Tue, Oct-28-03, 11:59
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There and Back Again
Posts: 1,590
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 200/194.4/140
BF:42%/42%/20%
Progress: 9%
Location: Northern Colorado
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Well I'll be the guinea pig...
As a person who does tend to have mood swings in the depressive area which are certainly affected by light and seasons, I will be glad to be the guinea pig on the depression issue.
Before I started Atkins I had become very depressed and was on anti-depressants, but after starting the diet, I got off of them and have been doing great ever since. So I think that the alleged seratonin depletion effect of low-carbing is absolute baloney.
In fact I started this diet in March (March can be a snowy month in Colorado--which it was, we got dumped with 3 feet of snow earlier this year), and noticed no particular increase in depressiveness related to the diet.
It's the SAD that can provoke the other SAD, methinks.
What's in a SAD? A junky processed carb by any other FDA name (like heart-healthy) would still be an empty sweet....
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