Anxiety/Depression Disorder

[paperdoll82]

The Girl was a food snob when she returned from France last summer. She said the French frown on preservatives and use little, if any. And the food tastes GLORIOUS.

Is it any wonder there's an obesity problem in this country? We as a society are eating junk, there's plenty of it, and it's cheap and readily accessible.

Meanwhile, I'm paying $3.99 for a pint of blueberries and $1.50 (on sale!) for a red pepper. That'll buy a "value meal" at most fast-food places. 

Cheryl

[AnneNR]

Is it any wonder there's an obesity problem in this country? We as a society are eating junk, there's plenty of it, and it's cheap and readily accessible.

Meanwhile, I'm paying $3.99 for a pint of blueberries and $1.50 (on sale!) for a red pepper. That'll buy a "value meal" at most fast-food places. 

Cheryl

 

Creating convenience for an ever increasingly BUSY BUSY society from as far back as the industrial revolution has side effects that has not been spoken of much until recently. 

 

And while we do enjoy a better living in some ways, we are paying for our inability to look past the end product and the buck it generated beyond without thinking ideas all the way through --- like processed, shelf-life enabled quasi-food, and out right junk food, and what it has done to the societies that have used them continually through the generations up to the present. 

 

A myriad of domino-falling side effects that when you narrow it down to YOU, the individual living in your body --- what harms have we finally discovered have happened to us at this point in time?  We are the fattest society on the earth, fat on taking in toxins and un-nutritional fuel items being touted as . . . .

 

"time-saving-healthy-food-so-we-can-keep-you-running-in-the-rat-race-until-you-drop-and-we-have-no-use-for-you-anymore".

 

Fat, and still malnourished.  Malnutrition doesn't just look like third world country stick people with distended stomachs.

 

It is the information they always want to leave out of telling you, or codify with scientific names making a dictionary necessary that is in their products that makes it difficult to keep a healthy diet going.

 

I once took a survey on a snack product by a company that I like very much, but there was one ingredient in the product that made me tell them it was something that would keep me from buying their product ---  T B H Q

 

courtesy of Natural News ---

 

(NaturalNews) TBHQ is used in many foods, ranging from crackers to crisps to fast foods. It is also found in certain brands of pet foods, as well as in cosmetic and baby skincare products, varnish, lacquers and resins. It is used in the stabilisation process of explosive compounds. The risks and side-effects of this preservative product far outweigh the benefit of it being used as a highly unsafe preservative ingredient.

Tertiary Butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ as it is more commonly referred to as, is in fact a chemical preservative which is a form of butane. It is used in foodstuffs to delay the onset of rancidness and greatly extends the storage life of foods. It's no wonder that certain fast foods and convenience foods seem to last a lifetime on the shelf these days.

The FDA allows amounts of up to 0.02% of the total oils in food to be TBHQ. This may not sound like a lot, but it does tend to make one wonder why there needs to be a limit on the amount if it is apparently a 'harmless additive.' Mind you, anything which derives its origins from butane could hardly be classified as safe, no matter how small the dose.

Consuming high doses (between 1 and 4 grams) of TBHQ can cause nausea, delirium, collapse, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and vomiting. There are also suggestions that it may lead to hyperactivity in children as well as asthma, rhinitis and dermatitis. It may also further aggravate ADHD symptoms and cause restlessness. Long term, high doses of TBHQ in laboratory animals have shown a tendency for them to develop cancerous precursors in their stomachs, as well as cause DNA damage to them. It is also suggested that it may be responsible for affecting estrogen levels in women.

This seems to be quite an extensive list of side-effects for such a seemingly innocent preservative, although warning bells should immediately ring if the FDA has to impose apparent 'safe' limits on an additive. Being they're butane based, it may also be wise to take a few steps back from that barbecue flame while consuming your crisps. Definitely, this is an additive that should be avoided at all costs.

 

This is just one of a million examples of what is contributing to the chemical malfunction of our bodies, ultimately one facet of triggering depression and anxiety through varied combinations of chemical imbalances.

 

Avoidance should be easier than it is to keep our food supply without such hazards.

 

No wonder we see so much depression.  

 

AnneNR

 

 

[Mary Ellen]

I gave up meat 2 years ago but do eat seafood. Hormones and who knows what else in meat...not to mention the negative environment the creatures must live in...

Not knocking meat eaters but that's not my thing. Many meat eaters at least give thanks in some way for the animal's life to feed them.

On a nutritional basis at least, what are people consuming?

Hormonal imbalances or lack of production can cause terrible problems as Batman said. Also, what about drugs flushed into our water systems? That is terrifying.

[AnneNR]

Oh My God --- don't even get me started on the "clean water" topic. 

 

Yes, Mary Ellen, very scary indeed.  Not many in the populace have the time to even consider what is going on there.   Something has to change, but as has been said before, just the time consuming process of life keeps many from looking into the really important stuff like that until a movie like "Erin Brockovich" or "A Civil Action" brings those topics front and center to the general public.

 

AnneNR

 

Here's something to scratch your head about ---

 

 

The man is amusing, but the passion of his cause is real ---

 

 

No need for apologies, M. E., some of us are not ready but are trying, and some never will change by choice.  Your comments do not take away anyone's freedom of choice by giving truthful information.  Telling the truth is not judgment upon others, it is just information, and I for one, take it as such and not as a personal condescension because I still eat meat for the time being. 

[AnneNR]

Related side track ---- for those who are interested in Howard Lyman's story (he had a cancer removed from INSIDE his spinal column !!) and how that changed his outlook on how his life was being lived with ranching practices that are now warned about and he denounced . . . .

