In her national bestseller “Potatoes Not Prozac,” Kathleen DesMaisons offers a seven-step dietary plan for sugar-sensitive people like me. I’ve tried to implement her suggestions into my diet because, as a recovering drunk and depressive, sugar can throw me into an emotional mess that gets downright ugly.
A diet rich in fiber and protein is crucial to my mental health — but for me, it’s Prozac AND potatoes.
Here’s what DesMaisons proposes:
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Potatoes not Prozac changed my life. I had stopped drinking two years before I read it, but my life wasn’t different enough, I was just as depressed!
Five years later every aspect of my life is transformed, I am happy, working, lively and outgoing; and this from a reclusive half life.
I love this article and I love Dr DesMaisons work too!!
When I first read Potatoes not Prozac it felt as though Dr DesMaisons knew me personally. It explained so much – it seems that I didn’t have umpteen character flaws after all just an untreated sugar sensitivity!!
And boy has that changed!
Thanks for sharing!
This book – and there is a more recent edition – has changed my life. Depression, binge eating are now a thing of the past. Through following small steps and the support of the free online community I am now able to make healthier choices in my life.
I can’t recommend it highly enough – if you are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, this is where to find the way out.
hi Therese
so interesting to read your comments! love your insights. have you seen the forums for radiant recovery as well? worth a look for the wealth of info and peoples experiences there
I have followed Ms. DesMaisons eating plan for several years. My mood swings are gone. I used to cry at the drop of a hat…now tears are rare. I’ve lost 20 pounds, because my emotions no longer driving me to eat.