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Inflammation Depresses Mood (Here’s How To Reverse It)

Grounding, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Increased inflammation in the body worsens symptoms of clinical depression, says a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry on November 18, 2015. Higher levels of blood markers of inflammation were found to be directly correlated with a variety of depressive symptoms, including sleep difficulty, decreased energy levels, decreased motivation and increased or decreased appetite. The details: Researchers looked at data on C-reactive protein levels (a blood marker of whole body inflammation) in over 15,000 patients. Higher levels of inflammation were directly correlated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, and the correlation was dose dependent… meaning the higher […]

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Feb 22 2016

The One Thing You Can Do Daily To Lift All Types Of Depression… Naturally

Grounding, Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

We all know that getting morning light each day significantly improves seasonal blues (or winter depression.) But a new study shows that light therapy lifts depression — even depression that is NOT seasonally related — *more effectively* than antidepressant drug therapy. The assumption has always been that major depressive disorder is different from seasonal depression, but this study shows that light therapy can be used on it’s own to treat depression whether seasonal or not. Published in JAMA Psychiatry on Nov 18, 2015, this placebo controlled study supports the use of a non-pharmaceutical intervention over a pharmaceutical intervention, which

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Jan 11 2016

Ease Holiday Stress With This One Essential Supplement

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

As we previously talked about here, probiotics have been found to be so powerful in stabilizing the mind/gut axis that they are actually a treatment for depression. Add to that, a new study that shows taking probiotics for only one month reduces stress, decreases anxiety and even improves memory! Researchers looked at the strain of Bifidobacterium longum and followed what effect this probiotic had when used as a “psychobiotic” — looking at mood, stress, and even cognitive performance. Turns out, not only does the gut play an essential role in your ability to absorb and utilize nutrients… …and

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Nov 30 2015

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

As I blogged about last week… mood is not just something that colors our day. Our moods actually make a huge difference in our projected lifespan… this is now a medical fact! On the heels of that study, yet another study was published just last month (August 19, 2015 in the Proc Biol Science) revealing that a positive mood among teens is not only “contagious” and spreads among peers… … but is also associated with enhanced recovery from depression and decreased future risk of depression. And even better, the reverse is not true: depressed mood does not appear to

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Oct 5 2015

Holistic Help For Adrenal Fatigue

Female Health, Health Videos, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I have a video for you about one of the most common reasons patients seek holistic medical care: ADRENAL FATIGUE That’s because in conventional medicine there still is no official diagnosis of adrenal fatigue, yet it is a very very real thing. If you have been through any kind of recent stressful situation or big life transition or change (even fun, positive ones!) chances are your adrenals could use some TLC. In under 5 minutes I’m going to share with you exactly what adrenal fatigue feels like and 3 absolutely CRUCIAL ways to address it. Without using these

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Jun 8 2015

Restorative Sleep… 6 Important Techinques To Get Rid Of Your Sleep Deficit For Good (video)

Health Videos, Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

You absolutely, 100% ***NEED*** deep, restorative sleep! It’s non-negotiable… poor sleep causes: memory impairment shorter life span: decrease response time + decreased motor skills = increased risk of accidents weight gain anxiety and other debilitating mood disturbances dementia and an increased incidence of Alzheimers widespread brain atrophy and much much more!!! For example, a recent study (published in Neurology on Sept 3, 2104) found a widespread change in brain volume with poor sleep over time. Researchers looked at 147 people and followed them (using MRI imaging) to look at the effects of poor sleep on the brain.

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Jan 26 2015

Your Outlook Can Literally Speed Brain Decline (and 9 ways to stop it)

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Recently, several important medical studies have come to light proving that your outlook literally changes the function of your brain. Specifically, medical research shows that: cynicism increases dementia and neuroticism increases Alzheimers. This is really surreal for me, because as some of my longer term readers might remember, almost 4 YEARS AGO I blogged about an intuitive dream I had, one where I understood how thinking and brain structure are connected… …I even ended that blog post asking: “Do you think in the future we will have studies that back up our thoughts being able to effect lasting

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Oct 6 2014

Inflammation Depresses Mood (Here’s How To Reverse It)

The One Thing You Can Do Daily To Lift All Types Of Depression… Naturally

Ease Holiday Stress With This One Essential Supplement

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

Holistic Help For Adrenal Fatigue

Restorative Sleep… 6 Important Techinques To Get Rid Of Your Sleep Deficit For Good (video)

Your Outlook Can Literally Speed Brain Decline (and 9 ways to stop it)

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