Guest guest Report post Posted April 26, 2004 All, All since 25 April when this thread of " Depression " started, there has not been one member reporting that raw food has not contributed to lifting depression. There have been a score and more of responses from people who have experienced depression but who report that the raw diet and exercise outclass all the combinations of drugs possible. There are of course some vicious forms of mental illness that can be considered as depression which may not have manifested themselves in this forum of some 1000 members. For me the extrapolation or thesis is that a non raw diet can lead to depression whereas 100% raw people do not suffer depression even if they have previously suffered depression whilst not on the raw diet. Put more simply more simply a raw diet cures depression. It now falls to the depression profession and industry to attack this assertion as unsound! Peter Carol MM [mathermiles] 25 April 2004 13:38 rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Depression Hi, Peter and Atul. I wholeheartedly concur, Peter. Until I started the Raw Food diet last September, we ate pasta probably 5-6 nights a week, and rice or rye the rest of the time. I didn't use dairy, except for my weekly fix of ice cream. And I was locked in a depression that was only controlled artificially (St Johns wort and massive doses of Vitamin B). Now that I am eating only Raw fruits and vegetables, I feel light and happy. Not artificially happy, but totally content with life, even through all the stresses and bumps that occur. And all the cravings for pasta, bread and ice cream have gone. It is SO worth it! Life is worth living again! Carol - Peter Gardiner rawfood Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:14 AM RE: [Raw Food] Depression Atul, Being vegetarian with grain and dairy does not pass many tests on being healthy. The key to improving your situation is almost certainly the removal of those items. If however they have gone, along with all cooking, I would be fascinated to hear as encountering a long term raw foodist who is depressive would be new for me. At first sight, ridding the body of addictive grain and dairy, seems a tough order. However after you have been two weeks without them, you will be unlikely to want to return to them and the depression, I suspect will be gone. Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites