Can nutrients alleviate your postpartum depression?

Our brains need fats, vitamins, and minerals to be healthy. At no point in our lives is our need for nutrients greater than it is in pregnancy, when we are creating a whole new life. Pregnancy may leave you deficient in key nutrients that keep your brain healthy. As a result, you may end up experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, or obsessive compulsive disorder.
Might you be deficient? Answer these questions:
* Have you ever been on a “low fat” diet?
* Was your pregnancy, birth, or baby’s infancy stressful?
* Were you anemic or borderline anemic in your pregnancy?
* Does your hair and fingernails grow slowly?
* Do you get stretch marks easily?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you will benefit from the information in the book Rebuild from Depression. You may well have a deficiency in at least one of the nutrients your brain needs to be healthy.
The book opens with the claim:
“My grandmother died at the age of sixty-one of complications from postpartum depression.”
Indeed, grandmother displayed symptoms of nutrient deficiencies in her postpartum period, never corrected them, and developed diseases related to those same deficiencies. Omega-3 fatty acids are implicated in depression, diabetes, and heart disease, all of which her grandmother developed.
We must correct our nutritional intake now to improve mental health and to avoid complications that may follow. Of course, you also need relief now.
You can find a good bit of information on this site about nutrients and depression. The book is a far better organized and more thorough read.

Read more about the book:

Read my postpartum depression story, “Second Baby, Second Chance.”