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Depression and Anxiety

Recommended supplementation and lifestyle changes (not meant as a diagnosis or to replace the advice of a health care practitioner):

BIOTIC’S food supplements:  If you are anxious, and don’t sleep well:
1 B6 Phospate (3x each day)
1 B12/Folate Plus (3x each day)
2 Bio-GGG-B (3x each day)
1 St. John’s Plus (3x each day)
2 Beta-TCP (3x each day)
1 Hydro-Zyme (after each meal)
1 Mg-Zyme (3x each day)

If you are tired, sleep a lot, and are depressed:
2 Cytozyme-AD (2x each day)
2 Bio-Glycozyme Forte (3x each day)
2 Aminogen (3x each day)
2 Bio-3B-G (3x each day)
1 Hydro-Zyme (after each meal)

If you suffer from anxiety:
2 De-Stress (2x each day)
2 Bio-B 100 (3x each day)
2 Multi-Mins (3x each day)
2 V.H.P. (before bedtime)
2 Aminogen (3x each day)

Or DOCTOR’S A-Z food supplements:  Relora (2 w/ bfast & lunch), Mood Health (1-2 tabs daily), also may use Kava Kava supreme or regular (1-2 TID), St Johns Wort Supreme 450 (1 BID) or regular (1TID)

· Avoid sugar and refined carbohydrate: These deplete B vitamins and B vitamin deficiency can cause anxiety and depression. They can also create blood sugar swings that can affect mood. A highly refined diet can affect the bowel flora (dysbiosis) and cause important precursors for neurotransmitters (the building blocks for necessary brain chemicals) to be destroyed. This is a serious cause of fatigue and depression.
· Don’t skip meals: Not eating can cause hypoglycemia, which can cause depression.
· Exercise (according to your doctor’s recommendations): In most instances it is best to do simple aerobic exercise (you should be able to hold a normal conversation during the activity).
· Find and eliminate any hidden allergies: You may want to read a book by William Philpott, MD, entitled Brain Allergies: The Psychonutrient Connection Including Brain Allergies Today (Keats Publishing, 1988). It will give you an idea of how food allergies can affect your state of mind.
· Avoid stimulants such as coffee and depressants like alcohol.
· Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and raw foods.
· Avoid hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oil.
· Avoid chemical additives.

Other recommendations (your personal doctor may want to individualize the nutrient and lifestyle recommendations for you. Always check with your personal physician before adding , changing or alterating your food supplement schedule):

The brain is like the heart, lung, liver, intestine or any other organ. It needs nutrients to ensure proper function. The function of enzymes and neurotransmitters and the integrity of the nerve tissue are all affected by nutrition. When there is chemical imbalance through poor nutrition or any other reason, the brain can be adversely affected; this can manifest itself as depression or anxiety.
This is not to say that past trauma and other issues addressed by psychologists are not valid, but good biochemical health will make the task of ending depression or anxiety easier. Something as simple as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can cause depression.
The medical profession addresses depression and anxiety through biochemical means with the use of drugs. These drugs may be necessary if a patient is in danger of harming him or herself or if quality of life cannot be restored any other way. Even if drugs are being used, balancing the body’s biochemistry with nutrition is still a good idea. Always check with your doctor first!!
Problems like poor adrenal function, poor thyroid function and even food allergies can all cause depression or anxiety. Hypoglycemia, vitamin deficiency and poor diet are also a source of problems.