Depressed? It May Be Your Diet
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | Health
Studies show that food allergies and intolerances to common foods can cause emotional instability due to chemical imbalance.
For myself, I know I have intolerance to gluten and wheat, but I don’t have Celiac disease.
Like most people, I’ll slip in my diet when I’m stressed or when I have no food options other than wheat-based foods.
I strive to keep my health in good physical and emotional condition, so it’s easy to notice when I do slip. After last week’s stressful running around, I found myself letting off steam this weekend and I ate pizza. It was yummy.
On Monday, I cried several times, feeling overwhelmed by life, and finding it difficult to motivate myself and challenging to switch my thoughts from negative to positive.
When my diet is clean, I find I am more productive, more positive and enthusiastic in every area of my life.
All I have to do is cut out food products with wheat in them, and my overall energy improves and I feel so much better about life.
Poke around the Internet to find studies on the effects of wheat on an allergic system. Chemical balance and imbalance cannot be denied.
And if doing the research doesn’t convince you, try this experiment: Change your diet long enough to notice the difference. Cut out just wheat or just corn or just soy…and pay close attention to how your life changes…especially after you put the particular type of food you chose to cut out back into your diet.
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