Some types of depression are considered “biochemical.” These types of depression are caused by internal biochemistry being out of balance. To help with the depression and fix the biochemical imbalance, doctors usually prescribe anti-depressants drugs, and within a few weeks people start feeling better.

Since our internal biochemistry is affecting our well being, then we can all easily see that what we eat affects depression and how we feel. For example, we’ve probably all eaten a lot of junk food at some point and started feeling bad. Food directly affects our biochemistry.

So if you are having feelings of depression or alarming black moods, it could very well be due to one simple thing in your diet. Refined white sugar. Sugar can sometimes be the sole cause of some forms of depression. It can affect your moods. It can affect your attitude, whether you feel cheerful or irritable. So if you are looking for some depression help, sugar could be the key.

You can test this out simply for yourself. Remove sugar from your diet for a week and see if you notice a difference and get immediate depresson help. I did this simple test and was amazed after just three days! I had no dark mood swings after the second day (it takes a while for the affects of sugar to stop impacting biochemistry). I felt more enegy and good feelings. I found out for myself that blood sugar levels affect us emotionally, not just physically. You can read a copy of the old classic book “Sugar Blues” to discover all the ways that sugar impacts our health negatively.

I’m not saying you need to give up sweets, as they are one of the joys of life. Just refined sugar. Just for a week to see for yourself. And there are many different kinds of sweetners available at your local health food store thatwill sweeten your food without giving you sugar blues. Stevia and agave nectar don’t cause blood sugar level spikes and dips and so they don’t affect your moods negatively.

Whether you are depressed or not, have dark mood swings or not, feel hopeless and deficient or not, you may want to try to go sugar free for a week and see how you feel. If you cant imagine giving up sugar for a whole week, you can try a different test.

For breakfast or a midmorning snack, eat a couple doughnuts and nothing else. Dont eat any protein with them, dont have coffee or soda or any form of caffeine with them. Notice how your body feels in about half an hour to an hour. If you dont pump yourself up with caffeine, you should notice you feel good and happy and energized for about half an hour to 45 minutes, then you should start to feel tired and irritable and groggy for the next two hours after that as your blood sugar swings up then down.

That sugar causes blood sugar spikes is well documented medically. And, we each handle sugar differently and respond to it with greater or lesser sensitivity. But if you want depression help, giving up white sugar for a week is a great place to start. Your nearest Krispy Creme can provide all the proof you need! Sugar doesn’t cause all forms of depression, but it is a primary cause for many people.