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Skip to comments.In Minneapolis, we will host a handful of events that will shake the political establishment.
Posted on 07/22/2008 6:32:40 PM PDT by lqcincinnatus
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
If they expected us to retire quietly from the scene, the political elite are in for a surprise.
Today I am making some very big announcements.
First, from August 31 to September 2 in Minneapolis, we will host a handful of events that will shake the political establishment. Everything will culminate on Tuesday with the official launch of the Campaign for Liberty at the Rally for the Republic.
The Campaign for Liberty will be the largest organization for peace, freedom, the Constitution, and sound money in American history. It will launch in grand fashion with lots of special guests and - if the early television and print inquiries we've received are any indication - plenty of media attention.
I would like to personally invite you and your family to join me and thousands of others in Minneapolis for these events and send a message to the Republican Party.
Tickets will go on sale for the Rally for the Republic this Friday, July 25 @ 10AM CST. We want this to be an unforgettable day, so we are holding a ticket bomb all day Friday in the tradition of our famous money bombs. How many seats can we sell on the first day?
In patriotic fashion all tickets will cost $17.76, so you can afford to bring the whole family.
This leads me to the second big announcement. After measuring the excitement and enthusiasm, we decided that the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota was just too small to hold you. Therefore, we are making a significant upgrade. The Rally for the Republic will now take place at the Target Center, the largest arena in Minneapolis!
This promises to be the most spirited and provocative political event of the year! We held some very large rallies during the presidential campaign, but I have never attempted anything of this scale before. Its success rests entirely in your hands. Later this week I will announce two internationally renowned musicians as headliners for the Rally for the Republic. We'll also be joined by rock star Aimee Allen, NBC's Tucker Carlson, Barry Goldwater Jr., Gov. Gary Johnson, conservative stalwart Grover Norquist, former Reagan deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein, presidential historian Doug Wead, MTV's Adam Curry, musician Mark Scibilia, and Frank Sinatra impersonator Rick Ellis. Other special guests will be announced soon.
My staff has been working overtime to provide you with three full days of entertainment. Please visit the schedule page of the website and read all about upcoming events. We also have a lodging page to help you find accommodations in Minneapolis.
Together we are taking back our government and restoring the republic. Please join me in Minneapolis to kickoff the Campaign for Liberty and support our Revolution. Can I count on you to be there?
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
P.S. I know that you have done so much already, but with both major party nominees threatening to lead us into bankruptcy at home and more wars abroad, the success of the Rally for the Republic and the launch of the Campaign for Liberty is crucial. Please do what you can to be in Minneapolis August 31 - September 2 and send a loud and clear message of freedom, peace, and prosperity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pol. Adv. Paid for by Committee to Re-Elect Ron Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He's a turd in the punchbowl.
Why doesn't he just act like a good 21st Century Republican and accept that the Constitution is a piece of toilet paper and the Republic is dead?
So vitriolic. Perhaps a RINO?
True. Our Constitution is no threat to our form of government.
Why didn't they just go with the Committee to RE-Elect Paul?
When has Ron Paul ever been a Republican? He and his followers swear he is a Libertarian. That makes him RINO - Republican in Name ONLY.
Not sure I understand your question except this is his Congressional re-election committee.
Cite, please.
There is a time and place for everything, and if Paul pulls crap to stink up the show in St. Paul (which will be used to EVERY advantage by the Demoicrats and Media) then he is no better than them.
He had his shot and did not get anywhere the support needed to be a viable candidate, so Ron Paul should grow the hell up, take his ball and go home.
And his supporters, same deal. Anything like another Ross Perot that sticks us with a Clinton is on their shoulders, should this come down to the wire.
He didn't win the nomination he should just go away.
I'd rather play catch with loaded revolver.
Ron Paul's a truther. Until he's smelled the ash from the WTC, he'll never have any of my support.
They want to work for an Obama victory, I guess.
I guess we won't see Paul and the boys in Denver. I don't blame them. Those 'RAT girlymen can get pretty mean (and their purses are REALLY hurt)!
After the repugnant racist newsletters under the Ron Paul banner, you would think his supporters would slither away, but instead they spread their filth like the plague.
I think I get your point.
Drinking a six packs makes it more likely that a vote will be cast for Ron Paul.
We're going to have our hands full here with the anarchists and the hippies, we don't have time for these clowns, too.
What crap? He's not allowed to host his own rally in the name of liberty? Paul has thousands of energetic supporters I think you should stop denigrating these folks because they're the deal-breaker if McCain wants to win the WH he's not allowed to appreciate their efforts and pay them back somehow?
Dude, I'm serious too. His supporters are tenacious and they are not going to hold their noses for McCain or settle for GOP politics as usual.
He had his shot and did not get anywhere the support needed to be a viable candidate, so Ron Paul should grow the hell up, take his ball and go home.
He beat Rudy, Fred, Hunter, Tancredo - and McCain - in primary battles. He raised more money than all of them except for Romney last year - all of it from the grassroots. He actually won Louisiana if it weren't for dirty tricks by the GOP establishment. Paul did not receive fair media coverage, not even from FOX, and the GOP treated him like a leper. If the GOP can embrace out-and-out RINOs like pro-abortion Rudy, then surely they could have acknowledged someone with differentiating foreign policy views.
And his supporters, same deal. Anything like another Ross Perot that sticks us with a Clinton is on their shoulders, should this come down to the wire.
Utter horsefeces. You assume that these people were going to vote for McCain to begin with. They're weren't and they're not going to. If Paul hadn't ran, they would have stayed home or voted their usual 3rd party candidate. Now I'll probably vote for McNut depending on who his VP is, but the GOP needs to listen to Paul and attract his supporters.
As opposed to drinking moonshine and ethanol for voting for McCain.
His supporters are racist, truthers, dope heads and wackjobs....But that's OK, as long as they proclaim the banner of liberty. And in so doing elect Obama.
"Tell mom shell have to figure out how to program the TiVo herself: The St. Paul Paultardpalooza is moving to the 20,000-seat Target Sports Arena (in Minneapolis). The chances are increasing that more people will come to the Twin Cities to celebrate the Ron Paul Revolution than will show up to give a golf clap to GOP nominee John McCain. This is a beautiful development."
Oh my. How funny would it be if Ron Paul's shadow convention was bigger and better than McQueeg's?
RNC's Excel Center, seating capacity:
Hockey/Ice Show/Basketball - 18,600
Half House - 7,000
Circus - 17,400
End Stage 360 - 17,700
End Stage 270 - 15,300
End Stage 180 - 13,500
Center Stage 360 - 19,355
Ice Show - 13,475
Ron Paul convention at the Target Center, seating capacity:
Capacity Basketball: 20,500
Hockey and Arena Football: 17,500
Center-stage Concerts: 19,500
End-Stage Concerts: 13,000-19,000
Many of Paul's supporters were ordinary folks who have never participated in the political process before. A lot of them, when they heard about Paul, went to their local GOP offices to help out only to be sneered at or turned away.
It's unfortunate that Paul did not denounce the moonbats, racists, and anti-war activists that were exploiting his campaign, but at best these people represented a miniscule fraction of his real support.
Jawohl, Frau Kommandant!
Anyone who sticks us with liberal rather than Paul is a traitor. Are you going to support a liberal?
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I won't be marching in his liberty rally but I'm sure you will be.
Most supporters are racist, truthers, dope heads and wackjobs....But that's OK, as long as they proclaim the banner of liberty. And in so doing elect Obama.
That is a bald faced LIE.
That is simply not true. I've been to these rallies and there were people from all walks of life. There were a lot of black people too in the crowds. The only pictures of Truthers YOU SEE are the ones the liberal media and GOP establishment WANTS you to see to marginalize Paul - the ones that were NOT at official Paul rallies or events.
Hmmm... this is tempting. I just wish I could catch a Vikes game while there!
Yes. Vote for the non-liberal. You make it sound like you have only two choices.
Or, if you want to support the leftward move of the GOP, you could choose to send them the message that they'll get your vote even if they tack to the left.
