Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil and Depression

Posted: April 29th, 2009 | Author: Dr. Bill | No Comments »

Everybody in New York seems to be down after the Yankee’s got slobberknocked by the Red Sox over the weekend. But over the last few years the Yankees have always started slowly. The ugly mood might just be exacerbated by the new price of tickets at the new Yankee Stadium. To say the ticket prices are high would be an understatement, and you are left to wonder if the average Joe will ever see a game, except on his television set.

With the economic crisis, and job layoffs, the media is focusing on a growing problem of mental depression. My dad used to say that real men don’t have time for feeling sorry for themselves, and part of me agrees with that. There is way too much focus on fashionable depression, like how Jennifer Aniston feels, after being dumped again.

That’s just da dumb.

But thousands of women will feel it’s okay to visit the doctor and ask for anti-depressants, after watching or reading a story like that. And doctors will give them a prescription, to get them out of the office, so they can take care of those who are really in need of treatment.

Most of the time, these women have no serious mental depression issues. What they have is an omega-3 fat deficiency, which causes what I would term a “letdown,” as opposed to serious depression. This is easily remedied by taking an ultra pure pharmaceutical grade fish oil, such as my own Dr. Bill’s Powerhouse Omega Formula.

Many women have letdowns when pregnant, or after. Physicians often give them anti-depressants, which really can compound the problem, and it often makes it impossible to shed weight gained in pregnancy, which can really become a problem.

Fish oil helps balance out the way your body functions, and gets the much needed omega-3 fat DHA to the brain, so it can function properly, assisting in eliminating depression.

Here’s something to remember:  Depression, more often than not, has nutritional roots. That means that it is closely related to your diet, and the physical state of your body. The better your diet, the better physical shape you’re in, the lesser the chance is you’ll have a letdown.

I’m not going to say that there are not cases of real depression, that need to be treated with drugs, because there are. But they are not the norm. Psychotherapy has its place, and this therapy is often quite successful. But the majority of people can be treated without drugs, using fish oil, diet, and exercise.

The best solutions are often the most simple.

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