Friendly Foods Serotonin is a brain chemical believed to promote calmness and ease depression. Foods themselves don’t contain serotonin but what you eat may be able to tip the balance in favour of increased serotonin production in the brain. Most notably, a carbohydrate rich diet – plenty of pasta, wholemeal bread, high fibre cereals etc – is thought to help. Other suggestions which may help are to get a
Australian Bush Flowers There are several Australian Bush Flower Essences that can also assist with fighting the blues. Combinations such as Emergency, Confid, Calm & Clear Essence all help with controlling fear, low self esteem and worry. Other Individual Essences target the emotional demands of everyday life. Sturt Desert Rose This essence is said to resolve feelings of guilt and low self-esteem, and to help people be true to themselves. Boronia Boronia is said to help in situations where someone cannot get someone out
Depression Finding it hard to cope? Why is that?? There is a world of difference between having a bad day and suffering full-blown depression. Older people tend to suffer more incidences of depression due to poor nutrition, the loss of a loved one, feelings of no longer being useful and so on. And persistent mild depression at any age lowers immunity and the ability to fight off disease. A truly depressed person has an all-pervading feeling of sadness. Other typical symptoms include feeling
Have you ever thought of what our mothers do for us over our life time? Cooking, breakfast, lunch and dinner, sets the table, clears the table, washes dishes, washes clothes, makes beds, puts toys away, changes nappies, water the garden, changes sheets, vacuum, dust, irons, homework, school lunches, buys groceries, puts groceries away, drives kids to school and I am sure that list could go on. Well this month’s ch ch ch change is to take one chore from your mum to