Fight Depression Naturally With This Group Of Vitamins

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It’s hard not to let winter’s chill and darkness affect your mood. But you don’t need to turn to a prescription to boost your emotions.

Increasingly, psychiatrists and other mental health experts are advocating food over drugs for fighting depression. As it turns out, the right nutrition can go a long way towards helping you feel better.

It may take some tough talk  – you may need to give yourself a firm command to get off the couch and fix some good blues-busting food. But if you do it, you’ll feel better in multiple ways. These kinds of nutrients nurture not just your emotional health but your overall health!

While there are many different foods that can help you get your zest for life back, the B vitamins, in particular, should be in every blues-busting diet.

Enhance Your Mood With Folate

In an article published in the Journal of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, researcher Simon Young challenged mental health researchers to take a different tact when it comes to depression. As Young explained, too many studies on depression focus on a relatively small cause of this mental health problem – genetics.

Instead, he urged researchers to spend more time on the much more common link between nutritional deficiencies and the blues. As he pointed out, close to a third of people who are battling depression are low in the B vitamin, folate. And according to a few small studies, boosting your folate intake may help your mood.[1]

Where do you get folate? Since 1998, folic acid has been added to all breads and cereals. With 36 micrograms per serving, chlorella is a good source of folic acid. Liver, spinach, asparagus and Brussel sprouts also give you a nice dose of this water-soluble B vitamin.

Battle The Blues With B12

Folate isn’t the only B vitamin that buoys your mood. Vitamin B12 is also a major mood-booster. And together, folate and B12 seem to play crucial roles in regulating your brain chemistry.

A 2003 case study published in a Scandinavian medical journal describes how a 57-year old woman recovered beautifully from severe depression and psychosis after she regained normal B12 blood levels through supplementation. Unfortunately, testing and treating her for a B12 deficiency didn’t occur to anyone until after she was given anti-psychotic drugs, antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy.[2]

As holistic psychiatrist, Dr. Kelly Brogan explains, B12 may support brain health by regulating homocysteine levels and by managing gene expression as a methyl donor.[3]

In a Finnish study of 115 people getting treatment for depression, researchers found that the people with the highest levels of B12 in their blood after 6 weeks also had the most success in beating the blues.[4]

Depression isn’t the only brain-drain B12 fights off. It also has been linked to improving memory and overall brain performance for all ages.

Looking for a good source of B12? Usually you have to turn to an animal source, like eggs, meat or dairy. However, chlorella is one of the few plant sources of the form of B12 our bodies can use.

Beat The Blues With B-Vitamin Nutrition!

Don’t let the blues drag you down. Eat up and lift your mood! As you now know, getting the right nutrition can make a huge difference in how you feel.

B vitamins can help your body deal with stress better, change your brain chemistry and even make you sharper! Combine this nutrition with regular exercise, good sleep and the occasional funny movie and you’ll start to feel a new, zesty you coming on!

There are plenty of good sources of these mood-boosting nutrients – from leafy greens to asparagus.

But don’t forget one of our favorites – the little green algae, chlorella. Chlorella gives you all of them in one tiny compact package.

If you want to find out about 2 other blues-busting nutrients, please go to https://www.sunchlorellausa.com/blog/4-natural-mood-enhancers-you-can-find-your-food.

About Dr. Michael E Rosenbaum, MD

Dr. Michael E. Rosenbaum is a 35-year veteran and widely recognized pioneer in the field of nutritional medicine, alternative healthcare and medical acupuncture. As one of America’s most respected experts in natural health and healing, Dr. Rosenbaum has been a frequent lecturer to professional medical groups and has participated in numerous television and radio talk shows. He is also an esteemed member of the Sun Chlorella Advisory Board, which helps guide the medical innovation behind Sun Chlorella products.

Sources:

[1] Young SN. Folate and depression—a neglected problem J Psychiatry Neurosci. Mar 2007; 32(2): 80–82.

[2] Berry N et al. Catatonia and other psychiatric symptoms with vitamin B12 deficiency. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2003 Aug;108(2):156-9.

[3] Brogan K. Vitamin B12 Deficiency And Brain Health. Viewed 1/10/15 at http://kellybroganmd.com/article/b12-deficiency-brain-health/

[4] Lawson W. Vitamins: Get Your B’s. Psychology Today. January 1, 2004.

Michael Rosenbaum