I've been WFPB for 5 years before switching to Raw Vegan 80/10/10 and I have to say there is a large difference in my feelings of depression. On WFPB I had times especially when the weather got darker and colder (I live in Michigan USA) that seasonal affective disorder does set in and the feelings of depression get harder. I did take Lexapro for about 20 years of my life in total with occasionally being on other prescribed depression meds too. For the last 6 months I've been taking 5HTP which is a more natural depression supplement that comes from an African plant called Griffonia simplicifolia and it works well for me and has a lot less bad symptoms when compared to the prescribed depression meds. Recently I went from taking two doses per day down to one because being raw vegan and life getting better and better and in this cycle of continuous improvement I don't feel like taking it. I'm amazed and at the same time surprised to admit it but after years of struggling with depression I think the eating of addicting toxic foods and not truly satiating myself on a raw vegan 80 10 10 diet is the main culprit behind my depression. That too and the suppressed emotions I had and not truly feeling and dealing with my emotions which I'm learning can only fully be done by eating raw vegan 80 10 10. It makes me sad that all of those years I took those depression meds that made me numb not knowing that the healing was so much more simple and could have erased many years of not truly living. I took a dose of the 5HTP today but I'm honestly thinking of stopping to take it just to see how I feel. The 5HTP means 5 hydroxy tryptophan and basically it is a precursor for serotonin so it essentially helps your mind to create serotonin. I've been very happy and satisfied especially the last two weeks. I do think taking Vitamin D3 is a help to me too with mental health and for me that is a good one to have because in Michigan we have many months of Cold weather and days where you don't get much sunlight so that makes it difficult to get the minimum 15 minutes a day that Dr. Graham recommends. So I will continue to take this but on days when I get enough sun I do not take it so it is very much a seasonal supplement. I'd love to be supplement free but I don't want to be without Vitamin D3 as I think it is important for me to take. As for the 5HTP I've tried in the past years that I've been on it to get off of it completely when I took it in past years but was always unsuccessful. I do think that some day I will be free from this supplement as well being on raw vegan 80/10/10 and that thought makes me happy. I'm not so sure if my mental health has recovered enough to be able to fully handle being off of this supplement but starting tomorrow I'm going to stop taking it and see how I feel. Does anyone else here currently or in the past have they struggled with depression? Taken supplements or meds that helped or therapy?

I wanted to let everyone know that about a week ago another ground breaking documentary was produced and released by my favorite documentation, Kip Anderson. It is called Christspiracy and is only available to watch online at christspiracy.com . The meaning behind the Den of Thieves blew me away! This is one to rewatch many times. With Love, Derek

I got a Dexafit Body Scan, V02Max, and RMR Resting Metabolic Rate done. I was surprised to be 26% body fat my Bio impedance scale said I was 11.5%. I'm very under muscled and I do weightlift I'll share what weightlifting I do and my dexafit scan and test. I run 6 days a week too 4 to 6 miles each day so for me about 40 to 60 minutes per day so all steady state which is not good for muscles but will help me lose muscle so i have to do some HIT in there too. Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated. This post allows me to send up to 10 images so I'll try to attach the other 3 pages later if it will let me.

I have allergies every year and this year I decided to hold off on taking steroid progesterone for about a month then I took the 5 day regiment given by Doctor and it did not help at all. I know they are anti life drugs but when you have trouble breathing quality of life declines so I did what wad available that I knew of. Anyhow, I have trouble getting in full breath Doctor said oxygen level is 97% so they didn't think I needed an inhaler. It is like deep in my diaphragm I cannot get that full breath but only partial. Sometimes can get full breath but not often. I know that this way of eating is the best I've ever had and no way am I throwing in the towel I wanted to ask if anyone in the community dealt with breathing issues which may be due to the changes in digestion and diet? Curious if anyone has any ideas about how to get some relief?

I've been a once a day teeth brusher and on rare occasion do I floss. With eating so much fruit I noticed a couple of my front teeth hurt when I brushed them. I got a kit on Amazon that is a Cement Dental Care Kit where you mix powder and liquid and apply to sensitive teeth areas (many teeth issue uses) and it was effective and is suppose to last around a month or so but now that I have the $40 kit I'm just going to keep using that instead of going to the Dentist to get potential fillings. Anyhow, I think brushing my teeth when I get up out of bed then eating fruit and veggies 4 meals a day then when I get home from work I'll just go to bed instead of brushing teeth. Now I've learned to brush my teeth before bedtime too. Prior to going raw vegan 80 10 10 I haven't had such issues but I think perhaps the sugars in the fruit and leaving it on them for extended periods of time is causing this sensitivity. Has anyone else had any dental issues or concerns happen when on 80 10 10 raw vegan?