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Keep Your Calm With Nuts

Who says there’s anything wrong with going nuts? Not us — as long as the nuts we’re talking about are almonds, walnuts, flaxseeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and other tasty and satisfying nuts and seeds. Nuts are superfoods on the depression healing diet. They are not only chock full of fiber, protein and healthy fats but also contain depression-busting B vitamins, anti-inflammatory antioxidants like...
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Healthy Fats in Nuts Crack Depression

People with depression often eat a poor diet lacking in nutrients, specifically healthy omega-3 fatty acids — the good fats that support cellular and brain function. Omega-3 fats are found in cold-water oily fish like wild salmon and pastured meat, eggs and dairy, but they are also available in nuts and seeds. Ounce for ounce, nuts are an inexpensive and reliable source of good nutrition, including protein, fiber,...
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Whole Grains and Other Complex Carbs Elevate Calmi...

If there’s one thing all depressed people crave, it’s carbohydrates found in comfort foods like potatoes and pasta. That’s because carbohydrates increase brain levels of tryptophan, the amino acid that converts to mood-calming serotonin in the brain. The kind of carbohydrates that do the best job on a depression healing diet are complex carbohydrates like brown rice and other whole grains. That’s...
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Turn Over a New Leaf With Blues-Busting Greens

When you’re depressed, you feel like crawling under a rock. Delicious leafy greens can help you see the light of day. Leafy greens, like kale and spinach, are packed with antioxidants, minerals and amino acids that boost your health to help you break through depression and feel like yourself again! 1. Dark leafy greens are high in vitamin K, a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin K helps blood coagulate, prevents arteries from...
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Leafy Greens Have the Bs to Beat Depression

To beat depression, get your B vitamins by indulging in the colorful bounty of leafy greens. Folate and vitamin B6 are proven depression busters that are found in healing quantities in leafy greens like kale, spinach, Swiss chard, turnip greens, parsley, spinach, broccoli and romaine lettuce. Whether you eat them raw or gently cooked in your favorite stir-fry, leafy greens are a vital part of your depression healing diet! 1....
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Boost Your Feel-Good Chemicals With Dairy

If you’re depressed, it’s a fair bet you’re low on brain-calming neurotransmitters that allow you to stay calm and aware. High-quality organic grass-fed-dairy products are superfoods on the depression healing diet. That’s because, in addition to being full of easily assimilable protein and healthy omega-3s fatty acids, they contain the amino acid tryptophan,  vitamin D and the essential minerals...
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Feed Your Brain With Wild Salmon

Can eating oily cold-water fish help heal depression? Yes, if we’re talking about a superfood like wild salmon. Wild salmon, which are born in the headwaters of freshwater rivers, then head to the ocean to bulk up and feed on phytonutrients before swimming back upstream to their birthplaces to spawn and die, carry in their flesh a host of healing nutrients. They are superb sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, the...
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Whole Grains Calm Depression

To soothe depression, try eating more whole grains. Brown rice, whole grain cereal, whole wheat pasta, whole grain breads and certain vegetables are all complex carbohydrates, packed not only with healthful dietary fiber but also nutritious vitamins and amino acids that help elevate your mood and beat depression. 1. Complex carbs in whole grains are the center of a healing diet for depression. Complex carbohydrates raise the...
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Omega-3-Rich Salmon Lifts Your Spirits

If depression is robbing you of your joy in life, try adding delicious wild salmon to your regular diet. Wild salmon, and other cold-water oily fish like sardines, are high in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that help you fight depression. They improve not only your brain health but your overall vitality as well. 1. Omega-3s in salmon improve brain function. Low levels of omega-3s can...
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Mood is “Sunny Side Up” With Eggs

People with depression often lack key nutrients that help the brain regulate mood. These include the B-complex vitamins, vitamin D, folate, the amino acid tryptophan, the enzyme choline and the mineral selenium, all of which help your brain synthesize mood-calming neurotransmitters, the chemicals that help neurons communicate. Because they are complete proteins and full of healthy fats, vitamins and minerals, eggs are...
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Depressed? Beat It With Omega-3-Rich Eggs!

If you’re depressed and you’re on a very low-fat diet, cease and desist immediately! Low levels of healthy fats can lead to a variety of nervous disorders, including anxiety, attention deficit disorder, dementia and depression. Your brain cells and the neurotransmitters they use to communicate with rely on dietary fat for their very existence and function. Free-range eggs are amazing sources of omega-3 fatty acids, the...
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Dairy Dials Down Depression

Depression can feel like an uphill battle. It steals strength and drains joy. It’s not “all in your head” — depression is a clear sign that all is not right physically. Changing your diet to include whole, unprocessed foods that contain depression healing nutrients is an important first step. Organic, grass-fed dairy products have a major role to play here. They’re high in omega-3 fatty acids,...
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