Food and Mood Book
Jude Burger
Copyright © 2013 by Jude Burger
Smashwords Edition
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
My story: ‘Too ugly to contemplate’
Other people’s stories
Why is this happening?
Food intolerance versus food allergy
Food is not what it used to be
Where’s the proof?
Scientific evidence
ADHD
Gluten and wheat sensitivity or intolerance
Fructose malabsorption
Lactose or carbohydrate malabsorption
Could this be my story?
Should I go to my GP?
Treatments
Food Intolerance Network and the FAILSAFE diet
Microbiome and faecal matter transplant
Other links
Start now!
Problematic additives
The importance of ongoing research
Role of mental health organisations
Efforts to change things
Citizen science
Want to learn more?
Further reading
Acknowledgments
I give thanks to Sue and Howard Dengate from the Food Intolerance Network, whose work has greatly benefitted me and many people in my life.
I give thanks to friends, family, members of the FAILSAFE community, and contributors for their personal stories.
Foreword
In modern medicine, mental health disorders are said to reflect ‘biochemical imbalances’. When mental health or behavioural problems are diagnosed, drugs are often prescribed to rectify such imbalances. Unfortunately, it is not yet widely recognised that the foods we eat and our environmental exposures can affect our moods, drastically in certain individuals, and contribute to biochemical imbalances.
In this detailed work, Jude has gathered both scientific and anecdotal evidence on the relationship between food and mood. In particular, she focuses on the effects of naturally occurring and man-made chemicals in our diets and their role in triggering anxiety and depression. The moving personal stories highlight an urgent need for more research in this area. Jude is to be commended for her efforts to raise awareness of these issues.
If you take nothing else from this book, please consider the possibility that there is a relationship between what you eat and how you feel. Pursuing an elimination diet with the help of a dietician is a low-risk way of determining whether your problems, or those of your loved ones, are in fact related to food.
Victoria Taylor
Fellow ‘failsafer’
Introduction
Do you feel awful a lot of the time and not know why?
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