Potatoes Not Prozac, A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to Stabilize the Level of Sugar in Your Blood, Control Your Cravings and Lose Weight, and Recognize How Foods Affect the Way You Feel
The same brain chemicals that are altered by antidepressant drugs are  also affected by the foods we eat. According to addiction expert DesMaisons,  many people, including those who are depressed, are "sugar sensitive."  Eating sweets gives them a temporary emotional boost, which leads to a craving  for still more sweets. The best way to keep these brain chemicals in the right  balance and keep blood-sugar levels steady, she says, is through the dietary  plan she describes inPotatoes Not Prozac. Her rules are fairly simple--eat three meals a day, eat proteins with every meal (especially those high in  the amino acid tryptophan, which creates the calming neurotransmitter  serotonin), and eat more complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains and, yes,  potatoes. Not only will this make you less depressed, DesMaisons says, but it  will also keep you from craving too much of the foods youshouldn'teat,  making it a self-regulating system.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.