How about not voting for ANY liberal or leftist...regardless of political party?
Or at least waiting-and-seeing who the center-left 2008 presidential candidate with the 'R' next to his name picks as his VP before committing?
I don't worry too much about the vitriolic comments aimed at Ron Paul - they just help confirm that my decision to leave the Republican Party was the correct one.
He can do what he wants in Minneapolis.
The convention is over in St. Paul.
He doesn't even touch the 'Right/Conservative' quadrant. Heck, compare McCain's voting chart to say, Rudy, who no one doubts is a RINO.
Pretty sad when you are a 'Republican' to the left of even Rudy.
He is doing this to help stop the socialist gunk that is poisoning young people's minds - THE JOB THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
He has - he is not running on as a 3rd party candidate, so what's your tenderloin? He has not endorsed Bob Barr. He win his House seat again and go back to being Dr. No. He is completely out of the presidential picture, so I don't understand why "FReepers" are bellyaching over him holding a rally to promote liberty.
Then they are no better than anyone who supports Odimbulb.
You really don't get it, do you? As I said - these folks would not have voted for McCain to begin with had Paul not ran anyway as they are a mixture of disgusted conservatives/libertarians and people who are sick of politics and the same-old same-old. If McCain loses, that his entirely his fault and not the supporters of Paul. Funny how Paul's supporters are supposedly racists or anti-war kooks, but if they vote for Paul or stay home, how would that hurt McCain? Shouldn't that hurt Obama?
Tough Sh*t. He still LOST. Crying and whining because the big bad media screwed him over is more befitting some San Francisco blissninny than a man who wants to be considered as a viable candidate to run the country.
Where is he crying or whining? All Paul is doing is holding his own rally. He's not on any presidential ballot or ticket, and he has not endorsed anyone. Where is the sour grapes of Paul you speak of at? He's basically doing the same thing FR and CPAC has done.
Wonderful. Then they should stay the hell home.
OK, they should stay home, but if McCain loses, it's their fault he lost? ROFL.
Me neither, but at the same time it's frustrating. You had someone who was bringing in new people and the libertarians into the GOP and restoring some core principles back into the party, and he gets denounced by the very conservatives who whine about how too far to the left the GOP has shifted. It's mind-numbing insanity.
Oh, I forgot, McCain's lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 83%, I think that is the lowest of all the options we had.. can you get any lower and still be called a Republican?
LOL! How much to they pay you? Do people actually fall for such things?
Well, I guess that with the good ol' Department of Education edyookatin' people these days, many probably don't realize the way you can get a nice conservative rating by following some rather non-conservative positions.
BTW, why do you support Statism so much?
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Cisco Systems, Inc. recently demonstrated the value of advanced modeling and simulation software when it helped one of its large European service provider customers replace its core Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network routing platform with a higher-performance one.
The Challenge at Hand
Cisco Advanced Services was engaged to help mobile operator Vodafone Germany migrate from its existing Cisco 12000 Series GSR backbone to a network core based on the newer Cisco CRS-1 routers. The CRS-1 multi-terabit forwarding capacity was quickly becoming necessary for Vodafone Germany as unprecedented volumes of multimedia fixed and mobile traffic were traversing their core network links.
The assignment for Cisco was to design the new network core, physically build it, and create the overall migration strategy, including the order in which nearly 300 PE routers would migrate to the new platform. At stake was the possibility of service degradation for the company's network users. This degradation could take place while edge devices that were still connected to the old core needed to communicate with devices that had already migrated to the new core over interconnections that had been put in place for the duration of the migration. Twelve points of presence (POPs), each with two redundant core GSRs, were to be upgraded to CRSs (Figure 1).
Because so many edge devices had to be moved and because they were geographically dispersed across Germany, making an overnight switch was not an option. "The goal was to migrate in such a way that the multiple 10-Gbps interconnection links between the old core network and the new one didn't overrun capacity," says Oliver Boehmer, solutions architect and Cisco lead for the migration project. Getting the migration wrong would cause the interconnections to become congested, drop packets, and affect service for large numbers of Vodafone's customers.
To build a plan, Boehmer needed to understand the traffic matrix: the complete listing of the end-to-end traffic flows on the network that would have to be carried. That listing would require some form of measurement on the existing GSR-based network before planning could begin.
Once an acceptable plan was developed, the physical migration would then become a joint effort between Cisco and its customer, Vodafone. Cisco had to develop a plan that could be handled by the small joint team of Cisco and Vodafone staff over a period of weeks.
The Solution
To build the plan his team required, Boehmer relied on the Cisco MATE software.
"The first 'killer feature' of the Cisco MATE software was the ability to derive a traffic matrix that we could use to understand the traffic flows the new network would have to handle," says Boehmer. "Only MATE offers the ability to do this from just link utilization alone; other tools require more complex measurements."
By gathering measured link-load data via interface statistics from the existing network and using network tomography to calculate the network path that data would take, the MATE tool produced a traffic matrix of all the flows in the network. This traffic matrix could then be used as the blueprint for the expected traffic during the simulation of the new network topologies while the migration project advanced.
Once the traffic matrix was finalized, Boehmer's next step was to create a topology model of the new network. Since the CRS-1 based network did not exist yet, using the discovery features available in the MATE software was not an option. The solution was going to be either using the GUI to create each network object, configure it correctly, and add it to the network model, or write a script to do the same thing programmatically. Boehmer chose the scripting option for two key reasons. First, it allowed him to quickly create the new network model in the tool by parsing information such as port numbers and IP addresses from a spreadsheet supplied by Vodafone. Second, because it allowed him to quickly adapt the topology to test the ordering of each migration step. This testing worked by running a simulation of the traffic flows created by each link being brought up to connect a PE to the new core or being taken down to remove it from the old one (Figure 2).
"For every move, we calculated the load of the new network," he says. "The ability of the Cisco MATE software to be scripted is amazing," he adds. "It's very customizable. Its power is its versatility to integrate [the traffic demand] into the workflow in machine-readable form," which relieved Boehmer from having to perform a lengthy series of manual tasks to create the files and to retrieve the simulation results.
To migrate the 300 edge routers, Boehmer calculated 20 to 30 moves and was able to see how the load would be forwarded through the network and whether traffic would remain in balance. Vodafone's goal was to keep the interconnect link loads under 70 percent utilization.
Cisco MATE simulations helped Boehmer discover that "certain nodes couldn't move at the same time" without causing link utilization overruns or performance/quality-of-service (QoS) problems. "We tried about 10 different migration orders of equipment before finding the one that met all of the utilization and performance requirements during the transition," Boehmer says. "Without the functionality of the Cisco MATE Design software, it would have been practically impossible to perform this level of modeling economically".
The Results
It is common for networking equipment vendors to handle complete core network upgrades by building a parallel network and then switching the network over from old to new. However, customers always had to be willing to accept that network migrations could be risky and might affect service delivery during implementation. By using the Cisco MATE software, Cisco was able to provide Vodafone with the confidence that the migration would be trouble-free.
"We did not suffer any downtime or packet drop during the migration process," says Boehmer. "We could reassure our customer, before the migration project began, that we understood and had managed the risks involved."
A typical approach is "to use common sense and accept a lot of risk, which would have involved much greater operational effort on the part of the customer [Vodafone]," Boehmer says. Without having done the simulations and understanding what was going to happen to the traffic, Vodafone would have had operations staff watching traffic levels on all links in the network 24 hours a day during the migration. Whenever traffic levels rose significantly on a particular link, staff would have had to have taken action to reroute flows to avoid the danger of congestion affecting services.
With the Cisco MATE solution, however, Boehmer had modeled the network and understood the impact of link utilization for each step of the migration. After the first couple of moves had confirmed that everything was working as expected, the team could monitor traffic flows with high confidence that service would be maintained.
"The planning for this migration project took two to three weeks," says Boehmer. "Without the MATE software, it might have taken …well, we wouldn't have done it," he says, "We would have reverted instead to common sense and greater risk. With this unique approach, we were able to offer our customer more reassurance that the project would be completed without incident."
