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Too much leisure frequently causes depression; also jealousy, being unappreciated, lack of genuine religion, overwork, anticipating future wants, and stimulating amusement. To avoid depression follow these suggestions:
1. Strict regularity for meals, taking not food or drink between meals.
Omit all evening food, retiring only after digestion is complete.
2. Guard against overeating or under eating. A depression settles on the
mind after too much food.
3. “Calming diet.” No stimulating or irritating foods such as
hot pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, vinegar and anything made with
vinegar such as pickles, mayonnaise, catsup, mustard, etc. Foods having a
fermenting, putrefying or rotting phase in processing, such as sauerkraut,
cheese, soy sauce, and similar products; baking soda and baking powder products;
caffeine, Theobromine (from coffee, tea, colas and chocolate) and nicotine.
Limit all concentrated foods, even wheat germ, margarine, dried skim milk
and all animal products. Take plenty of raw fruits and vegetables, whole
grains and legumes. Use some nuts, but be sparing.
4. Eliminate sugar, honey, dried or very sweet fruits and vegetables, and
coconut, while the depression lasts.
5. Eat freely of foods that are high in B-vitamins, such as greens, legumes,
and whole grains. The B-vitamins are called “good disposition vitamins.”
6. Skin stimulation with stiff brush before daily cool shower. Cold spray
over adrenal areas of the back at the end of each bath or shower.
7. Be regular in bedtime, arising time, elimination, study periods, etc.
Regularity in all things is essential.
8. Take a sunbath daily, weather permitting.
9. Deep breathing exercises.
10. Brisk walk, head up, face cheerful, correct breathing, good posture.
Walk in nature an hour or more each day.
11. Push a graduated exercise program. Gardening with bare feet and hands
in the soil may be helpful to some.
12. Check transit time, the length of time your intestinal tract requires
to process 8-10 charcoal tablets or 3 teaspoon of sesame seed. From the hour
you take them until the last of the marker appears in the stool.
13. Laboratory work (PBI, blood sugar, Hct, T-4)
14. Control talking carefully: not too much , not too little, only about
cheerful subjects; not about self or a singe subject.
15. Never give in to a gloomy thought.
16. Develop a daily program of Bible study and prayer. Learn to control thought,
and dwell on heavenly themes.