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Whole foods reduce depression

Cup Cakes

 

If you’re like most people, you jumped into 2011 resolved to rev up your career, rekindle important relationships, right wrongs … and of course, remake your appearance.

So three weeks into the new year, how are those resolutions working for you?

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Beat holiday blues

Christmas Tree Lights, Seattle, Washington, USA

‘Tis the season for spending time with family and friends, for renewing acquaintances, for cookies and cocoa and Christmas stockings.

But for many people it’s a season to be reminded that you’ve lost loved ones with whom you once shared the holidays, another year has passed and your life isn’t where you’d hoped it would be, you’re unemployed or in debt and unable to shop with the abandon you’d like, or maybe you’re just lonely and depressed.

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Better diets boost moods

Exotic Fruits

Feeling blue? You’re not alone. Major depression has been cited as the fourth most disabling condition in the world and the second most disabling in the west.

But by exploring other colors in the spectrum, you may be able to ward off the blues before they become crippling.

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Bright sides of dark moods

Two Theatre Masks (Comedy and Tragedy)

“You have a piss-poor attitude.”

It’s an old country expression–one that will not please my mother when she discovers I’ve used it. But the thing about old country expressions is they’re quite … expressive. When you hear that phrase, you have no trouble conjuring an image of the attitude in question or remembering the last time you felt that way.

This is not the attitude to win you an affectionate squeeze from your sweetie, a gold star from your boss, or really great service at your favorite restaurant.

On the other hand, it has its good points.

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