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The same brain chemicals that are altered by antidepressant drugs are also affected by the foods we eat. According to addiction expert DesMaisons, many people, including those who are depressed, are "sugar sensitive." Eating sweets gives them a temporary emotional boost, which leads to a craving for still more sweets. The best way to keep these brain chemicals in the right balance and keep blood-sugar levels steady, she says, is through the dietary plan she describes in Potatoes Not Prozac. Her rules are fairly simple--eat three meals a day, eat proteins with every meal (especially those high in the amino acid tryptophan, which creates the calming neurotransmitter serotonin), and eat more complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains and, yes, potatoes. Not only will this make you less depressed, DesMaisons says, but it will also keep you from craving too much of the foods you shouldn't eat, making it a self-regulating system.
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Review
Margot Silk Forrest
The Healing Woman
Compassionate, clear, and backed by impressive scientific evidence....If you feel like you have tried everything, and addiction or compulsive behavior still colors whatever you do, give Potatoes Not Prozac a try.
Mary Dan Eades, M.D., and Michael H. Eades, M.D.
authors of Protein Power
An important message of hope for successfully battling addiction to food, alcohol and drugs.
Christiane Northrup, M.D.
author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
I very much look forward to recommending the book to all those who I know without a doubt are suffering from sugar addiction and all its myriad consequences.
Potatoes Not Prozac: A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to Stabilize the Level of Sugar in Your Blood, Control Your Cravings and Lose Weight, and Recognize How Foods Affect the Way You Feel
Potatoes Not Prozac, A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to Stabilize the Level of Sugar in Your Blood, Control Your Cravings and Lose Weight, and Recognize How Foods Affect the Way You Feel,Kathleen DesMaisons,Candace Pert,Simon & Schuster,0684850141,Compulsive eating,Consumer Health,Depression, Mental,Diet Therapy,Diets - Weight Loss,Health & Fitness,Health/Fitness,Nutrition,Psychosomatic aspects,Sugar-free diet,Dietetics & nutrition,Fitness & diet,Health & Fitness / Diets,Specific disorders & therapies
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