Real Life Experience and A Mind of Your Own

"We don't change minds through science, through rhetoric, or through data. We change minds through real-life experience. I had that experience I alluded to with my Hashimoto's. I developed an inner knowing that there was potential for bodily healing that I never learned about in all my training."  ~ Dr Kelly Brogan, The Sessions Interview #008.

I write this blog because the experience I've had with changing my eating habits has really changed my life. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to not have to deal with migraines anymore!  If what I share resonates with someone else and helps them too, that's wonderful! My experience has changed the way I look at food and my mindset on the whole concept of why we eat. Sure we do it for pleasure and because we are hungry, but I believe essentially it's about supplying our bodies with nutrients, the building blocks our body needs in order to function the way it is designed to.  And guess what? We are not designed to be sick! So as the blog title suggests, I'm about taking every opportunity to put the good stuff in and not wasting my appetite on stuff that has little or no nutritional value. The more I research, the more evidence I find that this is a good philosophy to live by.

For example, I encourage everyone to take the time to listen to this interview with Dr Kelly Brogan, MD, about her new book "A Mind of Your Own". Dr Brogan is a practicing psychiatrist with a degree in cognitive neuroscience from MIT, an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, and clinical training from NYU School of Medicine.

This is a very eye-opening interview about anti-depressant medications, Dr Brogan's personal experience and why she stopped treating her patients with medications and instead began focussing on diet and lifestyle interventions. Dr Brogan discusses scientific studies that support her approach and contradict what we learn through mainstream media, why we don't hear about these studies, and how treatment for depression with medications long term actually worsens the problem. She explains we should always be looking for root causes of symptoms, not just popping a pill. This is information everyone needs to hear!

So here's to looking for root causes, learning from real-life experiences, and to discovering medication-free better health!

Source: seancroxton.com The Sessions http://seancroxton.com/008-kelly-brogan/

Related posts of interest:
Flavour, Toxins and Nutritional Wisdom
Book Review: Drug Muggers
Food Matters

~ take every opportunity to put the good stuff in ~

This blog is about me, what I'm doing, what's working for me, and what's not. It includes my experiences and opinions. It is for general information only and is in no way intended to replace the advice of a health care professional.