At my six-month check up and cleaning yesterday with my Bakersfield dentist, I asked the dental hygienist “how old” my teeth are. “You know that book ‘Real Age’ that adjusts your calendar age for bad habits like smoking and good habits like exercise to come up with your ‘Real Age’? What’s the ‘Real Age’ of…
Monthly Archives: February 2008
If big dairies can be organic, they might as well be local
You never know what you will find around here when you decide to take the back road on a beautiful day. I found grazing Holstein heifers from the Vander Eyk Dairy. The Vander Eyk Dairy is the dairy we love to hate on this blog, but I have gotten a bit soft on it in…
The Belly Of The E. Coli Beast
If you read even a smidgeon of this blog you know I am a big fan of beef. I lamented a few weeks ago over the increase in the pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 in beef. It caused me to pass up an In-N-Out burger which would have been the first fast food burger in my…
Fieldtrip to the World Ag Expo
[I've been busy running around and working on organic dairy politics article. Valentine's Day found me at the World Ag Expo in Tulare. I wrote this essay for The Ethicurean.] Last week marked the largest proportion of climate change naysayers gathered in one place since Dick Cheney walked into an empty room. Volunteers at the…
Thoughts on my first 39th birthday
Today isn’t actually my birthday but we did have the cake today. My birthday was Sunday and I would have posted my thoughts on that grand day had I remembered it was my birthday. My sister called at some point to wish me a happy birthday and I said “Whoa. It’s my birthday.” My dad…
“Pollan Paintings”
My son tells me I work too hard. My numb shoulder and neck agree. The generation above me tells me to “enjoy them while they are still young.” That too makes a whole lot of sense. What I have been trying to figure out is how to work on projects for this blog and have…
The Dead Milkmen (or how about “Cream”): Rock Group and Depression Buster?
“Hey Amanda. Dead Milkmen or how about “Cream”? ‘Liven’ that milk. Make it raw.” Tom nominates Dead Milkmen or Cream as both rock groups and depression buster foods. Apparently he likes it unprocessed, just as it comes out of the cow. Dead Milkmen is an interesting choice because raw milk advocate and Organic Pastures Dairy…
Road Kill and Depression Buster?
This is the sole blog entry for this contest, a contest that was a very bad idea. In a moment of bad judgment about one year ago, I pitched the contest to some of my twisted friends. It was only when receiving Cynthia’s nominations that I realized what a bad idea this contest was in…
Weight Loss and Depression-Fighting
Part of my recovery from depression has been eating a whole lot of high-fat food that I avoided for the better part of the 1980s and 1990s. Low fat diets were the ticket to an enviable Body Mass Index and dress size. It did work for the ten minutes you could stay on a diet…
Children and Food: Sometimes it is all about presentation
Our child would eat almost nothing if we were not creative. He plays and plays until he is so tired and hungry that he has a meltdown. We are always looking for ways to engage him in his eating experience. We cook with him and follow him around the house with food. One successful strategy…
The World’s Food Temptations
I’m on the road this week and have the opportunity to do what I almost never do: shop for food. We keep a freezer stocked with meat, a hen house full of layers, and a pantry stocked with food co-op items. When we are really on the ball, we even have produce in our garden….
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The best book on depression and food I've seen is Rebuild from Depression, by Amanda Rose, who understands the condition from bitter experience.
Nina Planck,
Author of Real Food
Rebuild from Depression is going to be a very important book. Its dissection of the role of diet and nutrition is well-researched and an eye-opener.
Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
Clinical Instructor, UCLA
Rebuild from Depression provides real answers for reversing depression caused by common nutritional deficiencies.
Jan DeCourtney, CMT
Co-author, Recapture Your Health
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About
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.
Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."