Vitamin Help for Depression

[Jeanie]

From Jon Rappoports www.nomorefakenews.com :

IS DEPRESSION A VITAMIN DEFICIENCY?

"In our study, participants with a dietary folate intake in the lowest [intake level] had a 67% greater risk of having elevated depressive symptoms than those in the highest [intake levels.] ...Low blood levels of folate were [also] associated with a poor response to treatment with antidepressants. Analysis supported the existence of an independent relationship between dietary folate intake and current depression...[Low] dietary intake of folate has been strongly associated with [high] levels of homocysteine* in the blood. Low levels of riboflavin may also lead to the accumulation of homocysteine in people who have low folate levels."

The study was done of middle-aged men in Finland.

*Homocysteine has been associated with heart disease. Reducing it by consuming folate would be an added benefit.

DETAILS: Folate and riboflavin are B vitamins and can be obtained in multiple vitamin tablets. 400mg is the recommended dose of folate (folic acid) and most combinations contain 25mg. of riboflavin which is far more than recommended, though not toxic. Generous servings of green leafy vegetables (except lettuce) also provide folate.

In: Journal of Nutrition, vol. 133, 2003. By: Tolmunen

[rick232]

Interestingly, the Fox News doctor addressed the homocysteine issue just last sunday. He suggested having the homocysteine levels checked by your doctor.

I tried to have mine checked and the doctor just shrugged his shoulders - wasn't aware of the connection of homocysteine and heart disease.

There is a prescription medication for high homocysteine, called "Foltx". It is nothing more than a high dose of folate, with B6 and B12. The synergism of B6 is supposed to help the homocysteine conversion and B12 assisting in the prevention of pernicious anemia. www.foltx.com/

I found that Co Enzyme Q10 really helps combat depression, assists the immune system, and gives energy throughout the day.

[Jeanie]

Rick 232: Thanks for the info on Co Enzyme Q 10. I have been aware o this enzyme but havn't gotten around to trying it. Our bodies are so assulted by so many things, we could spend day and night trying to counteract the harmful things.
I'm about to write a letter to ARM AND HAMMER for their disgusting clothing detergents. I swear it looks like their out to poison us with their laboratory concocted stinky "fragrances". I made the mistake of buying one of them and put it iln a closet of a place we were renting in the deep south, every time I opened the closet door I'd get a wiff of something terrible and assumed the former occupant put some chemicals in there to deal with bugs... NOT SO, it turned out to be the ARM AND HAMMER LAUNDRY DETERGENT I had put in the closet... It went right out to a garbage, yuck...

[swampgas]

Homocysteine is accelerated and produced by the amino acid methionine.

www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/meth1-4.html

We just had our homocysteine levels checked, and they are at a 15 year olds level.

Want to lower homocysteine?

Vegetarian diet, that includes spirulina, seaweed, vegey jiuces, and fermented foods, to help the body produce it's own methionine and B-12.

Over abundance of animal proteins, which are very high in methionine, can cause high homocysteine levels.

Also, low L-carnosine levels cause low scavenging of broken cross-link proteins, which in turn are a contributing factor in cancer and heart disease.


Besides the Co-Q 10, there's St. John's Wort to combat despression, a natural serotonin re-uptake inhibitor.

[Jeanie]

Thanks Swamp for the thought about St. Johns Wort. It's effect is similiar to Prozac which only made me very jittery,( the prozac ) which is not my nature. My son uses St. Johns Wort and it works fine for him...
I've gone totally vegan so expect to be feeling great, have done it before and it made me feel quite positive, so who knows. Jeanie

[swampgas]

You're welcome Jeanie,

The Power of Plants!!

[Mech]

I had a lot of success taking CoEnzyme Q10.

Gave me more energy it seems.

I think its because it has the ability to scavence free radicals from the bloodstream.

I had better luck with the soft liquid geltab than the orange powdery caplet though.

[swampgas]

The orange powder Co Q10 has to be taken with an oil, say 1 tablespoon of Flax, Borage, and Primrose combo, to be 100% effective.

Mechanic, add 1000mg total, 2x daily, of L-carnosine, to scavenge cross-linked proteins.

Plant Sources L-Carnosine, or at least having the equivilant of breaking down proteins. Plant sources are low level, best is semi-synthetic version.

Bai-Zhu Atractylodes

Hawthorn

Poria

Ginger

Gentian


Wheatgrass and Spirulina are high sources of Coenzyme Q10

Coenyme Q10 is also used in Diabetes to halt neuropathy, or nerve ending damage. It actally was found to be 10 times more effective than Sorbinol, from Pfizer, a drug to reverse neuropathy.