The long march is coming to an end. I have a final copy to approve and some index changes. My daily penance of posting about depression busting foods on this blog every single day until the book is available is becoming a long march in itself. It looks like I missed my obligation entirely yesterday…
Monthly Archives: March 2008
“Don’t make me release the flying monkeys”
This wins the “Bumper Stick of the Day” award on our return trip home down California’s Highway 99. I don’t know if “monkey” is a depression buster food. It did not make the USDA’s database on the nutrient content of food. Without an independent lab test, we may never know the answer to this burning…
On the road
We are on the road at a trade show and working on keeping our energy up without the use of coffee and donuts. One of my favorite items for these busy days is actually a dried liver supplement, a tool I have written about to help with holiday craziness. You can find desiccated liver products…
Avoiding down cycles: Food and other behavior
A big part of my depression story was lack of food nutrients. The memoir portion of the book (which is coming very, very soon) make that fairly clear. As I move past those very bad years and have friends and family conduct their own professional and amateur analyses of my psyche fairly regularly, I start…
Overheard lately: Children and the environment
“Frederick, would you like to play another game of Parcheesi or are you ready for a movie?” “Another game, Bea. It’s not as much electricity,” Frederick said to my mother. “Oh really?” “Yes, I don’t want it to global warm. Bea, do you know that spring is getting warmer and I don’t want it to…
Maybe I am crazy: A wedding in our house
I have already broken my rule of posting every single day about depression fighting foods until the book is available. There was Easter, but the bigger talk of the household is that right here *in this house* in August, a friend of ours will be getting married. A few weeks ago I commented that we…
An anti-inflammatory Easter Sunday
The talk around the brunch table today was about inflammation and, specifically, the finding that the cholesterol-lowering drugs may actually work to reduce heart disease because they reduce inflammation in the body. There are ways to reduce inflammation without the use of pharmaceuticals and certainly without the use of expensive pharmaceuticals. After all, aspirin reduces…
Chopped liver taste-off
If you are in the New York area and into eating one of nature’s most powerful depression-fighting foods, check out the chopped liver taste-off at The Fork in the Road blog at the Village Voice (via Marisa at Slash Foods) We should have a liver taste-off right here on this blog or perhaps a liver…
A Crepe-Like Omelet for Easter Sunday
Thour we don’t have a strong Easter tradition in this household, we do attempt to do something a bit special on Easter Sunday. This is a special food item that would work well for a brunch and fight depression at the same time. Eggs are a great source of protein and the yolks are a…
Easter eggs: A festive depression-fighter
Somehow Easter snuck up on us this year and I am still trying to face the fact that I have given no thought whatsoever to holiday celebrations, nor am I even really ready for spring to be here. Luckily for me, I have on hand the key ingredient for Easter excitement: Easter egg dye. We…
Food is great, but there is something about supplements
I am writing a ditty every day about depression-fighting foods until the book is available here but I have to admit that since Friday, I have been living on supplements. My mom and I attended to Expo West, a huge natural products trade show and were faced with supplement samples on every isle. Most of…
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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. Find Amanda on Google Plus.
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."