Lead author Joanna Moncrieff – a professor of psychiatry at UCL – said: “I think we can safely say that after a vast amount of research conducted over several decades, there is no convincing evidence that depression is caused by serotonin abnormalities, particularly by lower levels or reduced activity of serotonin.
“The popularity of the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression has coincided with a huge increase in the use of antidepressants…
Marketing. Mass marketing is how the imbalance theory and huge increase in anti depressants profits walk hand in hand
The popularity of the covid vaccine effectiveness theory coincided with a global uptake in a vaxx/jab/therapeutical aided by the pharmedia.
In the new study, University College London (UCL) researchers said 85% to 90% of the public believes depression is caused by low serotonin or a chemical imbalance.
The public believes (accepts as true) this untruth because of the pharmedia promoting pharma talking points and talking heads
No link between depression and serotonin, finds major analysis
There has NEVER been any evidence that these pharmaceuticals help resolve depression by correcting a claimed chemical imbalance. A chemical imbalance that cannot be shown to exist.
Key points
- Surveys indicate that 85-90 percent of the public believes (accepts as true) low serotonin or a chemical imbalance causes depression.
- One study found that among 237 psychology students interviewed, 46 percent had heard the chemical imbalance explanation from a physician.
- The serotonin hypothesis has been challenged repeatedly and found wanting, even as it remains popular and influential in everyday life.
- A comprehensive, well-powered, high-quality umbrella review now determines that the theory is “not empirically substantiated.”
- Almost as soon as it was floated in 1965 by Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Schildkraut, the serotonin hypothesis of depression—reduced and simplified by pharma marketing to the “chemical imbalance” theory of depression and anxiety—has been subject to critical research and found wanting
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Causes of illness are accepted as true when a chemical is developed to treat the illness. Making money matters.
The underlying cause of illness, malnutrition, is never investigated. It would be bad for business.
Malnutrition can be caused by a lack of food or, more commonly, by food grown in deficient soil, as in the white man’s modern agriculture where making money through yield is the goal and the loss of nutritional value of the food thereby is of no concern.
Hey Gary
“more commonly, by food grown in deficient soil”
I agree with this. I’m of the mind food, for proper nutrition has to come from the soil, healthy soil- which makes me less fond of hydroponic crops..in general
Albrecht points out that the requirement for minerals of the plant to be nutritious cannot be met by minerals in an aqueous solution. High levels of the minerals in solution are toxic to the plant.
In the soil, positive minerals or cations are held by electrical attraction in the negative soil colloid. Cations are taken from the soil colloid by a milliequavalent exchange. The plant is trading the non-nutrient hydrogen for the nutrient cations.
As a result, I state that hydroponic crops are guaranteed malnutrition.
Gary “As a result, I state that hydroponic crops are guaranteed malnutrition.”
we’re on the same page with that- have you noticed this is the alleged solution offered up by those in power?
All the time- factory farming in greenhouses- layer upon layer of crop..
undertaken to take man further from real life and life in the soil.
Humans are at a disadvantage to all other species when it comes to nutrition. Albrecht states: “Biotic strata other than man are gifted in assaying their food intake according to different plant species and different degrees of rock development into soil on which plants grow.” This quote is from “The Albrecht Papers”, Volume I, Chapter 34, “Lets Look at Nutrition… From the Ground Up!”, “4. summary”
The human species is so stupid that it can’t learn from how other species select their nutrition by watching them and understanding why they make their choices. A fellow I knew once said that if you want to eat wild blueberries, eat the ones the bears select.
If humans could do what all other species can do, there would be no modern agriculture which is based on quantity, not nutritional value.
The result of modern agriculture is called chemotherapy.
““Biotic strata other than man are gifted in assaying their food intake according to different plant species and different degrees of rock development into soil on which plants grow.”
Is there anywhere myself or other readers can get access to more of this information?
I can share the pdf’s with others if they are interested?
But any other sources?
Thanks
Hello again Penny. Your work rate has always impressed.
The last 2 years alone have been a brutal reinforcement of the utter venality and corruption of the ‘Scientific’ community. They always agree with whomever is paying for the bill.
When dealing with the Scientific\Medical\Psychological mafia, consensus should always now read cartel.
Hey Chuckyman;
I’ve been somewhat spotty the last little bit, too much personal stuff.
But, fortunately my hubby has always helped me with sourcing info. I think (IMO) I’ve learned to source material and discern after all these years
Depression is not such a bad thing. It can make one examine one’s own external circumstances and act accordingly. Medication of any kind is bound to cloud the issue and cause dependency, which is just what the Pharmers want.
It seems the whole purpose in life now is to avoid getting duped. I saw a sign during my walk today; it said simply: “Revolt Now”. I think I’ll use it as my headliner on my next Sunday Report.
You are taking depression too lightly. Depression is best ascribed as a monster you will keep eating you until nothing of you is left.
Whether depression like you say is a good trigger for evaluation is hard to say. I want to say that I think that shame is a better trigger than depression. In the end it depends on how people react to the trigger of “shame”, “depression”, etc.
Currently people don’t really have what I would say A good anchor(Immoveable set of norms and values). And thus when a certain trigger moves them away from a certain a mental space, they don’t have a way back.
This is why I think that depression is just the result of people who lost themselves and are now in this mental state; which everyone is handling differently. Some are ignoring it by investing themselves into idols, party’s, drinking what have you. Then you a group are numbing down their emotions, just becoming drones to go trough life. Or you get the Yolo type which are doing things because they don’t care. But the most terrifying ones in my opinion are those who stop seeing their fellow humans as humans. And have convinced themselves that when they are killing their fellow humans, they are not killing their equals. But killing something less then them, like a bug or pest.
That is the power of depression.
In my opinion the reason for this massive case of depression is because of people ignoring the feelings of other people and sacrificing them for the “GREATER GOOD”. (Yes there is more to this, this is just scratching the surface, because its a complicated matter that it is this complicated)
(Wants to write more, but can’t composition it)
Kaz
“Currently people don’t really have what I would say A good anchor (Immoveable set of norms and values). And thus when a certain trigger moves them away from a certain a mental space, they don’t have a way back.
This is why I think that depression is just the result of people who lost themselves and are now in this mental state”
I like this too. and if I may??
You know that saying ??
“Above all else be true to yourself” Or “To thine own self be true”
Some people don’t know their self, so they end up being someone else that is incompatible with their own inner self. It’s an internal struggle that ends often in depression
“Above all else be true to yourself” Or “To thine own self be true”
I agree. But I lean stronger towards honesty than true. They should be similar in the meaning, but somehow honesty feels different than true.
There is something I do need to add though. Something which I think is taken for granted.
You can only reach that which you are aware of or know. Things you don’t know, you can’t reach. If for some reason you stop pursuing to know more, than you can’t escape where you are.
I am just throwing the following sentence in there.
– Knowing opens the path to Freedom. Ignorance keeps you in peace.
Yaya said: ” It can make one examine one’s own external circumstances and act accordingly. ”
I’m going to agree with that! Having personally helped someone through an episode of depression. Much of that soul searching takes place.
Hi Penny:
On your last post to me you didn’t put a “REPLY” button at the bottom.
I have had volumes I to IV of “The Albrecht Papers” since the mid 90’s. The first three are in hard cover.
I have a file that I wrote mainly on examples of animals choosing their nutrition. Each example is noted to where it is found in “The Albrecht Papers”. You may find it interesting. If you want, I can send it to you. I use LibreOffice for my files but I can send it to you in “WORD” format.
You will need to send me an Email so I can reply with the file attached.
Gary
sent an email
thanks Gary!