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In response to my post yesterday about my recent snowboarding accident—and trip, four days later, to the ER, where I learned that I didn't have any broken bones—Doug sent this picture in to help me keep things in perspective.
I just read your Slog post. You have my deepest sympathies. Attached are two x-rays of my humerus—the bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow in my left arm. Snapped in two while snowboarding and then patched together with a steel rod. Once youve been seriously injured on a board, your riding career is never the same. Ive turned into a great big pussy on the slopes.—Doug
I've never been anything other than a pussy on the slopes—so it looks like I'll have to turn into a teeny, weeny kitten. Thanks for sharing, Doug.


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Students from the team www.tunnelsavers.com designed a comprehensive Hurricane survival plan for residents, developed a flood protection system for our infrastucture (Holland Tunnel), and for keeping garbage out of our tunnels and off our streets.
The project's focus was designing and engineering a better defense mechanism against flooding of tunnels in Jersey City and New York, which can be applied throughout the region. The Tunnel Savers came up with a method to make sandbags that could withstand the surge force of flood waters. They did this by redesigning the way sandbags stay together and improving static friction with increased surface area touching between sandbags, (Sandhands-their name based on their design with interlocking fingers) that would increase the resistance to surge forces that blew through sandbags during Hurricane Sandy. To increase protection, the team created a pool of water with sandhands in front of tunnels that further enhances the resistance to surge forces by using the mass of water in the pool. Additionally, the team reached out to the community by creating a simple 10 step hurricane survival guide in 5 languages to reach the culturally diverse residents of Jersey City. The team uses its website (www.tunnelsavers.com) and social media (Twitter 1,117 followers, Facebook, seeclickfix.com, Youtube channel) to spread their message. The Tunnel Savers team consists of 8th graders Jericho Mata, Antonio Hernandez, Cristian Contreras, Abdelrahm Hassan, and they are led by advisors Robert O'Donnell (Milken National Education Award recipient 2013) and Joel Naatus (Jersey City district teacher of the year 2014).
The Tunnel Savers tested their project in P.S. 28's staff-built aquaculture lab with a flood table and a scale model of the Holland Tunnel, designed specifically for this project. The team found that by using pool formations and interlocking handbags they were able to keep water out of the model tunnel and their design, if built to scale, would have kept over 90% of surge water out of the Holland Tunnel during Hurricane Sandy. This school year the team met with the Director of the Holland Tunnel for infrastructure safety, Stephan Olmo, and he demonstrated how the tunnel flooded and what is currently being done to protect this regionaly important part of our infrastructure. This helped the Tunnel Savers design a system that automatically fills sandhands (their name for their sandbag design) in order for them to be rapidly deployed to locations in need during an emergency or natural disaster.
Abdelrahm Hassan thinks this is what this experience means, "As a team you gain confidence, and strength, you aren't just friends with your team members, you create strong bonds with them making them family". When asked by their team coaches recently what they would like to pursue as a career, all team members quickly replied "Engineers"
A panel of community leaders, scientists and experts in science education judged this idea as one of the top 30 Christopher Columbus Awards entries in the U.S. More than 850 students and coaches participated nationwide.
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Rewards include $2,000 cash prize for each team member for the top two national winners. In addition, one team will bring home the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant to help bring its idea to life in the community.
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The Christopher Columbus Awards challenge teams of middle-school students to explore and discover opportunities for positive change in their communities using science and technology. Now in its 18th year, the competition has attracted more than 21,000 students from diverse backgrounds all across the U.S. The program is sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and it is endorsed by the National Middle School Association and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
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Hey Ginobili, did Nash school you when you were in the nba? He must of been a rookie when you were close to retirement.This is the NBA, it is about team not ego. I think Nash is a team player and will fit well with the Lakers. Some of the ball handling duties will be taken up by Kobe so Nash would not be as burnt out.
Also this would give him more energy to play some "D". He is a good around player, he rebounds above average for a pg, shoots for a high average and wonderful with fts. He is going to make L.A. a contender. Also with him Kobe will not have to play pg and sg every game like he is doing now. Great move by Mitch Kupchak. I am happy for the Lakers, they have a real leader now.
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Areas of Strength: Kobe and big-men bookends. While it has been proven for two years in a row that Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol do not form the powerful duo many opponents have long claimed provide a huge advantage, the Lakers do have uncommonly talented running mates at center and power forward.
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#43 Jul 6, 2012
He was and is clever and quick and sees the court well. He is the truth and the real deal, sure Hall of Famer. My hats off to you Laker fans, Mitch with his signing of Nash just made you guys one level better. Actually the Lakers did have one great pg in Gary Payton but Kobe with his immaturity back then ran him off the team. Now Kobe understands what a point guard means to the team. Ramon Sessions will eventually with proper tutelage and experience be a good pg but not with Mike Brown. My Spurs will give you guys a run for the money, you got to remember Nash and Kobe are getting older. We will wear out Kobe and Nash and then see what you guys got left.
Since: Jan 12
#44 Jul 6, 2012
That only happened to Ginobili in the video game world.
He WAS great once at Seattle but when he got to LA "the glove" was worn out and done for. He couldn't hit a shot to save his life in LA and it wasn't just Kobe that was causing all the friction it was a guy named Shaq who did just as much or more.
LOL! Sessions is already good. He's in the NBA(where being good gets you in the door)and he'll be a decent fit on a small market team with little to no ambition where he stands out only because the level of skill around him is lower. Trust, if you're very good to great, it matters NOT who your coach is. Skills will come out for all to see regardless of who's coaching and Mike Brown is a very good coach. He's a better coach than Sessions is a PG that's for sure.
LOL you're calling Nash at 38 and Kobe at 33 OLD while Duncan is 36 and the REAL Ginobili is 34? You'd just better hope SA can keep that deep bench they have because without all of them, the Spurs are in deep.
#45 Jul 6, 2012
Spurs still have the edge over the Lakers. Nash can not guard either Parker nor Ginobili. No one on the Lakers can handled Duncan, Spurs role players are great. We just need someone to guard that Kevin Durant and we r going back to the NBA finals.
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Depression: Your Brain on SugarHealthy Living, Most Popular
You've no doubt seen the television ads warning "this is your brain on drugs". These public service announcements are designed to be visually shocking thereby discouraging youth drug abuse by comparing the brain to an egg and a fried egg in a pan to a brain on drugs.
The same can be said about the effects of sugar on the brain. In the case of sugar, however, the effects are marked by a high risk of long term mental illness like depression rather than a brief yet dangerous, drug induced high.
Depression is at epidemic proportions in our modern society. Even children are not immune with some estimates putting 1 in every 8 teenagers as clinically depressed.
What's more, major depression is projected to become the #2 disability in the United States by 2020 with 1/4 of the population suffering its devastating impact sometime during their lives.
Are Antidepressant Drugs the Answer?
When the sobering diagnosis of depression is given, the typical remedy given by doctors is a script for antidepressant drugs.
According to Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body Primal Mind and a speaker at the Wise Traditions 2010 Conference, however, antidepressant drugs only have about a 13% effectiveness rate, just slightly better than a placebo.
Moreover, for the small minority of people for whom antidepressants actually help, 30-40% of them will not find antidepressant drugs effective over the long term.
Bottom line? If you are depressed, don't look to drugs as the long term solution especially if you want to maintain a normal sex life. Antidepressants are well known to significantly dampen or even completely eliminate libido!
Instead of drugs, look to your diet as the best long term solution to depression.
Are You A Carbovore?
Diet has a tremendous impact on the development of depression and whether or not the sufferer successfully recovers long term. For some unknown reason, however, this basic truth is consistently ignored by most conventional medical authorities other than the possible suggestion of a doctor's office recommended supplement of industrialized fish oil capsules!
Imbalanced, unstable, surging blood sugar is a common source of depression as well as simple irritability and violent tendencies according to Ms. Gedguadas, a board certified Nutritional Therapist and Clinical Neurofeedback Specialist.
