Do you think that chemicals in food make you feel depressed?!
Do you think that chemicals in food make you feel depressed?
I have quit eating processed foods and eating only organic vegetables and fruit and lean meat (chicken and fish). I cannot beleive how much better I feel, like I was in a bad dream before. Do you think that chemicals in food make you depressed and increase worrying and anxiety? It is like they poison you or something!
Answers:
Perhaps the thought of eating processed foods with additives was making you depressed.
For me personally I eat a balanced diet which includes fruits, vegetables, lean meats, low-fat dairy products and whole grains - but I also indulge in a processed snack once in a while such as chocolate, ice-cream, chips or a soda. For me personally, the snack is a treat and reward. In that sense it helps me alleviate the onset of depression.
The key is to not eat processed foods in excess and maintain a balance. A little won't hurt - a lot could kill you. I've had friends who have become obsessed with avoiding certain foods, sugar, alcohol, salt, fat. IMHO their bodies may have benefitted in one sense, but they stopped truly living in another sense. Their mental state didn't seem to improve because of their compulsion and they became a little less social, not wanting to be tempted while dining, nor did they feel comfortable with those who didn't eat the way they did.
I hope that helps...
No they do not cause depression.
I like my healthy food but do enjoy the odd takeaway to.And to be honest i don't really get depressed you only get down if you let your worries get you that way so maybe its not the food its you feeling down.
Chemicals in food can be the reason No. 1 of feeling depressed and can cause diseases , especially, the processed meet and the prosessed food products like the hot dog in the jars or any unnfresh juice in the shops.
I don't think chemicals in our food help us one bit, so I am not surprised you feel better after leaving processed foods alone. I watched a programme a few months ago now, it was the river cottage one, with Hugh and they took a processed meal to a lab and separated all the ingredients listed in it, I think it was a chiller cabinet Indian meal, not sure, but the amount of various preservatives and all the other useless ingredients in it was frightening. Instead of a bit of chicken, a few spices, some tomatoes, there was about 20 other things which are not food at all. Shocking.
CONGRATULATIONS on taking a step towards better health. I, too, have healed myself through diet. I was bedbound with lupus two years ago, and now I am fine. I gave up all processed foods and meats, and now its strictly organic, pescatarian (no meat but do eat seafood) I have cheated on my diet only 5 times in 2 years and each time I got sick again. I think its stunning that the FDA approves so much toxic garbage in our food supply. If you want to take it a step farther, check out ways to make your own cleaners, shampoos, toothpaste, etc to eliminate THOSE chemicals. I make everything homemade, using inexpensive ingredients like baking soda-I even make my own laundry detergent. For recipes try googling rebeccas soap delicatessen-I get lots of ideas from there. Good luck and good job!
I think its more psychological. Now that you eat healthier, you feel better. Chemicals in food probably don't make you depressed but aren't doing much to improve your health. If that was the case then you would feel less depressed because organic vegetables (that you buy) still have chemicals in them just less than processed food.
no
I think that a diet high in processed foods is an unhealthy diet, and that an unhealthy diet leads to an unhealthy mind and body. To me this seems like basic common sense, and there is nothing complicated about this concept whatsoever so I don't understand why people feed themselves rubbish like they do.
I'm sure they can't help anything. We have no idea how many of these chemicals interact with our bodies. So I'm sure it's possible. Congrats on giving up the processed junk, now you just need to get off the meat!
oh my goodness
not that same old question again
how many times do we have to see the same theme coming up on here we never see anything new i cant stand it i think i am just going to lie down in a darkened room so that no one can get to me anymore
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No, but changing your life radically could give you a high. Watch out for Vitamin B deficiency - plenty of beans . and they make you fart.