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Pretty fascinating, I didn't realize there were any links between depression and inflammation. In addition to suffering from depression starting at a fairly you
by courtf 13y ago
Pretty fascinating, I didn't realize there were any links between depression and inflammation. In addition to suffering from depression starting at a fairly young age, I also have allergic reactions that result in inflammatory responses to seemingly random environmental factors. This is something that appears to run in the family. I wonder if addressing the allergic symptom would suppress some of the depressive ones?
- marze 13y agoA diet described in a book titled "Perfect Health Diet" has been reported to help with allergies.
- manmal 13y agoI've suffered quite a lot from inflammatory responses to food (especially gluten and casein) and had mental symptoms similar to depression (not clinical though). Water retention, pain, weakness, the whole lot. It took some years until I made the connection and have since stayed on a gluten- and casein-free diet, adding fish oil and apple cider vinegar. I lost > 30 pounds since (inflammation seems to cancel out weight loss) and feel great mentally (most of the time). Whenever I have a setback, I become irritable and depressive - usually quickly revertable by two fish oil capsules and a glass of diluted ACV (moodiness disappears within 2 hours; water retention takes 1-2 days to disappear again - this seems to be associated with the lymphatic system).
- rtre 13y agoInteresting, just the other day I was listening to Joe Rogan's podcast with Dr.Rhonda Patrick (#459). If I recall correctly, they breifly discuss inflammation. She goes on to mention that elevated levels of "C-reactive protein" in the blood is used as a marker for inflammation. The podcast is worth a listen, they go into other topics such as nutrition, vitamins & minerals, etc. http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/dr-rhonda-patrick http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/dr-rhonda-patrick