Doubt that blood sugar plays a huge role in brain health?
Consider that Alzheimer's patients are notorious for having a voracious sweet tooth. Eating sweets on a frequent basis with the accompanying blood sugar surges depletes magnesium in the body at a rapid rate leaving the brain vulnerable to the ravages of aluminum.
A high aluminum level in the brain is, of course, a hallmark symptom of Alzheimer's Disease.
How Sugar Destabilizes the Brain
Blood sugar surges actually destabilize the brain via the deadly process of glycation.
In layman's terms, glycation is the chemical process in the body whereby glucose, proteins, and certain fats become tangled together making all manner of body tissue stiff and inflexible – including the brain.
Glycation is a big free radical problem in the body causing rapid aging. In neurological terms, glycation has the very real potential of actually shrinking brain tissue.
Absolutely nothing is more destabilizing to the brain than surging blood sugar which results in rampant glycation in the body.
Case in point: Have you ever noticed how your temper gets really short after that midafternoon candy bar? Similarly, this is why kids get so moody and disruptive when a teacher ironically and misguidedly gives them candy as a reward for good attention.
Ms. Gedgaudas maintains that blood sugar issues are the #1 influencing factor in mental health with depression being one of the most prominent.
Avoiding the devastating effects of glycation upon the brain which can over the long haul, cause mental illness like depression, anxiety and other mood disorders requires stable, steady blood sugar as much as possible.
Whole, Dietary Fats Best Stabilize the Blood Sugar
While surging blood sugar levels caused by overconsumption of grain based foods, processed sugars, and even alcohol in the diet are the most destabilizing force the brain can experience, natural dietary fats are conversely the most stabilizing neurological force giving way to clear thinking and stable emotions.
The best dietary fats for blood sugar control are those consumed liberally by Traditional Societies which experienced vibrant health and suffered little to no mental illness or degenerative disease. These are the very same fats that are typically shunned by most people in favor of factory fats like margarine which are not favorable to brain function and should be avoided.
Traditional fats must be consumed liberally in the diet to achieve mental stability, however.
Lowfat Diets = Neurological Instability
Think about the makeup of the brain if this point is concerning to you in any way. Consider that 60-80% of the brain is fat, a full 50% of which is saturated fat!
11% of the brain is arachidonic acid best found in egg yolks and 25% as DHA (an omega-3 fat best found in oily fish. Flax oil is a poor substitute as it converts poorly to true DHA).
How much of the brain under healthy, normal circumstaces is actually composed of highly processed, polyunsaturated fats which are the primary fat in the Western diet?
How about none!
If you want to adopt the wise and time tested strategy of eating properly for your brain's sake, then you must eat the type of fats that actually comprise the make-up of the brain. Doesn't this just make sense?
- Butter
- Cream
- Ghee
- Coconut Oil
- Cod Liver Oil
- Tallow/Suet/Lard
- Egg Yolks
These fats are the ones to seek and consume liberally if you wish to put depression behind you for good.
For more details on the healthiest fats to consume and the ones you absolutely can't do without if you want peak mental fitness, please see the article Five Fats You MUST Have in Your Kitchen.
Stop the sugar! Save your brain .. and possibly even your life!
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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> Consider that 60-80% of the brain is fat, a full 50% of which is saturated fat!
Unless you are speaking of the "dry part", in which case I can agree (although with some margin), actually 80% of the brain is water, 10% is proteins and another 10% is fats. The brain is made of saturated fats by 2-3% (the rest is monounsaturated, polyunsaturated especially n-3 and plenty of cholesterol).
Apart this, me too I advocate quality dietary fats for brain health. Low-fat diets are the biggest fad ever sold to the public.
"If you want to adopt the wise and time tested strategy of eating properly for your brain's sake, then you must eat the type of fats that actually comprise the make-up of the brain. Doesn't this just make sense?"
The above statement is flawed logic. This logical fallacy may make intuitive sense, but it doesn't take into account the highly complicated and still poorly understood biological processes the body goes through when digesting food. It doesn't take into account they way the body converts various nutrients and the blood brain barrier. Also Wakame is a superior source of omegas to fish, especially if you are on a weight loss diet.
But I do agree with you about your sugar conjecture. Particular when looking to lose weight or maintain weight loss.
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Karen Stevenson via Facebook
Works that way for me. I can't eat a lot not even natural sugars like honey & maple syrup or I just fall into the pit of hell! Hate it!!
Melanie Jackson via Facebook
I know that! Why do I forget!!!! I have had a little to much sugar this week and noticed I was a little sad. Ti
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high blood sugar=negative mindset.
Fran Shipp via Facebook
Think of this cycle: The depressed turns to alcohol. The alcohol turns to sugar once consumed…the depressed drinks…becomes suicidal…drinks himself into a stupor for years and years..on a mission of self-loathing…and death comes.
Sarah Lynn via Facebook
sugar robs the body of nutrients and puts the body in a stressed and inflamed state so the depression would not surprise me
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How much sugar is too much? Is there a general daily amount of sugar that's acceptable?
So after reading all these comments, it's safe to say I don't know what the hell we're supposed to eat for depression and anxiety. Half of the people are advocating for high fat, low carb and the other half are saying that approach will make you worse and that you need to be regularly munching on potatoes and whole grains. I don't know what to do.
It IS frustrating. There is so much information floating around, and it always says the opposite of whatever news headline came out the week before.
I guess trial and error really is the best way. For instance, I find it interesting that when I had a huge bowl of mac and cheese at Rogue Brewery in Portland last week, not only did my blood sugar plummet, and I sat glum, tired, and very un-talkative in the passenger seat all the way back home to Seattle….but I was craving ice cream allllll evening long. Like..I had barely gotten home and said hello to my husband before I was putting my coat and shoes back on to go get some. I shouldn't have been hungry later that night (I'm a small person), but I was.
These two things helped me: Reading "Wheat Belly" in order to learn the actual science behind all those stupid "news headlines" and reading REAL people's testimonies on Mark's Daily Apple.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing this! Ironic that I am reading it on Day 1 of No Sugar. I gave up wheat last summer, and decided this weekend to eat the rest of the ice cream and flourless cake in the house and start a "no sugar" thing today. Tried in the past and failed. This time…I am ready. And this article is definitely helping.
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My two noteworthy takeaways from Sarah's article:
1. Imbalanced, unstable, surging blood sugar is a common source of depression as well as simple irritability and violent tendencies according to Ms. Gedguadas, a board certified Nutritional Therapist and Clinical Neurofeedback Specialist.
2. If you want to adopt the wise and time-tested strategy of eating properly for your brain's sake, then you must eat the type of fats that actually comprise the make-up of the brain. Doesn't this just make sense?
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Shannon Rice via Facebook
What about using coconut sugar? I'd like to switch to this in my 1 morning cup of coffee, just to cut out a little more sugar I consume.
Doree Anglemyer via Facebook
I agree about it not being the only factor in depression–but for what I'm suffering with, my diet has played a 'key' role in how I have so many issues–add to that antibiotics use, being a slow detoxer, many situations/outside factors–but the biggest??–MERCURY poisoning from my silver fillings!!!, which now to try and fix the issue, I need to wean off all sugars and grains…..it's amazing how many toxins they are bombarding us with throwing off our health!
Sheril Carey via Facebook
Thank you for spreading the word! Sugar is definitely one if the pieces of the puzzle for me and for many many others. To solve the whole puzzle, you need all the pieces!
Jules Trandem via Facebook
great info!
Cyn Bates via Facebook
Heavens. That is some picture you got there. Though she may look like the poster child for sugar and depression, I don't think sugar is her only problem. Poor lady probably doesn't even know her picture is circulating on the internet.
Keri Collins Riley via Facebook
The husband and I have been off sugar and fluten four days and our mental clarity was the first thing we noticed.
Vicki Steen Hynes via Facebook
@Kim Needy… I don't think she was trying to state that sugar is the reason for depression. You are looking at it the wrong way. What she is saying is that it can and will aid in major malfunction in the brain. It would make no sense for the "Healthy Home Economist" to write about psychology, life experiences, etc… now wouldn't it? Plus articles should not be vague and all over the place. Would be to long and you lose people's interest that way – that is what reports are for….. Articles are meant to be to the point about one main topice only and the main topic here is how sugar is linked to depression not depression.
Right, exactly. Like how lack of fats can affect the brain as well.
Loryjean Pratt via Facebook
I think we can safely postulate that a healthy brain would react better to difficult situations. Perspective and the ability to cope would probably be better.
Kim Needy via Facebook
Ok, let me try to remove part of my foot, if it's not too late. Having dealt with severe depression with psychotic episodes since forever. Properly diagnosised in 2001. Ton of meds, ton of therapy, tons of research and yes, lifestyle changes including exercise, diet and removing sugar-I personally don't see how articles can be so "simply" defined. I am just afraid the wrong person can get ahold of this article and think "Thank God- This is my answer!!!" when in reality there is not a one factor "cure" for depression. I truly believe it is a life long process for depression that lasts "longer than normal" depression. I do believe in this article for people who understands that "depression" isn't a blanket diagnosis!
Brittnee Turner Horting via Facebook
It's interesting how differently it affects us…I eat very little sugar and am gluten-free…but I've been depressed most of my life, sometimes worse than others. My husband is a sugarholic and that is the perfect word for it…he's addicted and when he doesn't have sugar he's a bear. He shows classic signs of withdrawl when he hasn't had sugar…he's tired and VERY cranky. He just had an appointment with a naturopath and she told him is he wants to get rid of some issues he's been having, he has to get off sugar…and I'm glad to say he went cold turkey that day and has done pretty stinkin' well!
Kim Needy via Facebook
Dang. if my koolaid was the ONLY reason I cried. Sorry-I agree to the sugar can aid in depression big time. Situations are a factor. Big factor.
Melissa Wolfdane via Facebook
my daughter just asked me about sugar . I shared this information with her. thank you!!
Jessica Henderson via Facebook
Biggus Mickus, what do you think of this?
Kari Carlin Aist via Facebook
This is me–well, it absolutely represents me. I woke up this morning and told my husband that I need to get my diet back to where I know it should be, which means cutting out sugars and starches and getting back to the GAPS-like diet that has helped me physically and mentally/emotionally. It's a matter of life and death, as far as I am concerned.
Depression and Alzheimers run in my family, so this really, REALLY hit home–it's so serendipitous that I read this today, to bolster my resolve. Thank you for this post!
Heather Smith via Facebook
I made the mistake of having just a few pieces of a candy I used to enjoy when I was young. The next few days were a nightmare! I've never been more agitated, angry, and miserable. It had been years since I've done such a thing, since I tend to stick to fresh fruit or a couple of squares of dark chocolate. I learned my lesson… the hard way.
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Also the higher up your sugar levels go the more angered, agitated and annoyed you get….
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I had depression in response to a tough life situation, and eventually resorted to taking St
John's wort for about two years. I know it was working because I accidentally and blindly took half the usual dose for a couple weeks and was miserable until I figured it out. I have recently been able to wean myself off of it, after brewing and drinking kefir and kombucha in really large quantities. I craved as much as I could drink for nearly a month, and then settled into a more normal consumption. I know it's only an anecdote, but I am thoroughly convinced of the gut-brain connection now! It's so nice to have my normal, cheery self back, after so long without.
Thank you for confirming what I have known for some time! Sugar and I are not friends, that's for sure. I do want to offer encouragement to any vegetarians reading this, though; I have been a vegetarian for 27 years (just never liked the taste of meat), and also have to avoid dairy and eggs because of allergies. I find, though, that as long as I am being mindful about eating plenty of protein (nuts, legumes, quinoa, etc.) and healthy fats, a bit of sugar here and there (usually in the form of a bar of dark chocolate!) doesn't turn me into a raging beast or a paralyzed depressive.
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I started eating a moderate carb, low lectin paleo diet about 2 years ago for treatment of severe arthritis. It worked beautifully for the arthritis and for weight loss. However, about 3 months ago I developed a severe depression and anxiety disorder.
I followed all the natural nutritional advice trying to treat my depression. I tried on the precursor treatments as well. But nothing was helping. I ended up needing a combination of Sam-E, GLA,, and a low dose of Zoloft to begin to heal. I still have a long, long way to go to get back to normal, but at least now the agony is reduced to a manageable level.
I am sharing this because I am a HUGE believer is using nutrition to stay healthy. But whatever happened to me, happened after 2 years of eating nutrient dense fantastic food. I resisted anti-depressants until I exhausted every natural treatment I could find. But I just could not take the pain any more. So I hope people with bad depression will stay open to all their options.
JUST EAT SOME EGGS FRIED IN BUTTER! You'll be fine.
J. Nicole
As someone who suffers from panic disorder and depression, and also eats plenty of pastured eggs fried in grass-fed butter, your response is far too simplistic. Do what you have to do Jill! Be well!
I would love to read this article, but with all of the background ads running all at the same time and no way to even find some of them to stop them, it bogs my computer down. Understand you need to make money, but this is a bit ridiculous.
JerryandJina Ezell via Facebook
What do ya'll do with people who seem "stuck" and giving way to pain by saying this is so different than drugs? As I see it food is an easier "drug" to mask our symptom. Getting our society to rid their bodies of the white stuff is as difficult as getting cocaine and meth out of the streets…harder still.
I'm behind much of this idea, but encouraging people to eat more butter and lard? I say no to that.
Jennifer Bacaro via Facebook
I totally need to get off the sugar!
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I totally need to get off the sugar!
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hello, does honey act on the brain simarly than sugar does? hope not..!
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Great read! Thanks!!
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Great read! Thanks!!
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Great info! Thanks!
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Great info! Thanks!
Margaret Woodlock via Facebook
Great information and what I like to see – thank you!
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This only proves that energy drinks which we all know rich in sugar are one of reasons why people experiencing depression on to their day to day lives, same with the sweets like chocolates, candies. Even we know that they can replenish stamina temporarily and some ways, though the side effects are really life threatening It seems.
Please tell me HOW you put this much fat into your diet??? I thought that I was but we still struggle with things that must mean that we don't…
Normally every morning eggs with coconut oil, sausage and toast w/ butter.
Juices (with the vita mix) with coconut oil and olive oil
lunch some veggies/protein/starch and a Tbls of butter and dinner the same. Are you eating more then this? if so, what do you put it in???
I don't suffer from depression but from blood sugar issues that have taken over my life.
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I do agree that a healthy diet is best for optimal health. Most mental health experts will tell you the same thing these days. What I don't agree with is the assumption that everyone just needs to eat a little more healthy fats and all will be well. Since my pregnancy and the ensuing years of early childhood, I have been hospitalized four times for suicide watch. I also am occasionally plagued with irrational thoughts and have consequently been diagnosed as major depression with psychotic features. The main reason behind all four hospitalizations was that I was not medicated. I kept trying to come off the drugs and do it on my own. The prevalent attitude about anti-depressants especially among health-conscious individuals is very dismissive and adds extra weight to the burden of social stigmatization that is often attached to matters of mental health.
I would like to see more advocates of holistic wellness take into consideration that there is no one-size-fits-all panacea for mental or physical health. Some people reading articles such as this might be inspired to act independently, to do away with the medication against their doctor's orders and without supervision and end up back in the psych ward or worse, on a mortuary slab.
I couldn't agree more, Changeling. There is no one-size-fit-all. I have been battling chronic depression since my teens with two stints in hospital due to it. I never followed anything remotely resembling the SAD recommendations especially saturated fat restrictions. Despite having always avoided processed foods and restricted my intake of sugars, after reading the glowing improvements some achieve following a primal eating pattern, I made a few tweaks. Due to various health issues I am conscientious about what I eat. After more than four years eating this way I STILL need to take antidepressants to function. While genetics/epigenetics may not be everything nor is diet.
