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Whether you suffer from bipolar disorder or not, there are many foods which can seriously affect your physical and emotional well being. For example too much caffeine, alcohol and sugar are notorious for playing havoc with blood sugar levels, causing highs, lows and food cravings.
Bipolar sufferers already experience serious mood swings without adding further problems by making poor food choices. This helpful article from David Oliver explains further:
Tags: bipolar diet, Bipolar Nutrition
Wambui Bahati wrote the inspiring and highly acclaimed book: “You Don’t Know Crazy – My Life Before, During, After, Above and Beyond Mental Illness.”
In the following article, she outlines how she gained control of her life by simple things such as watching what she put in her body and focusing on honoring, valuing and loving herself and others.
Tags: bipolar diet, Bipolar Nutrition
In recent times, there has been an increased awareness of the dreadful side effects that conventional mood disorder medications can cause. This has led to a marked shift towards treating depression naturally with herbal and other nutritional supplements.
Tess Thompson is a homeopathic practitioner and herbalist and shares some interesting insights in the following article:
You Can Cure Bipolar Disorder And Reclaim Your Life By: Johnathan Sterling
Contrary to what the medical authorities have told us, it is possible to treat and even cure bipolar disorder. Here are three fundamental techniques to help eliminate the symptoms of bipolar disorder.
Technique #1: Learn To Control Your Thinking
The raging tempest of bipolar disorder always begins with one small thought. Stop it and you prevent the ensuing train wreck of a full blown episode.
Do you know about the relationship between omega 3 fish oil and depression? This article discusses the benefits of taking a quality omega 3 fish oil supplement for depression.
You know what’s unfortunate about most depression medications? They all come with awful side effects!
For this reason and many other ones, doctors and scientists are researching and discovering that there is a natural remedy for depression that can alleviate most of the symptoms. The most promising studies involve omega 3 fish oil and depression.
St. John’s wort has received widespread attention as a natural and effective way to treat depression. Sales of St. John’s wort extracts have skyrocketed in recent years as more and more Americans self-medicate with this herb, which is available over the counter.
The selling points of St. John’s wort are that it is “natural,” it causes fewer side effects than antidepressants, and it eliminates the need to work with a doctor while helping to reduce depressive moods. A spate of clinical trials conducted in Europe found that St. John’s wort has antidepressant activity in mild to moderate cases of depression.
Tags: herbal antidepressants, herbal treatment depression, St Johns Wort
