Posted by bleauberry on February 6, 2010, at 9:50:44
In reply to Re: Back to Basics Symptoms of Depression » bleauberry, posted by conundrum on February 6, 2010, at 6:43:48
I respect these concerns, but disagree with them.
Any diet, candida or otherwise, takes zero energy to do. We're going to expend the same amount of energy shopping and eating, no matter what it is we actually choose.
It is a different mindset for sure. "Eat for health, not for pleasure." It is usually found that the foods we crave the most are the ones actually contributing to our problems. Long story, most here probably not interested.
It makes sense to me that whenever anyone gets sick, mental, physical, whatever, doesn't matter...the game has changed...things cannot be done the way they always had been previous. That includes food choices. The game has changed and so have the rules. Unfortunately, that's life. We may never be the same because of it. And thus, we probably cannot live the same as we always did.
A very few people, like Ace the Nardil Champ, experience the huge win we all seek. It seems rare though. In the real world, my opinion is we need to do everything we possibly can to improve our bodies and brains from every angle conceivable. Depression is not an excuse to not do that. It is a reason to do that.
Some dentists, and at least a few separate companies I am aware of, offer zero-interest loans for amalgam removal. They can be paid off in small amounts over a long period of time. So finances are not an excuse. Dentists who are made aware of a low income struggling situation can lower the fees on a sliding scale. The big chain dentists, no, but the better ones, yes.
I did not opt for the dentist loans. But if I had, the payments would have been $20 a month for 2 years.
The only thing scarier than removing mercury is leaving it there. It's more suited for a toxic waste dump than in the mouth right next to the brain. The electromagnetic fields generated by the composite metals alone are enough to wreak havoc so close to the brain, not to mention the toxicity factor.
Understandably, to anyone is not fully schooled on this topic, anyone who has not spent time at related forums, and anyone who has not read books on the topic, it is expected that this would appear to be a foreign idea that is hard to appreciate.
Back to the beginning "most depressed people don't have the energy..." to do what is healthy to fight any disease. I'm sorry, I just do not understand that mindset. I have been as depressed or more so than anyone here...hospitalized, ECT, suicide intentions...but that was all before I knew there were other ways to weaken the monster besides just pills. Anyone who is ill and does not embark on every health trick they can, well, I just cannot for the life of me make any sense in that. Depression is a handy excuse, and yes it makes it very hard to get out of longterm habits. Nothing makes depression more entrenched than to allow it the same breeding ground it has always had.
I do understand, more than you know.
> Unfortunately most depressed people don't have the energy to go on a Candida diet or do a food challenge to find out. Probably can't afford to have their fillings out either, which would probably scare the wits out of them.
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