Dr. Randy Hansbrough, YourNews contributor 11:52 a.m. ET April 14, 2017
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STUART A subject often overlooked as a cause for depression is chronic inflammation. Many who suffer with chronic conditions such as insomnia, anxiety, memory loss, fatigue, early onset dementia, etc., also have depression, and nearly all of them are in a persistent state of inflammation.
Inflammatory mechanisms have evolved over time. When we were hunter-gatherers (paleolithic) tens of thousands of years ago or more, it's purpose and function was for wound healing and pathogenic disease defense mainly. This involved the immune system and the adrenal stress response, often short lived when the individual survived. It served to allow for recovery from threats that were more immediate and temporary.
Anthropologists believe that during the periods of pre-modern life, five- to ten-thousand years ago, infectious diseases increased in mankind, most likely due to a greater vulnerability as a result of the transition to a farming culture, where large amounts of grains and dairy entered into the diet, triggering an immune response that was sustained over an extended period. With a distracted immune system contending with incompatible food proteins not present in paleo man's diet, pathogens weren't as easily controlled. (Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 2234 (2016) doi:10.1038/nri.2015.5)
Next came the arrival of antibiotics in present-day man, successful solutions to disease for a time, but ultimately not the answer, as we see today when we persist in eating incompatible foods. It is in this state of our modern day diet that the trouble arrives, compounded by the relentless stresses of a "successful" life, with all its obligations, financially and otherwise. This is the perfect storm for chronic inflammation, and ultimately depression and its related conditions. (Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9, 46-56 (January 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrn2297)
Can this predicament be successfully managed and reversed? Yes it can in a willing and motivated person. Will pharmaceuticals resolve the underlying reasons through artificial chemical manipulation of the brain's neurochemistry? A logical analysis of simple biochemistry will lead us to the answer that no it cannot. No living thing, plant or animal, is designed to safely utilize a chemical that does not exist in nature, and the drug biochemists know this. Thus the severe "black box warnings" attached to all psychotropic drugs and the risks of dependence and suicidal thoughts, especially in children.
In order to have a chance at a life without depression and other brain and health associated issues, one must desire first to make fundamental changes that involves food and other substances. This is done through precise measurement of an individual's food tolerances through a blood test, and possibly other tests. From this crucial data, a customized and guided approach can be undertaken, and can dramatically improve the odds of desirable results. (The role of IgG hypersensitivity in the pathogenesis and therapy of depressive disorders, H Karakua-Juchnowicz, P Szachta - Nutritional , 2017)
For more information on this subject, contact Dr. Randy Hansbrough, DC, DACAN, DPsc, certified function neurology and functional medicine practitioner. Call 772-287-7701 in Stuart, and 561-277-6612 in Jupiter and Palm Beach. Visit http://www.hcfn.org.
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