I believe this...I noticed after being off of chocolate a couple of weeks, when I had a few handfuls of M&Ms, the next day I was a bear...I always wondered if milk chocolte was affecting my mood, making me cranky & very depressed.
So I have stayed off of all milk chocolate and only have a piece of Dove dark chocolate once in a while. No cookies, cakes, etc. the past few weeks. While I am weepier after being taken off of Nudexta, I don't feel as cranky or depressed...far from it, actually.

It is so difficult giving up something you crave...chocolate has been a drug for me. Oh well...gotta grow up sometime

I also have watched "Supersize Me", where Morgan Sprulock ate nothing but McD's for 30 days. He became extremely depressed...wonder what's in fast food that would be a mood changer?

If all you had for 30 days was McD's food, that would make anyone depressed because there's not that much variety. The human body gets bored. That's why they say "everything in moderation". Eating MickeyD's every day for 30 days is not "in moderation...".

I worked for McD's for 8yrs (and BK for two) and while I did eat a lot of McD's food, there were days that I didnt eat at work just because I was so bored with the food. (drank water those days instead) At least, when I was hungry and ate at work, I was allowed to cook it myself, so I'd get a little creative. (cut up a hamburger patty, cooked it on the grill, cooked it with a packet of fajita sauce in the meat and then put it on a tortilla from the breakfast burritos...viola! Tacos!) We used to make strawberry shortcake out of the biscuits at breakfast...put strawberry sauce and ice cream on a warm biscuit. Mmmm!!

I ate a BK Tender Crisp, no mayo, 5 days/week, Mickey D's the others. Over those past 2 yrs, I pushed wheelchair 280 miles, swam 2,800 laps.
Hate to be the fly in ointment but, it makes me strong & puts a smile on my face For $$ reasons, this yr i'm lucky to get any of the above 2x/week. Still happy

Just take a handfull of antioxidants and then pigout all you want.

jackD



[Eating High-Fat Meal Raises Blood's Proinflammatory Factors;
Vitamins E and C Counter that Response

06-17-2002

SAN FRANCISCO-In a series of studies designed to define the
role of dietary macronutrients in the initiation of arterial
inflammation that predisposes a person to atherosclerosis,
University at Buffalo researchers have found that a high
intake of glucose, or eating a high-fat, high-calorie
fast-food meal causes an increase in the blood's inflammatory
components.]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0617074033.htm

edited per copyright

"Researchers in the Netherlands gave volunteers the liquid caloric equivalent
of a fast-food hamburger and fries. Then ran blood tests to check for two
substances that fight bacteria and viruses. Six hours after the meal, levels
of Interferon Gamma, which combats cold viruses, rose fourfold. There was
little rise, however in Interleukin-4 levels, which battles fever-causing
bacterial infections. But after overnight fasting, Interleukin-4 levels went
up fourfold. Meanwhile the Interferon Gamma fell 83% of its normal level.
Scientists need to learn more about immune response to food. But for now it
may help to FEED A COLD AND STARVE A FEVER"

Think I got this from an old copy of a Tufts University Nutrition Letter from the 1990s.

jackD

they can't convince me that milkshakes and McD's sweet tea can cause depression! DQ's Blizzard is a treat from heaven, not from hell.

I had BK for lunch. Only part about it that made me sad was that the new way they do the chicken tenders and fries/onion rings makes the fries/and or onion rings soggy. (they put the fries/and or onion rings in the box with the tenders... I've had BK 3 times in the last few weeks where they've done that, and the fries/and or onion rings have always tasted soggy to me after sitting underneath the chicken tenders)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/63283/super-size-me

Yes, watch the movie "Supersize Me" and you'll see what it did to the narrator's body. He made the documentary just to prove it.

If I eat junk food my body complains immediately and for days after. My MS symptoms flare up with junk food so I avoid it like the plague. I've made myself love veggies, fruits, lean chicken and fish. I go easy on stuff like pizza and chips and such but have small amounts now and then but read the labels to make sure it's the healthier varieties.

Wiz is right. At least for me my sx are much less noticeable when I eat well.

I'll still have a piece of pizza or a serving of ice cream......but just once in a blue moon. Not every day. Like Wiz, I learned to love fresh fruit and veggies. Don't eat meat very often but if I do it's lean and usually chicken.
I crave things like fresh steamed cauliflower, ripe canteloupe and fresh pineapple.

I wish there was a study on how preservatives and processed food affect Ms sx.