Some types of depression are considered "biochemical." These types of depression are caused by internal biochemistry being out of balance. To help with the depression and fix the biochemical imbalance, doctors usually prescribe anti-depressants drugs, and within a few weeks people start feeling better.

Since our internal biochemistry is affecting our well being, then we can all easily see that what we eat affects depression and how we feel. For example, we've probably all eaten a lot of junk food at some point and started feeling bad. Food directly affects our biochemistry.

So if you are having feelings of depression or alarming black moods, it could very well be due to one simple thing in your diet. Refined white sugar. Sugar can sometimes be the sole cause of some forms of depression. It can affect your moods. It can affect your attitude, whether you feel cheerful or irritable. So if you are looking for some depression help, sugar could be the key.

Just remove sugar from your diet for a week and see if you feel any different. See if it provided you wity any depression help. I did, and the change was remarkable. I felt more energy and more positive. And after just two days I had no more black, dark mood swings. I discovered for myself that blood sugar levels affect mood. There is a book available at amazon.com called Sugar Blues that talks about this extensively.

I'm not saying you need to give up sweets, as they are one of the joys of life. Just refined sugar. Just for a week to see for yourself. And there are many different kinds of sweetners available at your local health food store thatwill sweeten your food without giving you sugar blues. Stevia and agave nectar don't cause blood sugar level spikes and dips and so they don't affect your moods negatively.

So even if you don't have dark mood swings or feel other depression symptoms, you can give up refind sugar for a week and test this out for yourself. If you absolutely can't envision giving up the white stuff for a week, then you can try a different form of this test that takes only half a day.

For breakfast or a midmorning snack, eat a couple doughnuts and nothing else. Dont eat any protein with them, dont have coffee or soda or any form of caffeine with them. Notice how your body feels in about half an hour to an hour. If you dont pump yourself up with caffeine, you should notice you feel good and happy and energized for about half an hour to 45 minutes, then you should start to feel tired and irritable and groggy for the next two hours after that as your blood sugar swings up then down.

We are each unique, so your reaction to sugar may be different than your friends in some respects. But blood sugar swings caused by refined white sugar are well documented medically. If you are looking for some simple natural depression help, giving up sugar is a great place to begin. Your nearest doughnut store can provide all the proof you need. Not all forms of depression are caused by sugar, but this white powder is a major cause for many.