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The Food and Mood Book
The Food and Mood Book
The Food and Mood Book
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The Food and Mood Book

By Jude Burger

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This book explores the link between food and mood due to food intolerance. Natural and man-made food chemicals are linked to causing depression, anxiety, anger, brain fog, ADHD and other similar moods in many people. The book includes many personal stories, links to research, the best elimination diet to determine triggers, and some existing treatments.

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PublisherJude Burger
Release dateDec 6, 2013
ISBN9780992405502
The Food and Mood Book
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Jude Burger

I experienced bouts of crippling depression and anxiety as a child and teenager until my 20s. It disappeared once I started an elimination diet and was able to identify my triggers. I know there are many people who are similarly afflicted, and my goal is to make this knowledge mainstream - and help others check this for themselves. The broken link in the "Introduction" is available on my book's website.

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    The Food and Mood Book - Jude Burger

    Food and Mood Book

    Jude Burger

    Copyright © 2013 by Jude Burger

    Smashwords Edition

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Please do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

    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

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    Introduction

    Do you feel awful a lot of the time and not know why?

    When I removed

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