Monday, 25 February 2013

sugar and mental health


Sugar shocker? diet and mental illness; is your deit really your own corruptlet? There is sound evdivence that sugar consumption and effects both depression and schizophrenia. So remember sugar intake could be toxic to your overall mental heallth. Sugar is known to supress the growth hormne BDNF and plays a vital role in memory  as well as connections of neurons in the brain.Both depression and schizophrenia are both brain dieases because key areas shrink during a depressive mental illnesses.  Sugar makes chemical reactions in the body and can lead to chronic  inflammation.  Dr. William Coda Martin has classified refined sugar as poison to the body as a whole. Sugar provides the diet we eat with empty calories. Sugar which is refined can leechout vitamins and minerals that body needs.  Some psychologist are now saying that people with a mental illness have sugar free diet. By cutting sugar and repalceing it with sugars like  Stevia, Raw Honey paintent showed significant improvement in their mood, energy and mental clarity.Mental illness like  schizophrenia may be realted  Celiac disease and some paintents with gluten free diet may benefit in overall body health. Poor blood sugar control or aka metabolic syndrome can cause severity of schizophrenia. “It appears that the same dietary factors which are associated with the metabolic syndrome, including high saturated fat, high glycemic load, and low omega-3 (PUFA), may also be detrimental to the symptoms of schizophrenia.Sugar can change in beta-endorphins or the feel good enordipines in the  brain. But foods that contain sugar as well as preservatives and dyes can cause changes in behaviour. A sugar free diet combined with a gluten free diet may help ypur over all body and mental health. Benetfits with there diet is thw most mental illness paintents have improved speech and behavior. Though a sugar free diet will produce various symtops  of withdrawal

 




 

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