Regarding the Orthomolecular Approach
Travel back to the days when nutrients were the focus of a brave few medical professionals who believed that inflammation was a key factor in mental health, along with nutrient depletion. These were the Orthomolecular Pioneers of the 1950s. " Is depression a kind of allergic reaction? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of inflammation caused by the body’s immune system by Caroline Williams B arely a week goes by without a celebrity “opening up” about their “battle with depression”. This, apparently, is a brave thing to do because, despite all efforts to get rid of the stigma around depression, it is still seen as some kind of mental and emotional weakness. But what if was nothing of the sort? What if it was a physical illness that just happens to make people feel pretty lousy? Would that make it less of a big deal to admit to? Could it even put a final nail in the coffin of the idea that depression is all in the mind? Accordi...