| Many people ask what foods they can eat to help lift | | | | and anxiety being resolved. |
| their serotonin levels, and therefore help treat their | | | | 3) Reactive Hypoglycemia |
| depression. What people don't know to ask is about | | | | Hypoglycemia occurs when sugar (glucose) levels in |
| the adverse reactions to foods that can actually | | | | the blood are not high enough to fuel the body's |
| cause depression. Adverse reactions to foods include | | | | needs. Reactive hypoglycemia is a type of |
| food allergies, food sensitivities and blood sugar | | | | hypoglycemia which occurs in response to eating |
| imbalances. When these reactions to foods are | | | | food and takes place one to four hours after a meal. |
| diagnosed, and the right restricted diet is untaken, it | | | | Reactive hypoglycaemia can cause depression, |
| can lead to the depression and anxiety being | | | | fatigue and/or anxiety in certain people. |
| resolved. | | | | Individuals experiencing hypoglycemia have two |
| Let's take a look at a few of these adverse | | | | types of symptoms; firstly those that are related to |
| reactions to food now, and how they are related to | | | | not enough glucose in the blood stream to feed the |
| depression and anxiety. | | | | brain and secondly those that are caused by a rise in |
| 1) Celiac disease | | | | adrenaline, other stress hormones, and the activity of |
| Celiac disease, also spelled coeliac, is a digestive | | | | the autonomic nervous system (the automatic part |
| disease in which the body's immune system reacts | | | | of the nervous system that controls your breathing, |
| abnormally to gluten. Gluten is a protein found in | | | | heart rate, etc.) |
| many grains that we commonly eat. Grains like | | | | Symptoms of Reactive Hypoglycemia include: |
| wheat, rye, and barley. In people who have celiac | | | | Firstly: |
| disease, the immune system attacks and causes | | | | - Fatigue |
| damage (inflammation) to the small intestine. | | | | - Dizziness |
| For over forty years, it has been known that people | | | | - "Difficulty in thinking" |
| with celiac disease suffer more often from | | | | - Confusion |
| neuropsychiatric conditions such as depression, | | | | - Weakness |
| anxiety, peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, epilepsy, and | | | | - Being Uncoordinated |
| migraine headaches. These complaints may also be | | | | - Seizures |
| the only sign of celiac disease. | | | | - Blurred vision |
| 2) Food Allergies and Food sensitivities | | | | - Depression |
| Evidence has existed for more than thirty-five years | | | | Followed by: |
| substantiating the involvement of food allergies and | | | | - Palpitations |
| sensitivities in mental health. Attention-deficit | | | | - Sweating |
| hyperactivity disorder is known to be caused by | | | | - Anxiety |
| adverse reactions to foods in at least a proportion of | | | | - Anger |
| children. It has also been shown that some | | | | - Tremor |
| schizophrenic patients achieve full-recovery when | | | | - Mood swings and crying spells |
| they are put on a gluten-free diet.lthough the | | | | If you experience depression, anxiety or the other |
| research on depression and food is a little more | | | | symptoms listed above, one to four hours after |
| controversial, it is possible that in certain patients, | | | | eating a meal (especially those high in sugar), it is |
| anxiety and depression is a consequence of a food | | | | possible that you could be suffering from reactive |
| sensitivity. When a diet which excludes the offending | | | | hypoglycemia. |
| foods is implemented, it can lead to the depression | | | | |