychologists report an unprecedented rise in clinical depression among all age groups—a phenomenon Marilyn Ferguson dubbed "The Great Depression" in her book The Aquarian Conspiracy.
Yet, as Ferguson points out, the great psychiatrist Karl Menninger believed that mental disturbances often herald dramatic breakthroughs to higher levels of thought. Can it be that our current malaise is but a precursor to positive change? Is the turmoil in our hearts simply a healthy discontent with an old way of life whose time is fast drawing to an end? I believe that it is. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
See book keywords and concepts |  Over half of the victims interviewed reported depressive symptoms at levels suggesting probable clinical depression.
Toxic metals, such as mercury, lead, and vanadium, appear to be another major source of depression-causing substances. For example, people with mercury poisoning symptoms from their amalgam fillings also had a higher rate of mental strain and higher depressive scores than normal. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Unipolar Both kinds of clinical depression can stant tension and unresolved stress, g illness, poor diet, food allergies,
If your depression is clearly reacthj following therapies may ease some o through the source of your sadness, suspect that you are clinically depres^ lying illness (such as a thyroid probl a diagnosis and appropriate treatment embraces natural therapies and will sion. The suggestions here will support possible causes or aggravating factor depression can be caused by a wide variety of fac-of a long list of symptoms. |
Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels
See book keywords and concepts |  Such risks might be worth taking for someone severely debilitated by chronic clinical depression, but for a woman arguing with a boyfriend, or frustrated by a shopping cart?
"When you're giving drugs to healthy people you're shifting the balance," says Mintzes. "If you're already healthy, the likelihood of benefit becomes much, much smaller and then there's a concern that what we are actually doing at a population level is causing much more harm than benefit through drug treatment. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | See a physician to rule out an underlying medical condition that may be causing symptoms, such as abnormal thyroid function, endometriosis, or a genuine psychological problem such as clinical depression. A food allergy test and a hair analysis to rule out heavy metal intoxication are also recommended. (See allergies in Part Two and hair analysis in Part Three.)
Q Do not smoke. Considerations
Q PMS is a syndrome with many causes, and the problem may not have one answer that fits every woman. |
Michael T. Murray
See book keywords and concepts |  Depression—Depression is a common accompaniment to diabetes. clinical depression can often begin to occur even years before diabetes is fully evident. As well, depression is difficult to treat in poorly controlled diabetics. ţAutoimmune disorders—Thyroid disease, inflammatory arthritis, and other diseases of the immune system commonly add to the suffering of diabetes. resource that provides not only the latest information on dietary, lifestyle, and supplement strategies, but also the critical guidance you need in using this information. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The official definition of clinical depression is based on the following eight primary criteria:
1. Poor appetite accompanied by weight loss, or increased appetite accompanied by weight gain
2. Insomnia or excessive sleep habits (hypersomnia)
3. Physical hyperactivity or inactivity
4. Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities or decrease in sexual drive
5. Loss of energy; feelings of fatigue
6. Feelings of worthlessness, self-reproach, or inappropriate guilt
7. Diminished ability to think or concentrate
8. |
Michael T. Murray
See book keywords and concepts | | Therefore, if clinical depression is evident, it is probably best to obtain adequate treatment through your physician at the same time that you embark upon the changes necessary to optimize control of blood glucose and other aspects of your diabetes.
So What Do I Need to Change?
Positive lifestyle changes hold the most important key to triumphing over diabetes. Five critical changes must occur and must be consistently maintained if you want to win good health and avoid catastrophic outcomes from diabetes. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, osteoporosis, irritable bowel syndrome, clinical depression, and even neurological disorders can all be traced to a specific dietary pattern that, when altered, results in a rather rapid improvement in the health outcome of the patient.
But whether a dietary change can actually reverse a specific disease such as diabetes depends entirely on the degree of permanent damage that may have already been caused as the disease progressed. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We're spending $300+ billion fighting a war in Iraq, and we won't spend even $100 million a year educating our own people on how they can prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, birth defects, osteoporosis, clinical depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other diseases. |
James Howard Kunstler
See book keywords and concepts |  I believe that cases of what we label "clinical depression," in our effort to medicalize all aspects of the human condition, will be steeply reduced, despite universal hardship. When we hear singing at all, we will hear ourselves, and we will sing with our whole hearts.
My Long Emergency
It's not as though I consider myself a detached spectator of all the things I have described, some of them rather terrible to contemplate. I have reasonable expectations to live through the early decades of these epochal changes, and perhaps to suffer because of them. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  But the germ theory does not apply to chronic, degenerative diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular heart disease, Crohn's disease, clinical depression, inflammatory diseases, and so on.
