Are You Really THAT Depressed?

The economy and where this country is headed has unfortunately dipped many people into different stages of depression; the sad part is that when most people describe what they are feeling to their Doctors the first thing they grab is their prescription pad.  Many times they don’t even look at any physical reasons why the patient might be feeling; tired, anxious, irritable, angry, upset, sad etc. There are other things you can do besides take prescription meds to fight the occassional bout of depression so let’s take a look at some of them.  Remember, many drugs have side effects and you don’t want to spend the rest of your life fighting them off because you had a minor setback.

By the way, they don’t care about your health; they just want your money. Doctors assume that if you are depressed, then there has to be a chemical imbalance going on in your body. The thing they won’t tell you is that the chemical imbalance is usually a result of the crap that you are eating on a daily basis. It’s actually been proven that mice that now eat the same foods you are eating become lethargic and depressed with low energy levels.

It has also been proven that those same mice can turn that around by eating healthy whole foods that aren’t loaded down with pesticide and herbicide chemicals. After a week or two, all those depressed and lethargic mice will be running around their cages without a worry in the world, full of energy. So, the first thing you are going to need to do is find a way of planting a small garden to supplement your diet with some fresh fruit and vegetables. In this way, you can chuck that bag of Cheetos and eat something that your body will actually digest rather than just feel full on.

The next thing you are going to need to do is leave out the soda and start drinking water. Granted, that stuff that comes out of your tap is probably not very healthy for you, either. After all, they load it down with chlorine and fluoride to the point that it’s just as chemically laden as any pharmaceutical pill on the market. That’s why you need a good filtration system for your water, even in bathing because your skin is soaking up that chemical cocktail in your local water system. By the way, bottled water is the same as tap water in most cases.

If you can clean up your diet and drink fresh healthy water, then you will see your energy levels rise. This will, in turn, allow you to get a moderate amount of exercise every week and that will put the chemicals in your body back into balance. Now, you aren’t depressed and, when you are feeling better about yourself and your life, you are able to do the things you need in order to change things for the better. No self-help books are needed for this and you can stop going to your shrink every week, too, which will save you money and make you even happier.