Key Strategies in Overcoming Depression Naturally
Dr. Mercola – Depression can cause brain damage, and this is how to reverse it.
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How Processed Foods and Sugars Cause Depression
Dr. Mercola – The link between processed foods and depression keeps getting stronger. To heal depression, stop eating these foods and heal your gut microbiome.
Your Smartphone Usage is Linked to Your Level of Depression
April McCarthy – The time spent on smart phones is linked to your level of depression. Here’s how.
Antidepressants May be Worsening Depression, Not Treating It
Julie Fidler – Not only may antidepressants not attack the root cause of depression, but they could also be dangerously and permanently altering brain function.
The Surprising Root Cause of Anxiety and Depression
Dr. Mercola – Few people consider this when looking for the source of anxiety and depression.
Low Vitamin D Levels are Major Factor in Depression
Mae Chan – Low levels of the sunshine vitamin is liked with significant cognitive impairment and widespread chronic pain.
Study: 70% of People on Antidepressants Don’t Have Depression
Mike Barrett – If sales for antidepressants such as Zoloft, Lexapro, or Prozac tell us anything, it’s that depression is sweeping the nation.
10 Ways to Treat Depression Without Antidepressants
Sarah Landrum, Contributor Waking Times You’ve probably been told that antidepressants correct the chemical imbalance in your brain. As it turns out, that’s not quite true. In fact, antidepressants might be doing you more harm than good. Even if antidepressants do work, the fact remains that they’re insanely expensive. Considering how depression treatments can last …
Mindfulness Is More Effective Than Drugs For Both Anxiety and Depression
Michael Forrester – Mindfulness is “the intentional, accepting and non-judgemental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment”, which can be trained by a large extent in meditational practices.
Scientists Blame Fluoride for Thyroid Issues, Depression, Weight Gain & More
Melissa Melton – A new study out of the UK shows once again just how dangerous water fluoridation is.
Research: Antidepressants Don’t Work and May Make Depression Worse
Alex Pietrowski – What if everything we’ve been told about the science of depression is backwards?
Understanding the Spiritual Causes of Depression
Open – Can you believe it, 70% of Americans are on some kind of prescription drug and more than half receive at least two prescriptions?
New Research Reveals the Real Causes of Depression
Dr. Mercola – Contrary to popular belief, depression is not likely caused by unbalanced brain chemicals; however there are a number of other biological factors that appear to be highly significant.
Depression: It’s Not Your Serotonin
Dr. Kelly Brogan – Millions believe depression is caused by ‘serotonin deficiency,’ but where is the science in support of this theory?
What If Everything We Know About Treating Depression Is Wrong?
Cliff Weathers, AlterNet Waking Times Scientific studies indicate that current medications target the wrong parts of the brain. A new study is challenging the relationship between depression and an imbalance of serotonin levels in the brain, and brings into doubt how depression has been treated in the U.S. over the past 20 years. Researchers at …
Vitamin D for Depression, Dementia, and Diabetes
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Vitamin D research has repeatedly shown that vitamin D can improve a number of brain disorders, including depression and dementia—the most devastating form of which is Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin D receptors appear in a wide variety of brain tissue early in the fetal development, and activated vitamin D receptors increase nerve growth in …
Cannabis Treats Anxiety, Depression And Activates Pathways That Regulate Emotional Behavior
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease Waking Times Despite the myths we’ve heard throughout our lives about cannabis killing brain cells, it turns out that a growing number of studies seem to indicate that cannabis actually has neuroprotective properties. Cannabis has an incredible ability to regulate emotional behavior and may be the most reliable medicinal plant available …
Is Eating Wheat at the Root of Your Depression?
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times How ironic it would be for the most prized food of Western culture — wheat — to be at the root of the global epidemic of depression? The powerful neurotoxic and psychoactive properties of wheat have only recently come to light. For many decades the near exclusive focus was on …
Study: Magic Mushroom Compound Could Help with Depression
Paul Fassa, Natural Society Waking Times At least three different formal psychiatric studies on the effects of psilocybin, extracted from “magic mushrooms”, were performed on voluntary subjects who had never experienced psychedelics before. All had similar positive results. The motive for these studies was investigating the potential for treating depression and other psychiatric maladies with psilocybin. Two …
The Drug-Free Way to Prevent Depression
Dr. K.J. McLaughlin, Doctors Health Press Waking Times Depression is a very common health issue which affects millions of people worldwide. As a matter of fact, depression is the second most common cause of disability on a global scale accounting for lost time, decreased quality of life, and high treatment costs. Many people see their …