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I'd like to add one more book to the mix that supports nutrition and depression. It's a book I got recently and just finished it. It's "Rebuild from Depression – A Nutrient Guide" by Amanda Rose PhD. This talks a lot about post-partum depression and on into other types. It's an excellent with good explanation about nutrients you need to take and especially eat. Her website is http://www.rebuild-from-depression.com. Amanda's mom has a great website where she teaches and talks about healthy eating…it's http://www.traditional-foods.com Have a look and hope you enjoy browsing around these sites and I really encourage you to get the book to read. It's definitely a keeper if you deal with depression!
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Whole Family via Facebook
This is fantastic and a great reminder to me of why we are striving to eat so well. Thank you.
What is a good way to get a "sweet fix"? Truly raw honey? Fruit?
Janine Pugh (@jpgumnut)
Depression: Your Brain on Sugar http://t.co/zes3cswi feeling really happy right about now that i have cut out sugar!!!
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Nana M.
Thanks, Sarah, for the information on sugar, as well as fats, which I find really supports the logic of how my family and I have been eating. One thing though. Could you please give me some reassurance that Kombucha is OK with all that sugar in it?!? We drink it a lot, as we follow your advice and that of the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook. I perhaps haven't looked in the right place, but is there scientific evidence that you are aware of that truly supports the idea that the sugar is consumed or converted to a healthy substance in the fermentation process? Thanks again for all you do.
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I suffered SEVERELY with major depression, for many years. I am a Christian, and quite devout in my faith. I don't want to sound unkind, but in my experience, telling people with depression to "just pray" or anything of that nature, just depresses a depressed person even more. When a person is in the throes of depression, they do NOT believe they are loved–by God, or anyone. They feel abandoned. But (at least in my case) in the back of their minds they KNOW they want and need God. And that upsets the depressed person even more! It's a horrible situation to be in, and it seems that there is no way out. Jesus CAN heal, but most often, that is not the case. Best advice I have is to say, if anything at ALL, that you will pray for them–then hand them something practical that they can use! Offer to look into nutritional healing. Offer to make a healthy meal for them. Tell them about testing for the nutrients they might be missing so that they can heal. BRING them to a natritionally oriented physician (they will not go on their own). I love Jesus, but to say, or imply, that a depressed person just isn't living their faith is condescending and insulting, and shows that the person saying that really has no clue about this problem. Just an FYI for anyone who needs it. Not referring to any specific posts here.
This makes a lot of sense. I am suffering from depression now and have been since my son was born 5 months ago. I also find I am often left searching for words that should come easily in conversation. Plus some arthritis has come on (stiff and painful joints all over) that I never used to have. With all that going on I often get "What are you doing to attract this to yourself? Everything happens by law of attraction so you're bringing on these problems, just think yourself out of it and be positive!" OK that is like telling someone they aren't connected enough to their faith or they would be healthy (so far no one has questioned my faith). It's not helping my state of mind or body, just makes me feel guilty. So I totally agree with you Marilyn. And…I have been eating more baked goods and fruits during this time than before I got pregnant. Sarah, I will reduce the sugars/grains and bring on the fats and see what happens!
Isn't that the truth! The two times I've suffered from mental disorders I was encouraged to pray more. The first time I was severely depressed and contemplating suicide. It wasn't until someone suggested stopping my birth control pills that the depression went away (almost immediately I felt normal again!) The next time, the OCD I had suffered from my whole life escalated and I couldn't leave my house. As strong as my faith and love for God is, praying until I was drained didn't help. It wasn't until I turned my back on my low-fat vegan diet and added coconut oil, raw dairy, pastured butter, eggs and meat back into my diet (and eliminated gluten) that the OCD was overcome. Why do Christians forget we are body, mind and spirit???
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Since we are one, yes all of it goes together- the physical, spiritual, mental, emotional. Neglect one and the rest are all affected negatively.
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All the testimonial comments with this post are fantastic … anyone reading this who is struggling with depression is hopefully very motivated by all of the personal stories of depression and recovery by incorporating Traditional Fats liberally into the diet which crowds out those mind numbing sugars/refined carbs which are stealing so many people's lives unnecessarily.
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A few years ago, after coming to terms with the signs that I was losing a twenty year battle with depression, I went on medication. I had never taken any meds for depression. Once the honeymoon of not wanting to hang myself every few months wore off, it was glaringly clear that there are alot of side effects to antidpressants. But, the side effects out weighted the ailment, that's what I was resigned to believing, anyhow. Fast forward to a little over a year ago when I incorporated a paleo/primal lifestyle into mine and my family's life, I've been off the meds for close to a year, with far better results than when on them (we had a very SAD household).
As a teenager and young adult I battled an eating disorder, which if I did eat, was high carb and barely any fat. Remembering the cycles of crazy up and down depressions and the nightmares that my body went through makes me so grateful to have found a solution!
High carb + low fat= mental illness. No joke!!
I met a wonderfully, interesting woman recently who is a lawyer and is very adament about her observations concerning her son's diet. He has autism and celiac. By her own investigation, she has come to an almost completely traditional diet like WAPF and states unequivocally that when her son sticks to his diet, there are hardly ANY problems. When he doesn't…different child. I told her about this website and she is excited to find some like-minded folks who also have "seen" it for themselves!! Thanks Sarah!
Sarah Tarbey (@sarahtarbey)
Thanks to Lee Supercharged for sharing this… Some very sobering thoughts about sugar's link to depression… http://t.co/fiLWeNH9
AMAZING POST! I just read this today: "THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION states that depression is the leading cause of disability, affecting more than 120 million people worldwide." So, I guess we don't have to wait until 2020… from: http://chriskresser.com/depression
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
Oh, my! How shocking!
Jodi Lee (@TheEcoBlogger)
Day 15 of the sugar detox – refined sugar is linked to depression…. http://t.co/2q2KhPTK
I'm always happier when eating butter!
I mean, really, who isn't? 😀
Jennifer Bergerman via Facebook
My grandma died of Alzheimer's 3 months ago and I believe she was a healthy woman til her doctors started telling her she had to lower salt and fat and cholesterol. Prior to this, she used butter, evoo, lard, salt, eggs.
David Brown
Exactly. The anti-saturated fat campaign remains in full swing while omega-6 industrial seed oils are being virtually ignored. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201103/your-brain-omega-3
Sarah, what a wonderful post! My husband and I started our family on traditional foods only several years ago, but we kept in a lot of natural sugar: mainly raw honey and real maple syrup–as well as lots and lots of fruit. We got healthier, but over this past spring and summer, I had a really long lasting bout of depression.
Somewhere in there, I decided to cut out the carbs and guess what? Out went the depression. I was literally bouncing with energy, even through difficult times. And even though he hadn't felt specifically depressed before, my husband also saw dramatic improvement in mental state.
When people question why we eat so weird–weird as in lots of quality saturated fat, pastured meat, and homegrown low-carb veggies, but leaveing off (or seriously restricting) things other people feel are healthy like whole grains, potatos, and fruits–we always talk about the other health benefits, but my husband sums it up best when he says, "AND…" (It's always a dramatic AND) "It's almost impossible to be depressed eating this way. You just can't stay depressed eating low carb."
Jennifer Bergerman via Facebook
I have Jesus guys, but the truth is if I'm not taking care of the body He gave me by quitting sugar and including good fats….my health will still suffer, including my mental health.
Also an important point! Honner the marvelous gift from G-d that is your body! It is your temple. Trash your temple, your safe haven, what do you have left?
Beth Cranford
Jennifer, you're right. Christians get depressed, and it doesn't mean they don't have an active faith. Depression is a physical illness sometimes caused by emotional stimulus. I fully believe that faith is of utmost importance but like you said, we've been given the gift of our body, we need to take care of it. For some reason, with all of its judging, christianity doesn't seem to have a problem with people trashing their bodies.
