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Depression Relief Foods: Best Diet to Improve Mood Naturally
What are the best foods to help relieve depression? These diet suggestions will put you on the right path.
Depression Relief Foods: High-Quality Protein is a MUST!
Compromised adrenal gland function is part of the problem.
Small amounts of high-quality protein throughout the day are essential to include among your depression relief foods.
The adrenal glands function best with sufficient protein; poorly without.
Your high-quality protein foods should be organically grown if at all possible.
For example, the meat from grass fed beef raised outdoors on pasture contains more omega-3 essential fatty acids, conjugated linoleic acid, Vitamin A and minerals than commercially raised beef.
Organically raised beef, chicken, turkey and eggs all contain very high quality protein. Nuts and beans if well-tolerated and well digested can also be part of a depression relief foods diet.
Depression Relief Foods: Organic Eggs are a Great Choice
Organic free-range Eggs: Forget the
propaganda
about how cholesterol-rich foods cause high cholesterol. There is NO real scientific evidence this is true (it's just a case of 'if you repeat something often enough, people accept it as truth).'
Eggs are one of the healthiest, most economical foods!
The yolk is the real gold...
Egg yolk is full of choline and inositol (shown by research to be VERY important for nerve health and relieving depression).
The healthy lecithin in the yolk (much better for you than lecithin from soy), plus an abundance of B-Complex Vitamins feeds your brain and nervous system.
A depression relief foods list would not be complete without including a very high quality wild salmon oil!
I take two or three 1000 mg capsules daily, especially in winter. Through experimentation, I find in my personal experience that I feel better with than without it.
Caution: When choosing a brand of salmon oil, do NOT buy a 'molecularly distilled' product; it has had much of the beneficial compounds altered through processing!
Chlorophyll Rich Depression Relief Foods
Fresh organic dark green leafy vegetable salads with homemade dressing provide chlorophyll and enzymes which help your body detoxification processes.
Romaine lettuce, arugula, parsley and other deep greens combined with radishes, carrots, onions and other vegetables, and topped with fresh raw nuts or seeds contain many nutritional compounds that are complementary to meat, eggs and other protein rich foods.