Scientists now know that the relationship between depression and the decrease in daylight is no mere coincidence. Our nervous systems are affected by the shorter days and by the decreased exposure to light.
Some people seem to be immune to the malady while others suffer to the point of incapacity.
Most of us fall somewhere in between the two extremes. We can also support our nervous systems with good nutrition during this time of the year, including herbs like St. John's Wort, which will be discussed in detail later in this lesson. The medical profession maintains that the cause is unknown, but alternative practitioners know from clinical experience that the problem is essentially nutritional. Thousands of children are sent home from school each year with notes for their parents suggesting that they put their children on the drug Ritilin. They would have us believe that disease is essentially a state of drug deficiency, when in actuality it is almost always a state of nutritional deficiency.