Brain Food

Did you know that the type of food you eat can determine the effects on the brain? Brain and food do have a profound potential to impact how the brain functions, and the rest of the body. Medscape provided an informative slide production on the topic.

What Does Eating Healthy Have To Do With Mental Health?

You would be surprised at how nutrition and healthy eating affects your mind and body. So much so, it becomes an important factor in maintaining good mental health and well-being.

Complementary and Alternative Treatments

Every depression treatment is not for every person suffering from it. Sometimes we have to seek other interventions, complementary and alternative treatments in collaboration with our health providers. Those interventions are often home-based. Most importantly, we have to do our part when it comes to the intervention. No one else can do it for us.

Anxiety has its purpose

Anxiety is a natural human phenomena that puts us on alert in preparation to deal with a crisis. Sometimes anxiety is experienced when there are no clear threats.

 

 

Pain Meds Eventually Hurt

I was on all types of pain medications to get relief for only a couple of hours, until Percocet, an opioid. My pain was relieved for hours at a time. There was an issue though. It was my liver.

According to my doctor and WebMD, “Opioid drugs work by binding to opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and other areas of the body. They reduce the sending of pain messages to the brain and reduce feelings of pain.”

The problem becomes the potential side effects.

“Do Our Feelings Tell Us What Is Right?”

An article in Psychology Today’s online website, Rolf Eber wrote an article titled “Do our feelings tell us what is right?“. The summary of his article captures the essence of an appropriate response;

“To summarize, we are brought up with moral norms within our family, community, and culture. These moral norms stem from tradition. Children internalize those moral norms without questioning them and without even knowing that there could be alternatives. Although such norms may be outdated, we should not dismiss them lightly because tradition tells us that they stood the test of time.”