Inflammation and Depression
1. Brain uses neuro transmitters - serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine - to move signals ( thoughts )
2. Since the early 1990s researchers have been looking at inflammation causing depression
3. Inflammation evolved to protect the body before carbohydrates became so plentiful
4. Inflammation causes swelling, temperature, and malaise to conserve energy (increase fat) and decrease activity
5. Inflammation leads to heart disease, strokes, dementia, Alzheimer's
6. Inflammation leads to brain pathology (dysfunction) to neuro transmitters are kept from working properly
7. BEST TREATMENT FOR INFLAMMATION IS IS EXERCISE #1, WEIGHT LOSS #2, AND LIMITING CARBOHYDRATE INGESTION TO 150 GRAMS OR LESS. DO THIS BEFORE YOU NEED DRUGS!!!!
Psychology Today 8/2015 p.33
Dr. B
No comments:
Post a Comment