Exercise is a well-known mood booster. But, what happens when you take a break from your workouts? A new study shows it can impact your mood, often within a week of stopping.
Does diet play a role in treating depression? Almost 10% of the population suffers from some form of depression. Even though there are medications to treat the symptoms of depression, recent research shows they may only be effective for treating severe depression. This leaves people with mild to moderate depression few treatment options that really work. What about diet? Does it play a role in treating depression?
Despite their reputation for causing weight gain, fats serve a useful purpose in the body. Find out why you need dietary fats and why a very low-fat diet can be unhealthy.
Hopelessness, lack of energy and motivation, and depression plagued me every morning as I got dressed. My husband generously allowed me to purchase attractive clothing to accommodate my larger size, but that was only a temporary fix for my emotional state. I knew I had to loose some weight, and I knew that aside from
When I was 15 years old, I was diagnosed with systemic lupus – an autoimmune disease that required high doses of oral steroids to bring under control. As a young teenager, I didn’t realize the gravity of being on steroids – but within months…I had gained 100lbs. A healthy lifestyle was not within my vocabulary.
18 months ago, I experienced the happiest day of my life when I married my wonderful husband. However, something wasn’t right; leading up to it, I had been falling out with people, arguing and putting on weight; so much so that I had to buy almost an entirely new wardrobe. Everyone put it down to
My second pregnancy (10 years after my first) was a difficult one, not because of any complications from the pregnancy, but because I was so physically unfit. Unlike my first pregnancy, I didn’t exercise at all and I ate whatever would quickly subside the hunger. In addition to that, I was very busy with my
I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. There would be times when I would drop a few pounds, but they always came back. I got my first Cathe DVD, Timesaver, a few years and enjoyed it, but had a problem with consistency. After losing my father in December 2007,
In May of 2004, I gave birth to my 3rd son. He had a brother who was born in May of 2003 and another brother born in May 1997. With this birth, came an overwhelming state of depression, one that I didn’t realize I could possibly experience. When my youngest son was 3 months old,
Roughly 35,000,000 Americans suffer from depression, I’m one of those people. It wasn’t until my own severe episode with this disease in 1999 that I began to research ways of combating it, and found out that an exercise regimine is one of the best things you can do to improve mental health, so I joined
