Diabetes and Depression
There has been some research connecting diabetes with depression. A study published in the magazine, “Diabetes Care,” states that people who suffer from depression have a 63% greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes than the population at large. (Diabetes Care February 2004 vol. 27 no. 2 429-435)
But no one had to tell this to M. Abdul-Malik. Abdul-Malik long suffered from chronic depression and hypertension. Eventually he became a type 2 diabetic. “I never would have thought there was a connection,”
That’s when Abdul-Malik started looking into natural cures. He claims that the first natural remedy that worked for him was mindfulness meditation. He reports that his anxiety and depression are all but gone. Then came the Caveman Diet. This coupled with some good old fashioned exercise got him off the diabetes meds.
That’s when he saw some connections. For example, some of the foods that the Caveman Diet teaches us to avoid also contribute to anxiety, coffee being the prime example. Sugar is associated with diabetes and it has long been established that blood sugar levels can affect the mood. And salt is associated with hypertension, which is associated with stress. It’s like the chicken or the egg.
Abdul-Malik couldn’t keep all this to himself. He started telling anyone who’d listen. Then a friend suggested he put it in a book. The result was the ebook, “Balanced Nature: Curing diabetes, anxiety and living longer,” available on amazon.com and other ebook retailers. If all goes well, he plans to have a printed version available soon.
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