Natural Ways To Treat Depression
Do you suffer from depression? Are you trying to avoid medications with horrible side effects? Perhaps you are taking a medication, and it’s just not working…
At the Oakdale Wellness Center, we believe that your depression is not necessarily a chemical imbalance in your brain, but a hormonal imbalance in your body that affects your brain.
A natural approach to treating your depression can give you hope for a brighter future without the added side effects of prescription medications.
Diet and Depression
Having treated hundreds of patients, we’ve seen a direct connection between what you eat, the nutrients your body gets, and depression.
Harvard Medical School has published articles about the connection between depression and nutrition and it is proven time and time again that what we eat affects our total body and mind.
Our emotions and thoughts can be powerful and encourage us to be productive.
Too often, however, our emotions get the best of us, resulting in prolonged states of anxiety, insomnia or depression.
So, do we have any control over this?
What can we do to regain control when we’re feeling overwhelmed?
Depression and Hormones
If your endocrine glands are struggling, and poor nutrition predisposes them to malfunction, then you may very well find yourself overcome with emotions.
For example, fear and anxiety are related to the health of our adrenal glands. Irritability and anger are related to the thyroid gland. Organ health plays a role, too – joy and despair are associated with the heart, guilt and sadness reflect the lungs, and worry and obsession mirror the digestive organs.
Every organ in our body directly relates to our mental health. There’s a balance to be had, which rests to a great degree upon what we put in our mouths and what we’re exposed to in our environment.
Try a natural approach to treating your depression – make an appointment today.