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I've felt all of those at some point or another and certainly when I was feeling really poorly most of the time. You can't help but feel sad, fearful and negative when every day seems to be a struggle, can you? We're only human. What I learned was the the brain can easily get stuck …
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I must hear this kind of story almost daily. When is mainstream medicine going to wake up to the fact that most gluten related disorders are neurological and not (just) gut? If Catherine were my patient, I would be suggesting she go Truly Gluten Free (grain and dairy free), wouldn't you? Either way: let's say …
  Phew, hot on the heels of Julie (clinical hypno), Victoria (nutrition: metabolic, gut and hormones) and Anne (nutrition: genetics), let me introduce you to Deborah (nutrition: mental health) who joins us now too on the clinical referral team. Oh, and there's me - I keep leaving myself out! Micki (director, chronic disease, gluten and ACE disorders). …
PROZAC PREGNANCY ALERT Daily Mail 26.10.12Â by Sophie Borland. Thousands of women prescribed anti-depressants during pregnancy are endangering their unborn babies, researchers warn. The widely prescribed pills have been found to drastically raise the risk of miscarriages, premature birth and autism. Harvard Uni researchers believe too many women are taking the drugs during pregnancy because their …
Interesting debate piece in WDDTY this morning on the causes of depression. In essence, the debate is that some experts don't agree with the current thinking that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, most commonly thought to be a lack of serotonin hence the zillions of us on SSRIs. Depression: An Inflammatory Disorder? Some …
We've all been there: nursing a broken heart after a relationship split. We wouldn't say that is classical depression, but a new study shows that the serotonin pick-up we get from 5HTP can really help at this time. This is not surprising since 5HTP has a good pedigree for helping depression generally. What is 5HTP? …