Foods and other things we eat that make us depressed

Discussion in 'Health & Fitness' started by wynn, May 19, 2009.

  1. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    I've heard that drinking alcohol makes depressed.

    What are the foods and other things we eat that make us depressed?



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  3. otheadp Banned Banned

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    Food is the most commonly used anti depressant, apparently. No?
     
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  5. Japarican Registered Senior Member

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    hmm...ice cream...

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  7. Exterminate!!! Registered Member

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    oatmeal. i just wanna die looking at the stuff
     
  8. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Cyanide, Formaldehyde and rat poison will depress anyone.

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  9. Mrs.Lucysnow Valued Senior Member

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    Chocolate yum yum
     
  10. takandjive Killer Queen Registered Senior Member

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    Alcohol is a depressant, yes.

    Generally, I don't feel so hot after eating a bunch of any dessert.
     
  11. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    Foods with a lot of refined sugar are definitely a depressant - in the sense that at first, they make the blood sugar spike real fast, and then drop very low, quickly. This fast sequence of high blood sugar - low blood sugar makes tired.


    Any others?
     
  12. wise acre Registered Senior Member

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    Sugar!!!!!!!
    Simple carbs of all kinds, white flours, white grains.
    Coffee, caffeine in general - don't be fooled by the immediate high.
    Any food one is allergic to. A good thing can be to get checked for food allergies, and, oddly, we can be very attracted to foods we are allergic too. Candidiasis, which often makes us drawn to foods like sugars and simply carbs in general will make us crave these.

    White bread, therefore, and bread products in general.

    Restricted diets can lead to depression. A varied diet can help. Like not one vegetable, but many. not one grain, buy many. Better nutrition this way, but I also think bodies get bored. It is like having the same experience over and over which is depressing.

    Junk foods.

    Preservatives and artificial additives of all kinds are playing russian roulette with our bodies. They disrupt normal functioning.

    I think the emotional effects of good pooping and not good pooping are underestimated.

    If you are not pooping, or not pooping much - less than 1 time a day - this can add to depression. The body is slowed down and toxins from fermenting food can move into the body.

    If you are not pooping much introduce mildly laxative foods, foods high in fiber, greens, veggies and fruits.

    Light meals are less likely to contribute to depression.
     
  13. wise acre Registered Senior Member

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    And for you then it is a bad food. But in general oatmeal is good for the nervous system. But you should like foods. I think people should think twice about eating food just because it is good for you. Try to find foods that are both generally good for people AND you really like.
     
  14. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    I get sick whenever I eat too much junk food, but I can't say any food makes me depressed. I don't consider alcohol food, it's more a drug than anything.
     
  15. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    I have noticed something curious about oatmeal:

    If I eat store-bought muesli with oatmeal and dry fruit, I feel depressed and sickly.

    If I make my own muesli, with nominally the same ingredients, just that I have bought each of them separately and first mix them when preparing each meal, I feel good, in fact very good.
     
  16. wise acre Registered Senior Member

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    The lack of care in food production can never be overestimated. Who knows. But very good you found out what you did.
     
  17. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    oatmeal is too heavy, and looks and smells as good as it tastes. Unless I make it, but then I put so much sugar in it, it really isn't oatmeal anymore.

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  18. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    I love oat in its various forms. I have recently discovered whole-grain oat. It can be prepared in the same manner as rice.

    The taste might at first need some getting used to; adding cloves and anis brings out its sweet taste. But the way the intestines feel about an hour or two after eating whole-grain oat: heavenly. So nice and warm and smooth!
     
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  19. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    It appears I have this.


    Absolutely. I could eat so much of write bread that my stomach would burst, and I still wouldn't feel satiated. There is something about some foods that make me more and more hungry the more I eat of them.


    As I have become painfully aware of.
    I just hate it that I am so susceptible to these things. I mean, most people can live and function quite well, eating food that would make me sick.


    Absolutely.


    I have also noticed it helps to eat the largest meal in the morning, as the first meal of the day.
    I am getting used to eating my legumes and grains first thing in the morning. It appears to have a good effect on the blood sugar.
     
  20. Carcano Valued Senior Member

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    Animal products...with the exception of seafood.

    And any plant matter with constipating qualities.
     
  21. wise acre Registered Senior Member

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    There are a good number of ways to get back a good internal flora. There are also tests so you can be certain if you do have it.
    Yes, as someone who is sensitive to a lot of things, I know this feeling well. My body can tolerate quite a bit in relation to the environment - heat, cold, intense exercise, exposure - but once things move into my lungs or GI tract....

    And caffeine....forgetaboutit.


    I've heard this said, but I have trouble with a big morning meal, or avoiding a larger late one, in any case.

    I find a solid breakfast keeps me calmer in relation to food the rest of the day.
     
  22. wise acre Registered Senior Member

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    I used rye instead of oat for a long time. It is meatier and darker and richer somehow.
     
  23. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    I've been looking for rye - but it isn't available here in wholegrain in regular grocery stores. At the 'health-food stores', the prices they demand are exorbitant. :bugeye:
     

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