God has given us many weapons in this war against depression. Using them does not make us faithless, it makes us wise.
Diet and exercise are two of the most effective of the many weapons against depression. God designed our bodies and he knows that we need healthy diets and moderate exercise. "Having Jesus" should make us want to operated in compliance with how we were designed.
Lisa Carpenter via Facebook
Ain't it the truth!
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Natalie Fullmer via Facebook
One answer can help our of our problems…Jesus!
An important point… physical health is only half the battle. You have to be spiritually at peace, too.
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http://www.fi.edu/learn/brain/fats.html neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's appear to exhibit membrane loss of fatty acids. "Thus it may be that an optimal diet with a balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids may help to delay their onset or reduce the insult to brain functions which these diseases elicit." A woman I took care of in the nursing home was thought to have alzheimers, and when they did an autopsy, they found that it was her low to no fat diet for DECADES that cause her disease, she barely had any ridges or crevices.
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Rachel Yoder via Facebook
My experience exactly! Thank you!
Halle Cottis
Wonderful article Sarah! My daughter (now 6), had extreme behavioral problems. Once we eliminated the sugar and processed food from her diet, she became a different child. Her anxiety is gone, angry gone, aggressive behavior gone. She loves eggs, bacon (from a good source of course), grass fed butter and coconut oil. Eliminating sugar and processed grains has been the best thing my family has done! Thanks for the great article!
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I love hearing stories like this!
Kathleen Cleary via Facebook
I think the major problem is people do not realize we are all connected…including to the earth and other living things…if they realized that how could you lie cheat and deceive someone as you are really doing it to yourself…AND….in the karmic response is a major one!
Becki Miller via Facebook
watched "Food Matters" last night. A great documentary. In it they said 2 handfuls of cashews provided the same "chemical" as the active ingredient in Prozac. hmmmm….Seems a lot easier and safer!
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To add to the mix with my love for fats – http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/product/dressings-condiments-mayo/Mayo16.php This certified organic mayonnaise is made from a special oil blend based on the writings of Dr. Mary Enig .~<3~
Holly Michele King via Facebook
Feed your brain by eating REAL butter. As in Kerrygold irish butter! Best on earth. It's got all the fat and is a deep yellow color due to the high level of beta carotene the cows consume on the open irish pastures. Go, Kerrygold, go! ~<3~
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A few other contributing factors are: the absence of God in peoplle's lives (and in our government/FDA, etc), the self-serving philosophy that is so prevalent instead of doing for others, and yes, the food and drugs people ingest. Our country is just out of whack all the way around. Sad, sad.
Completely true in my experience.
Plus, butter, lard, eggs, etc. are far more enjoyable and less side effects than anti-depressant drugs!
LOL, so true, Rebecca!
Common Sense Homesteading/Another Way Farm via Facebook
People need less sugar and more dirt. I shared this link on my page the other day:http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/mood-boosting-bacteria-found-dirt-213800904.html
No wonder gardening makes you feel good!
I remember reading that Dylan Klebold's parent (columbine) had a small fridge in his room that they kept stocked with candy bars and sodas for him and his freinds. That couldn't have helped his mental stability in any way.
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
Indeed .. surging blood sugar does manifest in violent tendencies for some people .
Wow, you must have a webcam into my house this week or something. LOL I have been crying since sometime yesterday. When I get sad, I crave carbs and sugar, taking in almost no protein or fats. Well, some fats, but NOT the good kind. So I end up on this cycle of sad=sugar=sad. I need to eat right no matter my mood, because food can make things so much worse. Now if I could just get all the junk out of my house so myself and my kids wouldn't be tempted…
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
You can do it, Shellie. Be strong! When you feel those blues coming on, dive into the cheese drawer!
Wow! this is amazing. Thanks Sarah! A real good reason to cut out sugar..
I'm curious if you know whether or not magnesium depletion is caused by surges in blood glucose or the subsequent insulin dump. My husband is insulin resistant and overweight…has been for many years. He also suffered from asthma since childhood. I say suffered because once we started supplementing with magnesium, his asthma symptoms are gone. Just curious if his blood insulin issues might be the cause. We are currently grain and sugar free and he is slowly improving and no longer has hypoglycemic episodes. Thanks for all you do!
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GREAT post!
Kelli C. (@pathsofnature) (@pathsofnature)
Depression: Your Brain on Sugar http://t.co/iVNiesrm
Lesli Peterson
18 years on anti depressants. With fish oil, good foods and a faithful husband I was able to come off. 6 months before the HORRID side effects wore off. Still angry and depressed, I finally found a UK study about this. Came off ALL sugars including grains, honey, everything. After sooooo long struggling with depression, I am finally a new woman- me! It's only been 3 months now but I will never go back. Thx for this article- we have to get the word out! Food not pharma is the answer!
I wrote a blog post about this very thing. Diabetes and depression are strongly linked, and SSRIs, the most common antidepressant drug prescribed is proven to cause high blood sugar. http://localnourishment.com/2012/01/29/which-came-first-the-diabetes-or-the-depression/
Beth Stowers
Awhile back, my husband had a hard time with depression and was put on anti-depressant drugs. He was irritable and moody while he was on them and it didn't help his depression as much as he wanted. After we read that one of the side effects of anti depressants was a higher likelihood of suicide, he got off of them. His doctor had to help him slowly transition off, though. The longer you've taken anti-depressants, the slower you need to come off. Health Practitioners can (and should be able to help with that). Coming off of anti-depressants can have side effects, as well.
To help his depression, my husband got out on his road bike more. We lived in Monterey, along the Pacific Coast, so it helped him to go on long rides on the coastal highway.
I have a family history of depression and of sugar addiction (when, you look at brain scans in relation to how addictions are affecting the brain, a sugar addiction affects the brain similarly to the way cocaine affects the brain), I have wrecked my health and am working hard to restore it. Eating more healthy fats this week has helped and I haven't had any cravings for sugary or high-carb foods. So… eating more healthy fat really does work in combating sugar cravings. Bring on the butter!
Helen T.
Sorry, Beth – but when you live in Monterey, you don't have a right to be depressed!
Just kidding!…..all the best to you —
Beth Stowers
I agree! 😉
All the best to you too!
Stanley Fishman
This is so true. We know a young man who was a vegetarian, eating mainly processed carbs and lots of sugar while avoiding fat like the plague. By the time he reached nineteen, he was losing his short term memory, and suffering from periodic depression, though he had a loving family, great girlfriend, and many friends.
The doctors, said it was depression, and sent him to a Psychiatrist, who put him on anti depressant drugs. Things improved a bit for two weeks, then got much worse, with a lot of suicidal thoughts. In desperation, his family went to an alternate physician, who took him off all sugar and grains, and put him on a diet containing plenty of natural animal fats, and grassfed meat, and took him off the drugs. Within two weeks, every trace of depression was gone, and his short term memory returned. He has been fine for six months, and there is no indication that the depression will ever be a problem again, as long as he stays on this diet.
It was that simple.
Anecdotal evidence is not proof.
He changed his diet, and depression went away in a short time. And his doctor took him off the anti-depressants. How much more proof do you need?
I have noticed the connection of sugar interrupting with my children's ability to do school work! We home school and there are no longer any sugar things before we are done for the day!! Things turn very difficult if we have. It is an amazing thing to watch the children transform before my eyes, and a little scary.
It still shocks me that the conventional mental health field isn't aware of this basic fact! They still act as if mental illness and diet have nothing to do with eachother. Along with the fact that most the neurotransmitters involved in mental health are made in the gut so it would only make sense that if your gut is damaged then you can't make these vital transmitters.
Oh, they're aware of it; there's just no money in it.
A hypocrite
Just like the people running this site is not interested in making money?
Just like there is no money in endorsing this type of solution?
