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