Does anyone have any evidence that depression can be helped

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by going on a well balanced raw food diet?

 

Personally I would expect to to help, but I have no knowledge of it,

perhaps some of you may have come out of depression after a change to

raw food, or know someone who has.

 

I help out in a Depression group, and often advise people to eat a

balanced diet, with at least a good proportion of raw, uncooked,

food. Because a well balanced diet is what a LOT of people do not

have, and eating well surely must help one's general well being.

So if anyone does have any actual evidence please lket me know.

 

chris

 

Thanks,

 

Love, Peace & harmony

 

Chris

[Guest guest]

Have you visited Shazzie's site www.shazzie.com?

 

Shazzie suffered from depression before switching to a 100% rawfood diet and is

now on top of the world!

 

Janey

 

 

[Raw Food] Does anyone have any evidence that depression can be helped

 

 

by going on a well balanced raw food diet?

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris,

 

I don't have any hard data, but I can tell you that raw food has

helped my depression immensely. It started to lift about 3 months

into eating 100% raw.

 

A *great* book on the subject is _Depression Free for Life_ by Dr.

Gabriel Cousens. He's an ivy league trained psychiatrist and a raw

food advocate. The book goes into what physical systems can cause

depression by being out of balance, and what vitamins/minerals/etc

will balance those systems. It's sort of my depression bible - I

suffered so needlessly before I read it...

 

Bridgitte

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris, the following was stated in the Yoga Journal Jul/Aug 2000

Edition:

 

" Donaldson and his staff also conducted an intervention study looking

at how the raw foods diet affected people with fibromyalgia, a nerve

and muscle pain disorder. Over a course of six weeks, 30 people were

put on a program that included two to three glasses of carrot juice,

barley greens, raw fruits and vegetables, flaxseed oil, and some

cooked food at dinner (mostly whole grains). At the end of the trial,

two thirds showed remarkable improvement: two participants overcame

their severe depression; one woman went back to work after being out

on disability. " Generally the raw food diet works because it is a

synergy, " says Donaldson. " Vitamins, enzymes, a healthy bowel,

balanced emotions, positive outlook -- all of these components come

together in a living way. People overcome arthritis, allergies,

cancer, you name it. I am still amazed by the testimonials that come

back to us from people who have adopted a raw foods diet. " Rose Lee

Calabro knows what Donaldson is talking about. Before turning raw she

was an HMO nightmare: she suffered from high cholesterol, high blood

pressure, allergies, candida, chronic fatigue, joint pain,

depression, mood swings, gallstones, hair loss, hearing loss,

hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, difficulty concentrating, chronic

sinusitis, insomnia, gout, and early signs of cancer in breasts and

lungs. Although her transition to a raw foods diet was gradual (first

a vegetarian, then a cooked food vegan), she truly began to notice

changes after going raw.z'

 

http://www.rawfood.com/yogajournal.html

 

It appears that this lifestyle not only helps with depression but

other unexplained conditions many suffer from without relief.

 

Lili

[Guest guest]

Also, I don't know if you've ever visited Shazzie's website, but she

also overcame depression.

 

http://www.shazzie.com/about/shazzie.shtml

 

 

rawfood , " Lili " <ladyschaumburg> wrote:

> Hi Chris, the following was stated in the Yoga Journal Jul/Aug 2000

> Edition:

>

> " Donaldson and his staff also conducted an intervention study

looking

> at how the raw foods diet affected people with fibromyalgia, a

nerve

> and muscle pain disorder. Over a course of six weeks, 30 people

were

> put on a program that included two to three glasses of carrot

juice,

> barley greens, raw fruits and vegetables, flaxseed oil, and some

> cooked food at dinner (mostly whole grains). At the end of the

trial,

> two thirds showed remarkable improvement: two participants overcame

> their severe depression; one woman went back to work after being

out

> on disability. " Generally the raw food diet works because it is a

> synergy, " says Donaldson. " Vitamins, enzymes, a healthy bowel,

> balanced emotions, positive outlook -- all of these components come

> together in a living way. People overcome arthritis, allergies,

> cancer, you name it. I am still amazed by the testimonials that

come

> back to us from people who have adopted a raw foods diet. " Rose Lee

> Calabro knows what Donaldson is talking about. Before turning raw

she

> was an HMO nightmare: she suffered from high cholesterol, high

blood

> pressure, allergies, candida, chronic fatigue, joint pain,

> depression, mood swings, gallstones, hair loss, hearing loss,

> hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, difficulty concentrating, chronic

> sinusitis, insomnia, gout, and early signs of cancer in breasts and

> lungs. Although her transition to a raw foods diet was gradual

(first

> a vegetarian, then a cooked food vegan), she truly began to notice

> changes after going raw.z'

>

> http://www.rawfood.com/yogajournal.html

>

> It appears that this lifestyle not only helps with depression but

> other unexplained conditions many suffer from without relief.

>

> Lili