Lifting Your Depression: How a Psychiatrist Discovered Chromium's Role in the Treatment of Depression

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Basic Health Publications, Inc., 2009 - 224 pages
If you have picked up this book, chances are that you or someone you care about struggles with depression. In addition to feeling depressed, or "down," or "blue," ask yourself the following questions: Do you crave sweets and other carbohydrates, or tend to gain weight? Are you exhausted or tired for no obvious reason? Do you have trouble concentrating or thinking clearly? Are your feelings easily hurt by rejection from others? If you answered "yes" to even one of these questions, you may be suffering from a particular type of depression that does not respond well to most antidepressant drugs. Take heart. There is hope, thanks to a major medical discovery made by longtime psychiatrist Malcolm McLeod of a connection between depression, resistance of the body to insulin, faulty glucose metabolism, and how the trace mineral chromium can dramatically lift depression. Moreover, chromium is a natural treatment that is safe, effective and free of unwanted side effects. Book jacket.
 

Contents

Life Is a Burden
3
Recognizing a Disorder Identifying Atypical Depression
8
Looking for Causes
13
Formulating a Treatment Plan
19
Taking the Back Roads
23
The Long Way Home
26
Murder of the Senses A Trial of an Antidepressant Medication
31
Finding One of Natures Secrets
35
Sadness and Long Sorrow The Connection Between Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Depression
99
A Beautiful New Vista
107
An Undergraduate in Experience
109
Joseph Insulin Resistance Syndrome
123
The Sky Turns Clear and Blue
133
Help from Experts
140
Proof Evaluating Chromium Alone in the Treatment of Atypical Depression
146
There and Back Again
151

A Ray of Light
37
A Miracle in Nature
42
Needle in a Haystack
47
Land Ahoy
52
Elizabeth A Careful Observer
61
Do No Harm
66
Sara Lost and Wounded
74
Giving Sorrow Words
81
From Observation to Explanation
87
A Prepared Mind Discovering Chromiums Essential Role in Glucose Metabolism
89
A Lock and a Key Normal and Abnormal Glucose Metabolism
93
A Grateful Psychiatrist
153
Where It All Began Discovering that Chromium Is an Essential Ingredient
162
Our Paths Crossed for a Moment
166
Putting It All Together
173
Appendices
181
Glossary
187
Internet Resources
189
References
193
Index
203
About the Author
207
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His research findings have been published in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry. Dr. McLeod is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill where he also maintains a p;rivate practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis.

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