‘Unhealthy lifestyle responsible for your mood swings?
Unhealthy lifestyle leads to serious hormone and neurotransmitter imbalances which can be responsible for mood swings.
Eating unhealthy is the underlying cause for many metabolic disorders including mood swings, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, etc…
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his (or her) patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease”.
Following could be leading to extreme mood swings:
- Heavy metal, pesticides, BPA related estrogenic toxicity
- Dietary excess and deficiencies, such as excess sugar, trans fats, food with chemicals and preservatives disturbing the hormone balance in the body and result in abnormal metabolism.
- Deficiency of: healthy fats such as omega 3 fatty acids, micronutrients such as magnesium, iron, and zinc copper etc.
- Deficiency of vitamins such as B6, B12 other B complex vitamins.
- Imbalances of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, Melatonin, Thyroid etc… which happen due to poor lifestyle and poor eating choices.
- Several studies have shown that high fiber diet, (5-6 fresh meals with 4-5 servings of green vegetables and 2-3 servings of non tropical fruits, cutting on caffeine, cutting on sugar, reducing body fat percentage by eating more high quality fats, avoiding trans fats and excess of saturated fats) has strong benefits on prevention of mood swings.
- Regular intake of high amount of alcohol causes multiple nutritional deficiencies and can lead to neurotransmitter imbalance and excess mood swings.
- Relaxing regular physical activity, meditational, spiritual healing can help reduce neurotransmitter disturbances in addition to all above.
- Once the condition has already set in, supplementing with appropriate nutraceuticals for replenishing the deficient nutrients, detoxification and modifications in lifestyle are highly beneficial.
- Ensuring a restful good night’s sleep too has high significance with regard to management of mood swings.
On a final note, all natural Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) could offer a legitimate resolution to the issues of hormone imbalance and its cascading effect on various parts of the metabolism
Dr Kalpana Gupta Shekhawat
MBBS, DNB,DFM,MD Clinical Nutrition, CNCB, TEXAS,USA
Functional & Regenerative Medicine Specialist
BHRT Consultant (American Anti-ageing Medicine)