How to stop Depression overeating

on Friday, July 25, 2014

 
 
Depression and overeating are connected, there are many who are depressed and often this is associated with an inability to lose weight. There are many biological factors which connect a depressive mood and our appetite; it has been proven from recent scientific studies that depression and overeating are related to factors such as emotions, antidepressants and stress. A depressed brain triggers a desire for food, if you are depressed it may be much more difficult to lose weight.

 

 

There are more that 20 million people in the United States and many millions more worldwide who are on antidepressants, these pills which are so very necessary for so many millions of people have been know to increase body weight significantly. It is not uncommon for an antidepressant to cause a body weight increase of over 50 pounds or tremendously increase appetite.

 

 

Depression and overeating                    

 

If you are depressed you should know that a depressed brain often calls for an increase in food, sugar and fat in particular is closely related to depression.  In the most simplest of terms, when you feel depressed this causes a brain trigger to fire (there goes out a request for food to calm the depression), the end result is when we are depressed we need to eat to feel better.  Do not blame yourself for overeating when depressed, the brain chemicals are strong which increase appetite.

 

 

The brain is actually trying to make you feel better.  The brain wants the good stuff, rich and sugary foods which improve the depressed mood, the problem is that after the food chemicals wear off the depression returns, it is a cycle that leads to weight gain.

 

 

University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CR-CHUM) and the university's Faculty of Medicine. "In addition to causing obesity, rich foods can actually cause chemical reactions in the brain in a similar way to illicit drugs, ultimately leading to depression as the 'come-downs' take their toll," explain lead researcher, Dr. Stephanie Fulton

 

 

The reason why most people cannot break this cycle is due to the fact that they are trying to address the condition with a diet, this will never work because most diets do nothing to stop the brain chemicals from firing ( requesting for more food).

 

How to reverse this, a diet that addressed depression is the only way to lose weight and still eat what you want.  Few depressed people are aware that there is help. There is a diet in Europe that actually stops depression while calming the brain’s call for constant food.  

 

The diet is used in over 10 countries to stop depression overeating, this works because it stops the brain triggers for food when you are depressed.   The diet stops those brain triggers for food.

 
 


 

 

 

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