Foods that Fight Depression

 

It's time to boost your strength, with the right diet and regular exercise; it is possible to keep depression symptoms to a minimum. Learn what foods to incorporate and what foods to avoid Depression is rampant in today’s society, almost everyone is on, or knows someone who is on antidepressants, but these medications only treat the symptoms of depression  not necessarily the causes. Diet, exercise, positivity, and light can all play a role in mood and energy levels.  But sometimes more is needed.

If you’re like most people, some days just rock. Sometimes you feel superhuman, other times it can just feel like something is just missing. For example, most people know that low amounts of sleep make them perform poorly, and that’s just a part of life, or they believe that in order to be thin, you should just get used to being hungry all the time. We’ve seen how those ideas stand up to bulletproof methods.

Depression, however, can require medical attention seek out your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.  It is normal to have small amounts of sadness or depression, and they manifest themselves in different ways.  Or maybe you’ve experience a loss and it’s totally normal to feel sad and grieve. In those cases, if you don’t feel sad, you’re probably not processing an emotion so you can let it go.

However, sometimes sadness and depression persist.  When this happens, some people feel lethargic, others tearful, or maybe you just lack your normal level of motivation.  Or maybe it manifests as irritability or even numbness.  Whatever it is, at the end of the day, it saps your performance and makes you feel less bulletproof.

When we feel sad, we reach for a tub of ice cream. Our ‘comfort foods,’ are highly skewed. In order to feel better, we should be reaching for foods that are nutrient-rich. Shoveling in simple carbohydrates, refined sugars, and caffeine, will only worsen your mood. We should be consuming foods that offer a variety of vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and antioxidants. The following ten foods will not only give your brain a boost, but will improve your overall health.

Treatment for depression can be a complicated process involving both therapy and medication. But one often-overlooked factor is nutrition you are what you eat, and you need to eat food that will help you be happy. Here are seven tips to help you eat to curb depression.

If you are diagnosed with depression, seek medical attention immediately.  There are also some alternative treatments you can read more about depression  in Ignite Magazine,  Ignite Magazine provides tips and advice for women, with focus on health, fitness, weight loss, depression, nutrition, sex and relationships, emotional well-being, beauty and style. It offers a variety of health, fitness, and diet articles for men and women.  Goal of Ignite Magazine is to help parents raise their children into happy successful adults. Over the years I have had the opportunity to work with many wonderful children and parents, and together, we have been successful in helping thousands of children turn their life around, or give them the boost they needed to make the most of their life. For more information visit the site http://www.ignite-magazine.com/