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Recommended resources
•Blaming the Brain, by Elliot Valenstein Ph.D.
•Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs, by Grace Jackson M.D.
•America Fooled: The truth about antidepressants, antipsychotics and how we’ve been deceived, by Timothy Scott Ph.D.
•The Loss of Sadness, by Alan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield
•The Myth of the Chemical Cure, by Joanna Moncrieff

Chris Kresser, M.S., L.Ac is a globally recognized leader in the fields of ancestral health, Paleo nutrition, and functional and integrative medicine. He is the creator of ChrisKresser.com, one of the top 25 natural health sites in the world, and the author of the New York Times best seller, Your Personal Paleo Code (published in paperback in December 2014 as The Paleo Cure).

Chris has been studying, practicing, and teaching alternative medicine for more than fifteen years. He did his undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, and studied Chinese and integrative medicine at the Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, also in Berkeley. He has trained with world-renowned healers and educators in a variety of disciplines throughout the U.S., Thailand, and Indonesia.

I agree pills are not the answer, So how do we treat depression effectively?
When I was undermedicated I felt depressed. Now I don't. Something was out of whack in my brains when I let PD do its thing.

well.....I eat marijuana......

BP

Foods Rich in Omega-3s: The Best Natural Antidepressants

In countries where fish consumption is high, such as Japan, Taiwan, and Finland, rates of depression tend to be low. Conversely, in areas where fish consumption is low, like North America and Europe, depression rates are much higher — as much as 10 times higher. Women who rarely eat fish have more than twice the risk of developing depression compared to those who dine on “fin food” often. Recent studies suggest foods rich in omega-3 are considered one of the best natural antidepressants.

The Best Natural Antidepressants: Foods High in B Vitamins

Most research has focused on folate (or folic acid), B6, and B12 because these vitamins are often in short supply among people with depression. Foods high in B vitamins could be one of the best natural antidepressants.

Harvard researchers found that between 15 and 38 percent of people with depression are folate-deficient. While it’s uncertain whether this causes depression, we do know that lack of folate can delay symptom relief from antidepressant.........

and back to aminos full circle....

Amino Acids To Fight Depression?

Tryptophan is critical to production of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which regulates mood. British researchers found that taking 1,000 mg of tryptophan three times a day helped improve mood. This could make amino-acids one of the best natural antidepressants one can find in foods.
Natural Antidepressants found in Foods: Complex Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates indirectly help make serotonin. Simple carbohydrates like sugary and starchy foods and those made with white flour boost serotonin levels, too, which is why we instinctively reach for them when we’re feeling blue. But these foods cause blood sugar to rise quickly and then fall quickly. When blood sugar levels fall, so do our moods. Wild swings in blood sugar that come from eating too many of these foods stress the adrenal glands, which in turn leads to fatigue and depression.

By contrast, complex carbs, like those found in whole-grain products (breads, rice,
and pasta), fruits, vegetables, and legumes, boost and sustain serotonin without spiking blood sugar.


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BP

and of course big pharm gives us sinemet and dr says stay away from b-vites....and that's a really bad thing if you want to build neuronal connections, protect myelin sheathes or any other brain structures etc etc etc......

BP

Isn't marijuana just another chemical?

well first....no..."A chemical substance is a form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. It cannot be separated into components by physical separation methods, i.e., without breaking chemical bonds. Chemical substances can be chemical elements, chemical compounds, ions or alloys." you can separate marijuana into components called molecules which can be comprised of chemicals........WATER H20 is a chemical....whaat kknd of chemicals do you prefer...those made from petrochemicals/petroleum by-products by companies like Du Pont......like say Dilautid.....or.....apples which have a compound known as pectin (goog for gall bladder attack).....which do you think your body prefers....something found in nature with virtually if not entirely lacking in toxic properties or Du Ponts crap with side effects as long as your arm along with cancer warnings and high toxicity rates etc? pineapples or the new and improved Du-pineapple that does not exist in nature without minipping hydrocarbons?


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BP

Hydromorphone, also known as dihydromorphinone, and sold under the brand names Dilaudid among others, is a centrally acting pain medication of the opioid class. It is a derivative of morphine; to be specific, it is a hydrogenated ketone thereof. Comparatively, hydromorphone is to morphine as hydrocodone is to codeine—that is, a semi-synthetic drug.

HYDRO-carbon

The chemical modification of the morphine molecule to hydromorphone results in higher lipid solubility and greater ability to cross the blood–brain barrier to produce more rapid and complete central nervous system penetration.

Hydromorphone is made from morphine either by direct re-arrangement (made by reflux heating of alcoholic or acidic aqueous solution of morphine in the presence of platinum or palladium catalyst) or reduction to dihydromorphine (usually via catalytic hydrogenation), followed by oxidation with benzophenone in presence of potassium tert butoxide or aluminium tert butoxide (Oppenauer oxidation). The 6 ketone group can be replaced with a methylene group via the Wittig reaction to produce 6-Methylenedihydrodesoxymorphine, which is 80× stronger than morphine. mmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds way better than the plants in my garden...GO BIG OIL!!!!

ill take the 4,5-α-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one instead of that plant over there the guy with the briefcase is eating in his salad......

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BP

or this little gem....With L-DOPA identified as the active form, Alfred Pletscher and his colleagues at Hoffman-LaRoche synthesized benserazide, an inhibitor of DOPA decarboxylase, which further reduced the required dose. A drug combining L-DOPA with benserazide was marketed under the brand name of Madopar. Independent work was carried out by Victor Lotti at Merck in West Point, Pennsylvania. Merck had already synthesized and patented carbidopa, another dopa decarboxylase inhibitor in 1962, and in 1971 Lotti showed that the use of the L-form of carbidopa, further reduced the therapeutic dose of L-DOPA. The combination of L-carbidopa and L-DOPA was marketed under the brand name of Sinemet.[10]

In 1991, Merck licensed the rights to the manufacture and sale of Sinemet to a newly created joint venture, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company.

"synthesized? Du pineapple?" Du Pont? chemical company/drug manufacturer" who said that! shhhhhhhhhhh......

BP

oh yes annnd drum roll........shhhh...marijuana is free......don't tell anyone...


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BP