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Omega 3 In Canned Salmon?

Written on February 9, 2011 by Amanda Rose

Canned salmon is widely available and can be had fairly inexpensively. I just got a half dozen cans for two bucks each at the Grocery Outlet, a discount food store on the west coast. But canned food is exposed to high heat to make it shelf stable. Fats such as Omega 3s can be delicate….

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Meat Loaf Recipe: Mom’s Secrets On Video

Written on February 7, 2011 by Amanda Rose

I present below Mom’s meat loaf recipe, an often-requested recipe and one that I thought I posted three years ago. I have actually searched this site several times over the last year looking for Mom’s recipe and scratched my head, puzzled that it was not on this site nor on YouTube. From deep in the…

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Help Build The Iron Rich Foods Site

Written on January 27, 2011 by Amanda Rose

Iron Rich Foods Website Iron is an important nutrient for brain health. Low iron levels have been implicated in postpartum depression in particular. Iron deficiency is common in both women and children — rates are nearly 10% in both groups. Your child’s pediatrician bird-dogs your child’s iron levels (I hope) because iron is critical in…

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Oyster Nutrients: A Depression-Fighter

Written on January 26, 2011 by Amanda Rose

Oyster is a nutrition powerhouse. It is a great source of zinc, iron, and vitamin B-12–key depression-fighting nutrients. In fact, it is so high in those vitamins and minerals that I consider oyster to be a “depression buster food” as I describe in the Rebuild from Depression book. But what to do with oysters? Do…

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New Design

Written on January 25, 2011 by Amanda Rose

No, you did not stumble onto the wrong website. It’s still us, just looking a lot different. It looks like we fairly successfully migrated the site from a Movable Type platform over to WordPress. We thought about giving MovableType a hip and knee replacement, but decided to embrace the WordPress era. (Besides, Six Apart, the…

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Fight Depression in the New Year

Written on January 2, 2011 by Amanda Rose

If you have always struggled with depression or if, for the first time, you feel yourself slipping into the abyss over the current economic crisis, take matters into control now and get some relief. Besides prescription medication that you may be taking, there are natural remedies that complement any sort of depression therapy you have…

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Omega 3 And Depression: The Food And Supplements You Need

Written on January 19, 2010 by Amanda Rose

Omega 3 and depression are tightly related for many of us. Studies are published regularly that reinforce the need for Omega-3 fatty acids for healthy brains. Depression is a sure sign of poor brain health; Omega 3 for depression is critical in many cases. When we are newborn babies and living on our mother’s milk,…

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Foods Can Fight Depression: The Rebuild Philosophy

Written on September 22, 2009 by Amanda Rose

Brains need the right dietary mix to be healthy. Too much or too little of a good thing can lead to an unhealthy brain and you could well end up depressed. While all nutrients are important in healthy brains and healthy bodies, it turns out that some are more critical in our brain function than…

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Second chance, second baby (a recap)

Written on June 19, 2009 by Amanda Rose

Just over one year ago I announced here on this blog that I was expecting a baby in December. “I don’t know if I am feeling more fear or excitement, but it’s definitely a combination of the two,” I wrote in 95% excitement and 5% fear. We did not plan to have a second child,…

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Start Today: Omega-3s And B Vitamins For Depression

Written on February 28, 2007 by Amanda Rose

Vitamins For Depression? Vitamins for depression? Omega 3s? I went to Trader Joe’s the other day and the free sample guy Bryan said “Hey, the depression book lady! You know, that stuff really works.” He went on to say that since we spoke last a few months ago he started taking an Omega-3 and a…

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