In the book Rebuild from Depression, I highlight about seventy-five foods that I call “depression busters.” These are foods high in our depression fighting nutrients and fats: B-12, B-6, folate, iron, magnesium, zinc, and Omega-3 fatty acids.
Seventy-five foods sounds like an awful lot of food, but I can assure you that some are so obscure and exotic that you have never eaten them. There are a number of foods (or perhaps a whole lot) that you would probably choose not to eat even under duress.
As a person recovering from depression, I look for opportunities to laugh everyday. Sometimes I make opportunities. This is one of those times.
Your task is to submit entries to the contest “Depression Buster: Pest or Dinner?”
Here are the rules:
• The entry must be a food of some kind, or at least theoretically digestible.
• The food must also be considered a pest, at least by you.
• You must give some reason why you think it is a depression buster and a pest (if it’s not obvious).
• You must submit a picture or video clip of the food or would-be food (not pirated, please).
I have already received one entry for this contest for a hamster. I will post that entry soon so you can check out your competition. We have a number of potential foods living in our walls and under our deck that might also be depression buster foods.
A skunk scratched on our sliding glass door a few weeks ago and I ran for the camera. As I returned I thought “Are you crazy? You’re going to use a camera flash at night on a skunk at your front door?”
So this contest may carry some risk. Please use your judgment.
If you have a blog, you are welcome to post your entry there and I will link to it from here.
There will be at least three winners chosen based on your comments for the most amusing entry. All winners will receive a copy of the book Rebuild from Depression and, of course, internet glory.
Deadline: Midnight March 31, PST.
Enter via email on our contact page or via a track back to this blog entry.
Enter early and often.
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To assist in your planning, future contests will include:
Rock Group or Depression Buster?
Rock won’t be an absolute requirement, but you get the idea. There are at least three rock bands or personalities that are also depression buster foods. At least one is vegetarian.
Depression Buster or Roadkill?
Would that roadkill also qualify as a depression buster food? Anything that has run across the road or fallen off a truck would count. Start working on pictures.
Contest Rules: Depression Buster — Pest or Dinner?
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Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. She has been depression-free for over four years, even during the recent pregnancy of her second child. Read her postpartum depression success story.
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Amanda,
I’ve loved reading the posts in this contest – at least the buggy ones (I haven’t read the others… yet). I’ve even shared the contest with my homeschool group, as we occasionally talk about entomophagy. I also love to watch Bizarre Foods and sometimes think I could actually eat some bugs.
About your mom’s recipes – are these tested? If so, by whom? Does she try them out first?
Barb,
I do believe that my mom’s recipes are untested.
The “Halibut with Pillbug White Sauce” does come out of an old cookbook.
Were you interested in a particular bug recipe, Barb? I’d be happy to find one for you.
Amanda
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