Lifting Depression: The Chromium ConnectionBasic Health Publications, Inc., 2005 - 210 pages People suffering from atypical depression typically don't respond to common antidepressants. Moreover, monomine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI's), which have been used as a treatment have such dangerous side effects that they are rarely used. Dr. McLeod discovered that atypical depression is triggered by insulin resistance, a condition in which the body does not respond to insulin efficiently, and that supplemental chromium, a trace mineral needed by the body to help insulin work properly, could bring fast, safe, effective relief in people who had suffered from depression for as long as twenty or thirty years. |
Contents
Life Is a Burden | xi |
Recognizing a Disorder Identifying Atypical Depression | 2 |
Looking for Causes | 7 |
Formulating a Treatment Plan | 13 |
Taking the Back Roads | 17 |
The Lonq Way Home | 20 |
Murder of the Senses A Trial of an Antidepressant Medication | 25 |
A Ray of Light | 31 |
A Lock and a Key NormalandrAbnormal Glucose Metabolism | 87 |
Sadness and Long Sorrow The Connection Between Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Depression | 93 |
An Under an in Experience | 103 |
Joseph Insulin Resistance Syndrome | 115 |
The Sky Turns Clear and Blue | 123 |
Help from Experts | 130 |
Proof Evaluating Chromium Alone in the Treatment of Atypical Depression | 136 |
A Grateful Psychiatrist | 143 |
Needle in a Haystack | 41 |
Land Ahoy | 46 |
Elizabeth A Careful Observer | 55 |
Do No Harm | 60 |
Sara Lost and Wounded | 68 |
Giving Sorrow Words | 75 |
A Prepared Mind Discovering Chromiums Essential Role in Glucose Metabolism | 83 |
Our Paths Crossed for a Moment | 156 |
Putting It All Together | 163 |
Glossary | 177 |
Internet Resources | 179 |
References | 183 |
Index | 193 |
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