Since cold and flu season is now upon us (at least in the U.S.), I figured I'd take the opportunity to share my favorite tips for natural prevention and treatment.
Prevention
A nutrient-dense, toxin-free diet: avoid the foods that tend to weaken the immune system, such as sugar, unprepared grains, industrial seed oils and processed and refined foods.
Fermented cod liver oil/butter oil blend (FCLO/BO): if there's only one superfood/supplement you take through the winter, this should be it. ...
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In Part I and Part II of this series, we examined drug-free alternatives to treating depression including exercise, psychotherapy, light therapy, St. John's Wort and acupuncture. We have learned that all of these treatments are at least as effective as antidepressants in the short term, and some (exercise and psychotherapy) are more effective in the long-term. All of these treatments have far fewer side effects, risks and complications than antidepressants. In fact, the ...
In the first article in this three-part series on treating depression without drugs, we established that several non-drug treatments are at least as effective in treating depression than antidepressants - with few, if any of their side effects. Specifically, we learned that both psychotherapy and exercise compare favorably with antidepressants for treating even serious depression in the short-term, and are both more effective than antidepressants in the long-term.
Today we will examine three other drug-free treatments ...
The most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. are not for pain management, cholesterol lowering, heartburn or hypertension.
They're for depression.
Last year doctors wrote $232.7 million prescriptions for antidepressants. That's an increase of 25 million prescriptions since 2003 and translates into an estimated 30 million patients in the United States who spent $12 billion on antidepressants in 2007.
With numbers like these, a person might make these assumptions:
Antidepressants are effective treatments for depression
There are few, if any, ...
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