Gadawg
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Ok, so Im a chronic investigator. I read and podcast daily on tons of subjects but Ive been on a driven path recently to cure my lifelong depression and anxiety problems.
Here is what Ive come up with:
The MAJORITY of all American health problems are lifestyle caused. In reading on the remaining hunter gatherer societies it is clear that even the disorders we accept as age related inevitabilities like cancer, heart disease, alzheimers, dementia, etc are typically lifestyle issues. Most of these people dont even have words for "depression". It just doesnt exist.
What I can gather is that most of this relates to gut health, inflammation, and chemicals we ingest. I was a pretty big drinker of diet soda until 3 days ago when I read all the studies on how truly horrendous aspartame is for everything.
So my plan is to keep cutting shit out of my diet until I see changes in my brain chemistry.
Have any of you seen benefit from removing anything from your diet? For some people it is gluten, some dairy, often sugar, etc. Im no longer willing to accept that this is something to "cope with" because I do not believe it is a biologically normal phenomenon.
Otherwise I practice cognitive behavior therapy, lots of cardio, and supplement with cannabis, all of which is remarkably beneficial but doesnt get me to "normal".
As always, thanks for any input
Here is what Ive come up with:
The MAJORITY of all American health problems are lifestyle caused. In reading on the remaining hunter gatherer societies it is clear that even the disorders we accept as age related inevitabilities like cancer, heart disease, alzheimers, dementia, etc are typically lifestyle issues. Most of these people dont even have words for "depression". It just doesnt exist.
What I can gather is that most of this relates to gut health, inflammation, and chemicals we ingest. I was a pretty big drinker of diet soda until 3 days ago when I read all the studies on how truly horrendous aspartame is for everything.
So my plan is to keep cutting shit out of my diet until I see changes in my brain chemistry.
Have any of you seen benefit from removing anything from your diet? For some people it is gluten, some dairy, often sugar, etc. Im no longer willing to accept that this is something to "cope with" because I do not believe it is a biologically normal phenomenon.
Otherwise I practice cognitive behavior therapy, lots of cardio, and supplement with cannabis, all of which is remarkably beneficial but doesnt get me to "normal".
As always, thanks for any input