 

https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMWctmCCqU  

 

(paste the above line into a search engine without the space after the colon)

 

AnneNR

 

Back to our main topic of Anxiety/Depression Disorder

[Mary Ellen]

All of the above mentioned topics surely have some impact on our bodies and our minds - hormones or lack thereof, sugar, drugs, unknown fillers and strange supplements...o-:

[AnneNR]

. . . . I think this is making me a little depressed, I'll come back to this later in favor of temporarily switching over to Ira's other thread called "Come Sing A Song Of Joy" .......   

[ter2]

Lots of good thoughts so far. My view is also the evil sugar and "corn syrup" giving everything shelf life. Too much sugar leads to inflammation causing a multitude of problems.
Lately have been seeing things on copper and Alzheimer's - copper in the right amounts is important but possibly too much in our water supply - will be interesting to see new info on this ( certain kinds of bottled water being helpful?).
It is hard to know how to eat right!

[ter2]

Lots of good thoughts so far. My view is also the evil sugar and "corn syrup" giving everything shelf life. Too much sugar leads to inflammation causing a multitude of problems.
Lately have been seeing things on copper and Alzheimer's - copper in the right amounts is important but possibly too much in our water supply - will be interesting to see new info on this ( certain kinds of bottled water being helpful?).
It is hard to know how to eat right!

[AnneNR]

I have read quite a number of articles over my lifetime on the topic of "clean water", but nothing until recently about "healing water".  No, nothing religious about the following website I reference, but a very provocative idea about how good we believe filtered water is compared to water that is "living", not distilled and dead.

 

Why more on this idea isn't being presented out in the media is probably one reason, and one reason only ---- too much commerce to lose from getting something like this out to the masses.   For one thing, it would put the bottled water people on notice that they can't continue like they have because something much better has been found . . . .

 

If you are brave, and want some new idea to mull over and consider that is an important part of our continued existence --- WATER, then check out the following and glean what new information you can from it.

 

http://www.waterliberty.com/special_report.php

 

The major players on wall street and in world commerce won't want this unless they can monopolize it to create more personal wealth for them than to be able to start solving water pollution problems for the world.

 

AnneNR

[Batman]

I am a firm believer that our "city water" coming out of our taps is not healthy. I have an elaborate system installed that removes the harmful chemicals. When I want a really good drink of water, I buy a bottle of Fiji!

[ter2]

Sorry about the earlier double post and typos - can't do anything on my phone!

 

The whole water thing is scary - had heard that maybe some bottled waters using reverse osmosis filtration may be better?

Also meant to say "high fructose corn syrup" and trans fats - bad, bad, bad!

 

I like the "clean diet" idea - work in progress in my home!  Organic foods becoming more regularly available, local grown foods, grass fed animals, etc. Also, more veggies than fruit as the fructose in the fruit is ultimately a culprit!  Blueberries, raspberries - high in antioxidants/fiber - we try to have them regularly. I will admit that we have been a busy family and have had many a meal "on the road" due to sporting events/time constraints, etc.  My mom and stepfather, 91 and 86, are still in their own home and have a huge garden - I need to work on that!  Sometimes I think my mom can run circles around me!

 

Anne - I hope your brother is doing better!  I am also a "Hashimotos" and believe that little thyroid gland is very important! Graves is another whole issue - too much, too little and our body feels the effects!  I know that many people with mental health symptoms will have thyroid testing as part of their work up.

 

Terri

[AnneNR]

Hey, ter2, good going!  Our diet is the one thing we have control over, even with limitations in finances we still have choices if we look for them.  I envy your mom --- running circles around you?! .... and still has a garden growing.  We should all have such a passion for and make time for fresh food sources like a garden.

 

And if you choose to eat meat, please read about "MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat", and at least be aware of what to look out for when trying to choose the healthiest  possible supply you can afford.

 

Howard Lyman mentioned things about the meat processing industry that I never knew were taking place.   Feeding ground up dead animal remains back to the cows?  That causes the bacteria(s) that eat holes in your brain!!!  Cows aren't supposed to be carnivores, neither are chickens, for that matter.

 

Just like the anthropologists and researchers going into isolated tribal areas to teach them that cannibalism whether a warring practice or a ritual practice of eating the ashes of dead relatives was the cause of many of them having their brains eaten away --- same as "mad  cow" disease!

 

And my thyroid gland --- just like a lot of unnecessary surgeries being performed, I will make darn certain it is the LAST possible resort before cutting it outta my body!  The one doctor who had it done (see previous post with the 2 stories I referenced) years ago has come to regret it.  I am glad she told her story, as well as the ex-editor of Cosmopolitan magazine.

 

When others are not afraid to share their information and stories, everyone else benefits from their experiences.

 

AnneNR

 

P.S. --- My brother is doing better, one day at a time and determined to get back to what he remembers is normal.

[ter2]

Ok, I maybe over exaggerated a little bit about my mom! Ha! She does really well though - gardens, plays cards, goes fishing in the summer (they have a little camper at the lake and she runs their little boat!) volunteers at the hospital and the thrift shop! She does all of the driving, shopping, etc. My mom would be considered obese, but she has never even been hospitalized outside of having children! She is currently painting my nephew's home as he is getting ready to sell it.  She loves projects - especially painting (we are a little cautious though as sometimes she thins the paint or doesn't see where the paint might have gone!) She runs circles around me to the extent that if she stops by, she will switch the laundry, start any dishwashing, and tackle any pile you might have in your corner!  Every year she has a garage sale and is continuously looking for us to drop things by for her to price. She is getting hampered by stairs and is of course slowing down,..I love her enthusiasm though, and I think that since she grew up in the Depression, she has learned to use home grown and canned, etc.

I work and run to my kids things and sometimes lose the enthusiasm to keep up at home everyday......she would think I'm lazy if I even tried to blame my thyroid! (even when it is a legit reason!).