Velvie McKenzie
Oh they are interested in making money, but they seem to draw the line when it comes to killing people or permanently disabeling them. Unlike pharmecutical companies who is more then willing to shove a diet pill that will eat a hole in your heart. Remember ephedrine in its natural form. Stacked with caffeine was the best weight loss product on the market. Expecially when zenadrine came along with its pharmacutical grade stack. Let one retard baseball player eat a handfull and die and they baned all sales of it in the US. But you could still by phen-phen which wasnt nearly as effective and killed or mutilated the hearts of thousands. Somebody got paid to sell out your health but it wasnt sites like this one.
HealthyHomeEconomist (@HealthyHomeEcon) (@HealthyHomeEcon) (@HealthyHomeEcon) (@HealthyHomeEcon)
Depression: Your Brain on Sugar http://t.co/aKBczpHx
How do you get off of being on prozac for 19 yrs? DH tried removing them slowly by weaning but had a terrible episode of depression when confronted with stress at work. any recommendations? He will be seeing a wapf naturopath next week to help him this time around. His mother was a type 1 diabetic so maybe sugar is indeed the issue. Thanks for the timely article.
Traci Bowman
K check out http://www.theroadback.org/ for your husband. It has tons of information. and of course products they want you to buy to help and after 19 yrs he may need some but it has a lot of other information too. I was finally able to wean myself off my antidepressants after being on them for 10 years.
Hope it goes well.
Re: sugar, Dr. Robert Lustig made national news the other day …
UCSF scientists declare war on sugar in food
"Like alcohol and tobacco, sugar is a toxic, addictive substance that should be highly regulated with taxes, laws on where and to whom it can be advertised, and even age-restricted sales, says a team of UCSF scientists.
In a paper published in Nature on Wednesday, they argue that increased global consumption of sugar is primarily responsible for a whole range of chronic diseases that are reaching epidemic levels around the world."
Lisa in TX
I must say, I disagree with his stance on how to deal with sugar. Look at what happened with alcohol during prohibition. Or the high tax rates on cigarettes. Some people will starve themselves to pay for their smoking habit. The answer is personal choice which comes through education. Hi, my name is Lisa. And I am not only a carbivore, I am seriously addicted to Mt. Dew. It is very much like a drug addiction to me. I have tried weaning off and going cold turkey. Neither has worked. And yes, depression is a problem for me right now. However, since learning about the WAP lifestyle and reading this article, I am more hopeful than ever that relief is around the corner. Blessings.
Another amazing blog today Sarah! For the past 6 months as I have been transitioning from the SAD diet to a tradtional WAP based way of eating, I too notice that when I eat too much sugar or grain that was not correctly prepared, I get irritable and moody. I never made the connection before, but it is amazing how true this article is as I personally can attest to the behaviors in myself as mentioned above.
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
My kids ALWAYS know when I've had a sugar treat. They say "MOM, what DID you eat?" Depression and anxiety are rampant in my family and I know that to stay healthy and not experience what others in may family have, I must maintain stable blood sugar as much as possible. I have no doubt that if I did not eat as I do which focuses on the Traditional Fats that I would probably have some issues with depression myself as my Mother did at my age.
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
I should also add that you are not a prisoner of genetics here … your choices have profound influence on the outcome of your personal health story.
Manic depression runs on my mother's side, my grandmother was on lithium for 30+ years. I always felt as a teenager there had to be more to depression than just bad luck in genetic makeup. I watch my grandmother suffer from this ailment and it made me sad, she was a wonderful lady and so much fun to be around when she was having a good day. But she could also be the meanest, hurtful person when you caught her at the wrong time. It makes me sad to think simple diet could of changed her life. Even with the load of drugs she was on she lived to be 84, mind functioning pretty well and about 50% on her physical health, she was obese which caused her some issues of movement, but she still got around unassisted. However, I have always felt she would of lived to be 100 had her diet been different, had she not been on more pills than you could count. Plus many times her lithium would reach toxic levels in her body and the Dr. would have to take her off it to let her body level back out, that was a red flag to me. She would become very "down" when this happened and the look on her face was sad and empty, I hated to see her that way. I wished I would of know this info a decade ago and maybe I could of helped her.
My mom has been scared to death that she would end up like her mom, and I have worried in the back of my mind that I would suffer from the same aliment. Now I know that I can control it with diet which makes me feel better! I have always told my mom that depression can't just be something that we have no control over, I have always felt that there must be some way to combat it naturally. Thanks for sharing, I'll be sure to share with my mom who I have already been educating on a traditional diet and she is slowly making the switch, yay!
Alea Cardarelli (@MyRealFoodLife)
what an intersting article about sugar and depression- what do you guys think? i'd like to see some scientific… http://t.co/2HsCAsJQ
Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist
The science is sourced in Ms. Gedgaudas' book listed at the end of the post.
If you would like to see some scientific evidence about sugar & depression, get the book "Potatoes, not Prozac" by Kathleen DesMaisons. She's written a few other books, including "The Sugar Addict's Recovery Program". I recently devoured both books and with all the other research I'm doing, I know this is me through and through. She also has a wonderful website, http://www.radiantrecovery.com She has a lot of explanations for things that go hand in hand with a lot that has been said here, both in Sarah's article and some of the comments.
I know in my heart that the only way for me to totally heal is to follow both programs, the one laid out by Dr. DesMaisons and going back to eating Whole Foods. And, like so many others here, I'd love to get off the antidepressants, once and for all, and am NOT looking forward to the withdrawal process….been there and done that!
I agree wholeheartedly with Mary. Potatoes Not Prozac changed my life. The radiantrecovery website is easy to access and understand. William Dufty's book, Sugar Blues, is also very informative. It's at least encouraging that there is more public information about the part hormone balance plays in optimum health. It would be nice if Western medicine would approach health care from a wholistic place instead of symptom treating. Everyone has a unique blood chemistry – even identical twins share differences. What works for one person, may not for another, so I recommend finding a physician that will take the time and energy to develop a health care regiment that is designed for you specifically. Sweeping generalizations can do more harm than good. You and your blood chemistry are unique. So should your plan for optimum health be.
These are great books, and they have helped me a lot over the years. Be forewarned if you get involved in the Radiant Recovery community, though. Kathleen DesMaisons can be a very mean person, unless she's changed over the last few years.


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Separate Models into 3 streams?[edit]
I think that this article could be relayedout on the lines of the A2000 article at Big Book of Amiga hardware. http://amigahardware.mariomisic.de/cgi-bin/showhardware_en.cgi?HARDID=17 There are enough differences between the revisions to justify separate sections for each. The early German Model As were quite different from the later US Model Bs. The Model Cs are a bit mixed up, since the early ones are still OCS (but with the 1Mb fat Agnuses, and 1Mb Chip), and the later ones are ECS (my first A2000 was one of these) :). 22.214.171.124 04:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- If you feel like it, please do. When I wrote the tech. specks I was quite confused about all the models and revisions. Headache inducing, truly.--Anss123 07:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Need pictures of Zorro II / Zorro III expansion cards[edit]
I need example pictures of Zorro II / III expansion cards for the Plug and play article. Can any Amiga hobbyist reading this page upload some images of their Zorro expansion cards to the Commons? DMahalko (talk) 04:10, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Amiga 1500 merge proposal[edit]
The Amiga 1500 is- as its own article states- essentially a variant of the Amiga 2000 with a second floppy instead of a hard drive (and controller). It strikes me that there is little that couldn't- or shouldn't- be dealt with in the main Amiga 2000 article.
We can (if necessary) convert the Amiga 1500 page into a subsection redirect (to within Amiga 2000) and place the redirect itself within categories so that it still appears as a separate entry. Ubcule (talk) 00:09, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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Those pegasus ponies sure are good at their jobs,
he mused. He was still gazing out at the temptingly verdant grass, thinking of all the mischief people would be up to on a day like today, when he noticed something strange. Clover, Neptune, and two other fillies were standing outside, preparing to trot off somewhere. He looked around the room. Shimmer continued to extoll the wonders of unicorn message magic, a topic he was fairly familiar with. No one is that good a tattle-tale without a bit of magic on his side. Scuttler scanned each of the desks carefully; every single one of them was full. How could that be? He
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