SAD:SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

For those of you who watch American Idol did you see all the finalists when they arrived at the luxury digs where they are being housed and they all threw their suitcases on the beds ? ..it never fails..... just as I told you in my previous blog..... germs keep on multiplying.
But today I want to talk about SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder ....My son who lives in New Jersey, as winter rolls around he says "Ma I hate this time of the year I just feel awful". I know it's because of no sunshine but I didn`t know there was a name for it.
The lack of available daylight during the winter can trigger feelings of depression, lethargy, fatigue and other problems. SAD is a type of depression – is also commonly referred to as the winter blues. Most of you living in the north are suffering through a long cold and bleak winter and many of you are likely feeling the effects of SAD.
According to Dr.Mercola

"Because it’s a type of depression, there are a few basic strategies and choices you can make that will greatly help release you from its grip, independent of other strategies that are helpful to prevent and/or treat SAD specifically. Please understand that antidepressant drugs will never resolve the underlying problems causing your seasonal depression. They can, however, cause serious, including fatal side effects that are completely unnecessary if only you know how to remedy the real problem – lack of exposure to sunlight!"
General Strategies to Prevent and Heal Depression
Three strategies that are essential any time you’re dealing with any type of depression are:
1. Consume high quality animal-based omega-3 fats – Your brain consists of about 60 percent fat; DHA specifically, so you need a constant input of essential omega-3 fats for your brain to work properly. The most beneficial source I know of is krill oil, which has been found to be 48 times more potent than fish oil.
2. Exercise – In addition to a large number of other health benefits, physical exercise is one of the most potent strategies you can employ to prevent and treat all kinds of depression.
3. Abstain from sugar – Sugar (and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is the number one source of calories in the U.S. in the form of soda) has a very detrimental impact on your brain function. One great book that I highly recommend is called The Sugar Blues, written by William Dufty more than 30 years ago, which delves into this topic in great detail.

Now that countries like Jamaica have been experiencing awful weather as a result of global warming I am also depressed and it's not cold just lots of rain and bleaky days........can`t imagine what you folks up north are going through.