Chemical-based medicine is a Newtonian view of health
That model of germ theory simply does not apply today. It doesn't mean that germ theory is false, but these chronic degenerative diseases exist in a different realm. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  Finally, if you engage in physical exercise combined with nutritional therapies and phototherapy through sunlight exposure, then you will probably never suffer from clinical depression. Physical exercise alters your body chemistry and your brain chemistry. It makes you feel happier. Exercise is healing for every system in your body; your cardiovascular system, endocrine system, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, nervous system and many others. Exercise is actually good for your brain, too. | | If you really do those three things, I doubt you will ever suffer from clinical depression.
Cacao lifts your mood
One last tip: there is a one particular food I'd like to tell you about that makes you feel really great without harming you. In fact, this food has anticancer compounds. It's one that I eat on a regular basis and that I strongly recommend. It's called cacao. This is the bean out of which chocolate is made.
If you eat raw cacao—that is, unprocessed, unsweetened cacao—then you will probably find yourself feeling really great. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Even so, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, clinical depression is one of the most treatable of all medical illnesses. Today, most people with depression can be treated with antidepressant medications, "talk" therapy (psychotherapy), or a combination of the two. Experts agree that successful treatment also hinges on early intervention. Early treatment increases the likelihood of preventing serious recurrences. Newer medications, such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are helping. (See Categories of Antidepressant Drugs on page 356. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | When someone suffers from seasonal affective disorder or clinical depression, for example, let's call it what it is: Sunlight Deficiency Disorder. To treat it, the person simply needs to get more sunlight. This isn't rocket science, it's not complex, and it doesn't require a prescription. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | For example, people with eating disorders tend to have a type of chemical imbalance similar to one found in people with clinical depression. Both have high levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), produced by the pituitary gland, which inhibits T cell function and thereby depresses immunity. People who suffer from bulimia may also have low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which can lead to cravings for simple carbohydrates—common binge foods. Some researchers have found bulimia to be associated with right temporal disturbance in the brain. | | Researchers at Duke University found that people suffering from clinical depression have larger adrenal glands than non-depressed people.
Q A variety of different drugs are commonly prescribed to treat depression. Antidepressant drugs fight depression by changing the balance of neurotransmitters in the body These medications include the following:
• Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors. These drugs increase the amounts of mood-enhancing neurotransmitters in the brain by blocking the action of the enzyme monoamine oxidase, which normally breaks them down. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Disorders like low blood sugar, thyroid problems, heart problems (mitral valve prolapse), and clinical depression can lead to the symptoms of anxiety, as can nutritional deficiencies. Certain substances can also create anxiety or make it worse. Caffeine is perhaps the most notorious tension-inducing chemical, but sugar and other food allergens, nicotine, alcohol, environmental toxins and allergens, and other causes can all be just as potent. |
Michael T. Murray
See book keywords and concepts | | In fact, the diabetic brain is susceptible to clinical depression even years before diabetes is ever detected. Insulin resistance probably contributes to biochemical changes that render the brain more susceptible to depression. As well, obesity is commonly accompanied by diminished self-esteem, which can also render a person more likely to experience depression.3 In any case, depression will erode a person's sense of self-worth and will make it very difficult for the diabetic to capture a positive winning attitude toward his or her circumstances. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  A rhythmic breathing technique called Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) may be an effective alternative to antidepressant drugs as an initial treatment for people with clinical depression. In a controlled trial, daily 45-minute SKY sessions six days per week produced a 67% remission rate among people with a diagnosis of depression.107 This effect compared favorably with the effects of electro-shock therapy and the antidepressant drug imipramine; however, no placebo was used in this study. SKY technique is taught by the Art of Living Foundation. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | Conquering depression through food choice
For clinical depression, all you need to do is get outstanding nutrition by avoiding processed foods, get plenty of phytonutrients in your body, consume healthy oils on a regular basis and get lots of sunlight. It's not difficult to avoid depression and you certainly don't need antidepressant drugs in order to have stable moods and healthy brain function. What you need is stable nutrition. |
Kelly Patricia O'Meara
See book keywords and concepts |  In contrast to the normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, clinical depression is persistent and can interfere significantly with an individual's ability to function..."
NIMH further explains the treatment options for depression including antidepressant medications, certain types of psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and even electroconvulsive (electro-shock) therapy. | | The campaigns to promote 'mental illness' have been so successful that, within a matter of a few years, millions of Americans have come to believe that they have 'biochemical imbalances,' 'panic disorder,' or 'clinical depression,' and that their children have 'ADHD.'"
"As a result of successful marketing campaigns, consumers tend to identify trade names with generic products. We ask for Kleenex when we mean any brand of soft facial tissue. We ask for a Xeroxed copy when we mean a photocopy. |
Mike Adams
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Source: Courtesy of www.Cocaine.org
The exposed behavior of the FDA and Merck regarding the safety of Vioxx earned itself scathing criticism from The Lancet, where Dr. Horton explained, "This discovery points to astonishing failures in Merck's internal systems of postmarketing surveillance, as well as to lethal weaknesses [emphasis added] in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory oversight." This phrase, "lethal weaknesses," has never before been used to describe the FDA; at least not by anybody in the medical industry. |
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