My son Frederick has a line of “Pollan Paintings” at the Ethicurean and a food safety related painting posted here in honor of the Nebraska Beef E. coli scandal. People have requested more and I would love to provide some. The problem is that Frederick is six and focused. If he’s into something, he’s really…
Monthly Archives: October 2008
California’s Prop 2 (The Rotten Egg Initiative)
I never thought I would be an opinion leader in the politics of chickens, but a few friends have emailed me asking for advice on Prop 2. Furthermore, I am looking at my absentee ballot today. I decided I should do my due diligence and spend a few minutes looking at it. This initiative would…
Can you build your brain by surfing the net?
It appears that surfing the Internet can help keep your brain healthy. A study found that folks can keep their brains sharp by surfing. Surfing provided better brain-building than reading. Getting lost on the Internet may be an effective tool for middle-aged and older folks to keep their brains sharp. Of course, I figure that…
Pregnancy update
All’s well. I’m just about 33 weeks now and trying desperately to prioritize my life in these final days. Baby appears healthy. The ultrasound showed no markers of anything bad that I am aware of. I did ask the ultrasound tech not to tell me if she found only one marker of Downs or some…
Can ice cream cure depression? :)
I just knew there was something about ice cream and perhaps eating it daily in the first trimester of this pregnancy is why I am getting along so swimmingly. In fact, in my last pregnancy I was in the depths of depression by about 28 weeks and headed into a couple of psychotic episodes. Here…
Contract season is over
Just a quick PSA here to announce that the work I actually get paid for is finished for the season. I have nothing at all whatsoever scheduled for e next seven months except apparently having a baby. Of course, when I say “nothing at all whatsoever” that excludes trade shows for the business, other business…
Summer garden wind-down
The summer of 2008 will not be known for its garden. With well over one hundred plants, including upwards of thirty heirloom tomato plants, we eat summer squash only sporadically. We do have an abundance of tomatoes, but we will not end up with quarts of sauce or gallons of jars of dried tomatoes even…
Snacks for the road? Candied insects?
We hit the road last weekend for the central coast of California and spent Sunday morning in one of our favorite coast towns, Pismo. Pismo is home to some of the best clam chowder I’ve ever tasted, good surfing (so they say), pigeons pooping cryptosporidium, 1950s style beach dwellings, and the Hotlix candy store. Hotlix…
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Endorsements
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."