{"id":1125,"date":"2019-10-02T20:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2019-10-09T19:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T19:44:37","slug":"back-to-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/10\/02\/back-to-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To Front &#8211; What came first, the sugar problem, or the depression?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ChooseLife<\/strong> : It is clear to me, that those on higher sugars are more prone to mental health disorders &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/sugar-intake-from-sweet-food-and-beverages-common-mental-disorder-and-depression-prospective-findings-from-the-whitehall-ii-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sugar intake &#8211; Whitehall Study\/<\/a> Therefore, it is almost certain, that those needing antidepressants, will be more likely to also be closer to diabetes\/sugar dis-regulation, than those on lower simple sugar diets, higher <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"magnesium (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/09\/23\/magnesium-mental-health-research-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">magnesium\/greens<\/a>\/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Omega3 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/flax\/\" target=\"_blank\">Omega3<\/a> et al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxygen and sugar share the same space in blood, hence, when that blood is also being shared with a growing baby, as is the focus below, it is no wonder that struggle for space may become more fragile and a narrower range can be tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BMJ Study<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Antidepressant use during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a nested case\u2013control study  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/9\/9\/e025908\" target=\"_blank\"> Antidepressant use during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a nested case\u2013control study <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following article reflects on this situation and has a give away snippet, which shows the culprit in the piece (<strong>ChooseLife&#8217;s opinion<\/strong>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/health\/antidepressants-linked-to-higher-gestational-diabetes-risk\/1127959596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Antidepressants linked to higher gestational diabetes risk (opens in a new tab)\">Antidepressants linked to higher gestational diabetes risk<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8221; Gestational diabetes, a type of&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/diabetes\/basics\/gestational.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>diabetes that can develop during pregnancy<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;in women, can increase the risk of certain complications for both the mother and baby, including risks of high blood pressure for the expectant mother, needing a cesarean section delivery, <\/em><strong><em>having low blood sugar for the baby and developing type 2 diabetes later in life for the baby. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>After analyzing that data and taking a close look at antidepressant exposure, the researchers found that specifically venlafaxine and amitriptyline were associated with a 27% and 52% increased risk of gestational diabetes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While the risk was greatest for those two antidepressants, the researchers also found that gestational diabetes risk increased with the longer any antidepressant was taken.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ChooseLife<\/strong> : If only these people of science were allowed to put 2 and 2 together. The use of Antidepressants is almost certainly a sign of longer term sugar problems, which turn everyday struggles into unbearable burdens, to unfortunate individuals with less robust Liver and\/or Pancreatic function. <strong>Prolonged Low Blood Sugar<\/strong>\/Hypoglycemia is a precursive condition to Diabetes, known to cause Mental Health dysfunction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChooseLife : It is clear to me, that those on higher sugars are more prone to mental health disorders &#8211; Sugar intake &#8211; Whitehall Study\/ Therefore, it is almost certain, that those needing antidepressants, will be more likely to also be closer to diabetes\/sugar dis-regulation, than those on lower simple sugar diets, higher magnesium\/greens\/Omega3 et &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/10\/02\/back-to-front\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Back To Front &#8211; What came first, the sugar problem, or the depression?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}