Friday, November 4, 2011

Depression based on malabsorption

"... [A]n increasing number of clinical studies have shown that treating gastrointestinal inflammations with probiotics, vitamin B, D and omega 3 fatty acids, through attenuating proinflammatory stimuli to brain, may also improve depression symptoms and quality of life.
All these findings justify an assumption that treating gastrointestinal inflammations may improve the efficacy of the currently used treatment modalities of depression and related diseases."

Understanding how brain chemistry comes into play when treating depression should come as no surprise. However, as 95% of serotonin (the hormone that regulates our mood, sleep and is connected to various types of addictions) is found in our gut, the need to first explore malabsorption issues becomes evident.

We have long focused on simply adding in more nutrients that synergistically work to rebuild stable brain-serotonin levels - but if you are suffering from inflamed GI, you will not be able to absorb many of these valuable nutrients, before your GI is fully healed. The Nutrition Doctor works by having your brain chemistry analyzed, getting tested for food allergies in addition to having genetic screening done - many show up with celiac disease which explains the inflamed GI and lack of nutrient absorption, and thus depression-related symptoms.


Depression needs to be addressed from a genetic,
brain chemistry and behavioral level!
Your depression is simply a biochemical imbalance! And in order to recover you MUST have an assessment done to explore your metabolic type and what is causing your depression on a biochemical and genetic level.

Contact The Nutrition Doctor for more info and to make your appointment!


Reference: Fehér J. et al. Role of gastrointestinal inflammations in the development and treatment of depression. Orv Hetil. 2011 Sep 11;152(37):1477-85.

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