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The same brain chemicals that are altered by antidepressant drugs are also affected by the foods we eat. According to addiction expert DesMaisons, many people, including those who are depressed, are "sugar sensitive." Eating sweets gives them a temporary emotional boost, which leads to a craving for still more sweets. The best way to keep these brain chemicals in the right balance and keep blood-sugar levels steady, she says, is through the dietary plan she describes in Potatoes Not Prozac. Her rules are fairly simple--eat three meals a day, eat proteins with every meal (especially those high in the amino acid tryptophan, which creates the calming neurotransmitter serotonin), and eat more complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains and, yes, potatoes. Not only will this make you less depressed, DesMaisons says, but it will also keep you from craving too much of the foods you shouldn't eat, making it a self-regulating system.
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Lucille Greenwood Lifelong Doctor's Assistant For forty years as a recovering alcoholic, I have hoped that someone would write a book about what Dr. DesMaisons describes so well. Sugar sensitivity is indeed the missing link in the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. Now at last I have that book and find myself saying 'Amen' as I read in enthusiastic agreement.
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The same brain chemicals that are altered by antidepressant drugs are also affected by the foods we eat. According to addiction expert DesMaisons, many people, including those who are depressed, are "sugar sensitive." Eating sweets gives them a temporary emotional boost, which leads to a craving for still more sweets. The best way to keep these brain chemicals in the right balance and keep blood-sugar levels steady, she says, is through the dietary plan she describes in Potatoes Not Prozac. Her rules are fairly simple--eat three meals a day, eat proteins with every meal (especially those high in the amino acid tryptophan, which creates the calming neurotransmitter serotonin), and eat more complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains and, yes, potatoes. Not only will this make you less depressed, DesMaisons says, but it will also keep you from craving too much of the foods you shouldn't eat, making it a self-regulating system.
Review
Lucille Greenwood Lifelong Doctor's Assistant For forty years as a recovering alcoholic, I have hoped that someone would write a book about what Dr. DesMaisons describes so well. Sugar sensitivity is indeed the missing link in the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. Now at last I have that book and find myself saying 'Amen' as I read in enthusiastic agreement.
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