Natural Prozac: Learning to Release Your Body's Own Anti-Depressants – A Drug-Free Expert's Program for Restoring Brain Chemistry and Emotional Health

by Joel C. Robertson

'THE DRUG-FREE ALTERNATIVE TO ENDING DEPRESSION ' "Depressed people cannot simply 'cheer up.' They suffer from a chemical imbalance in their central nervous system that is the source of their depression. Fortunately, balance can be restored, and that is the aim of this book…I will demonstrate how common behaviours can either maintain a brain-chemical imbalance and thus sustain depression or be used to balance our brain chemicals in order to overcome depression."- from 'Natural Prozac' For millions of people, depression is an inescapable fact of daily life. Now, 'Natural Prozac' reveals how to break the debilitating grip of clinical depression by ending self-destructive patterns of thought and behaviour. This safe, easy-to-follow, and scientifically proven approach to natural healing addresses the root causes of depression, not just its symptoms, and offers a new way to restore the brain's natural
chemical balance without the use of prescription drugs. 'DR JOEL ROBERTSON, an internationally known expert on pharmacology and brain chemistry, helps readers: ' • develop a tailored program of diet and exercise that will restore natural balance to the brain's chemistry
• learn new techniques for understanding and breaking free of negative habits
• adopt behaviours that produce and promote beneficial brain chemistry
• use other natural methods to understand and overcome the cycle of depression, and
• establish a lifestyle that makes full use of the tools we each possess to control and improve our own psychological and emotional health As director of The Robertson Institute, Dr Joel Robertson, author of Peak Performance Living, has provided performance enhancement programs and treatments
for clients including General Motors, United Airlines, the Detroit Red Wings, and many others. Tom Monte is the bestselling coauthor of 'Recalled by Life', and a contributor to 'Life, Natural Health, New Age Journal, ' and 'Cosmopolitan. '

Genres: Health, Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Mental Health, Science

240 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1997

Reviews

[Britt B]

Enlightening but I did fall asleep twice while reading😅 Was recommended to me and I figured the information could be useful with my job.

[Radomir · Rating 5 out of 5]

For those who focus on the positive thinking and the mindset this book will show that in order to have functional software (mind) you need to have also properly set hardware (brain). This book helps you to discover the imbalance if you have any, what are the moods and substances responsible for that, how you see external world because of that and how you experience it. Find the imbalance in your diet and change it so you can live life with emotions you want. It all starts with the food you eat. Great book!

[Arturo Jiménez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basurilla, basada en el modelo bioquímico del cerebro para explicar la depresión.

Le doy dos estrellas porque tiene alguna buena recomendación, como el tema del ejercicio físico.

También es cierto que en mi caso concreto, que tengo tendencia a la ansiedad, el consejo de una dieta con más hidratos de carbono complejos puede ser algo a lo que darle una oportunidad. Por temas deportivos es cierto que sigo una dieta más bien alta en proteínas y con pocos hidratos, y sí es verdad que si, por ejemplo, un día me tomo un risotto o una paella, durante unas horas al menos estoy más calmado.

También salvo las recomendaciones de música clásica, que es una asignatura pendiente que tengo y las estoy disfrutando. Pero poco más.

[Christina Romano · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the hard work of anxiety and depression that is easily matched with a nice free easy script. I appreciate the holistic nature, 2 explanations, and focus on mental work. Definitely outdated tho—demonizes fat and accepts processed foods. Would be interesting to see updated

[Mary A. Cheng · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great info

This is great information and very direct. Not filled with hard to understand medical jargon. I look forward to following the guidelines and improving my brain health.

[Mrs Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't work for me but worth a read & try for anyone looking to manage depression without medication.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book is really great. The later chapters are obviously more meaty and helpful, like I found chapters is Ch 6 on Triggers and 7 overviewing specifically in categories from food to music to boost different neurotransmitters--take a little time to stop reading through the pages and do your own work on a notepad answering the questions, or looking up the music on youtube.
The most annoying part of this book, although he does warn you of it, is that the personality type descriptions are oversimplified and sometimes unsophisticated, in terms of all the personality typology systems out there...I kept thinking that there was lots of conflation of different Enneatypes under just the two categories. However, this should NOT stop anyone from reflecting on the information and truth underlying both these types and taking the steps seriously; you should continue reading the book, just also add study of the Enneagram to your personal growth repertoire :)

[John Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for many person. I recommend it for those with moderate or mild depression, as well as for those with severe depression. It can help all of the above, and give insight into acquiring, or developing, good mental health, in general. There are many thoughts expressed here, many of which are very insightful.

The correlation between music and depression is established, helping the reader to realize that his or her choices in music, in both the time spent, as well as the intensity, can in fact, affect one's mood, and ultimately, be one contributing factor in depression. Great book.

There is no definitive, one size fits all book on depression, but this book is very insightful and helpful.

[Carrie LeAnne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended reading for YogaFit. I own a Kindle edition ebook. Interesting way to treat depression without drugs. From personal experience, I can concur that spending time outside is a great help for me as well as yoga. I can see that I need to increase my protein to increase dopamine and nor-epinephrine. Good book to refer back to.

[Jen Oliver-provost · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very easy-to-read look into how your brain chemistry (yes, I said those words together) plays a huge role in depression and how you can make simple changes in your diet and exercise to adjust your baseline and start feeling better.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

had a lot of interesting thoughts and statistics based on human chemistry.

[Corrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good info.