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Foods that may interact with medicines

The power may cause interactions with certain medications and cause various ailments, it is rare that the physician warn of these problems, nor the leaflet accompanying the drugs they say much about it.
Those treated for depression or anxiety should not drink alcohol, that is the most common recommendation, but should also govern the consumption of certain foods.

Foods that may interact with antidepressants

For example when taking antidepressants, the plantains (bananas), avocados, brewer’s yeast, meats, coffee, cream or butter and milk any whole-fat, can cause headaches, dizziness, pain chest, palpitations and increased blood pressure.
This does not mean that all people under treatment with these drugs will suffer these effects, but if you are taking medication for depression or anxiety is advisable to pay attention to what has been previously eaten if they come to similar symptoms . Read the rest of this entry »

Up to a quarter of all women suffer from depression during pregnancy, but many refuse to take antidepressants.

Now, a new study suggests that acupuncture can relieve symptoms, but have found no evidence that is an effective treatment for depression in general.

The study by researchers at Stanford University, USA, recruited 150 depressed women who were enrolled between 12 and 30 weeks of pregnancy and randomly assigned to 52 are to receive an acupuncture treatment specifically designed to combat the symptoms of depression; 49 others to receive regular acupuncture, and the remaining 49, to get Swedish massages. Read the rest of this entry »