The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions -- Today

461 Pages·2003·2.45 MB·English

by  Julia Ross

Praise from Experts and Readers for
The Mood Cure
A Books for a Better Life Award Finalist
“At last—a nutritional approach to depression and anxiety that is both fast and
effective. The best book on the subject in years!”
—Richard Shames, M.D., and Karilee H. Shames, Ph.D., R.N., authors
of Thyroid Power: 10 Steps to Total Health
“Julia Ross has written an innovative and wonderfully practical book to help
people who suffer from mood disorders. I highly recommend it.”
—Daniel G. Amen, M.D., author of Change Your Brain, Change Your
Life
“As a psychotherapist for the past twenty-eight years, I am all too aware that
there are limits to what we can do. Most people don’t even think of nutrition
when they are feeling emotionally upset, but Julia Ross shows how simple
changes in nutrition can have profound effects on mood and mental outlook.
This book can empower you to take control of your own emotional life.”
—Bill O’Hanlon, author of Do One Thing Different
“I have seen a big difference in my daughter! This child needed HELP and I feel
this will!”
—A reader from North Carolina
“The Mood Cure works! Overall, my state of being is 100 percent improved over
what it even was on antidepressants and antianxiety pills. This isn’t to say I am
100 percent cured, but I am 100 percent improved.”
—A reader from New Jersey
“I always thought that it was just me and that I was a worrier just by nature.
After trying these nutrition tips, I have no obsessive thoughts or sleepless,
anxiety-filled nights.”
—A reader from Georgia
“After years of alcohol abuse and depression, I was treated with Zoloft and
Wellbutrin and Prozac without success. My wife picked up this book in our
library and by following the recommendations I am now feeling great
(depression free).”
—A reader from Florida
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julia Ross, M.A., author of the bestselling The Diet Cure is a pioneer in the field
of nutritional psychology. She has directed counseling programs in the San
Francisco Bay Area since 1980. She is the Founder and Executive Director of
Recovery Systems, a holistic clinic that has helped thousands of people with
mood problems, eating disorders, and addictions by combining counseling with
nutrient therapy and biochemical rebalancing. An instructor at several San
Francisco Bay Area universities, Ross is a popular lecturer whose work has been
featured on national radio and television and in publications such as Psychology
Today, Natural Health, and the San Francisco Examiner Magazine. She lives
and works in Marin County, California.
Mood Cure
THE
The 4-Step Program to
Take Charge of
Your Emotions—Today.
JULIA ROSS, M.A.

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Ross, Julia.
The mood cure: the 4-step program to rebalance your emotional chemistry and
rediscover your natural sense of well-being / Julia Ross.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1-4295-2194-5
1. Mental health—Nutritional aspects. 2. Health—Nutritional aspects. 3. Mood
(Psychology)
I. Title.
RC455.4.N8 R675 2002
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To all those who have sought help
and not found it.
And to Emmanuel.
Author’s Note

T
he nutritional repair tools described in this book are not intended as
substitutes for any needed psychotherapy, spiritual guidance, or medical care.
They are intended to provide additional relief, where appropriate.
If you have a known or suspected medical condition, or are taking medication
of any kind, or have specific health concerns, you should consult a qualified
health care provider before following any of the suggestions in this book.
Supplement and pharmaceutical dosages are intended only as guidelines. Dosage
and results will vary according to the specific needs of each individual. Because
this book cannot respond to individuals’ needs and circumstances, as we do in
our clinic, you should ask a qualified health care professional to help you assess
and apply The Mood Cure. Particularly where mood symptoms are severe or
there is a known sensitivity to supplements or medications, it is critical that
expert advice be sought before any of the nutrient supplement suggestions are
followed, as they could make some conditions, such as bipolar disorder, worse.
Although we did our best to provide sound and useful information, we cannot
and do not promise results to a reader, nor can we or do we accept liability to
anyone who may use the book.
Acknowledgments

I
am grateful to all the members of the gifted team that worked together so
beautifully on my first book, The Diet Cure, and rallied itself once again to
produce The Mood Cure:
Eugenia Clift Dreyfus, with her acute nutritional intuition, her tender and
almost limitless patience, her incredible capacity for detail-tending, her sense of
humor, and her dear friendship.
Nutritional research queen Krispin Sullivan, N.C., who unearthed most of the
jewel-like references that stud the text of The Mood Cure, and offered support on
many other fronts.
Jared Dreyfus, master wordsmith, who unraveled the worst of the prose, and
keen-eyed and -minded copy editor Sona Vogel, who wrestled the manuscript to
the mat.
Sharna Rose, chef extraordinaire, whose culinary contributions have been so
helpful, once again.
The visionary Janet Goldstein and her associate Susan Hans O’Connor, who
have adroitly shepherded me home again editorially (with the much-appreciated
encouragement of Susan Petersen Kennedy).
My delightful and fierce agent, Faith Hamlin, who effortlessly conjured yet
another winning book proposal, and still responds immediately to all calls and e-
mails, even in extremis.
I also salute Lynn Ferar and Kris Alderton, who joined the fray near the end
and got us over the finish line, and our vigilant production editor, Kate Griggs,
whose sure hand guided the book into print.
In addition, I’ve had tremendous support from all the Recovery Systems clinic
staff: from Sharon Brusman and Tish Stanney, who run the place so seamlessly
and are such a pleasure to work with, and from nutritionist Diane Osborne who
relieved me so ably and with such rare spirit.
Tim Kuss, our senior nutritionist, earned his latest dose of my gratitude by
writing the first draft of the “Sex Hormone Tool Kit” and working so hard on our
training and certification project, not to mention his role in developing some of
the nutrient formulations that have been most helpful to our clients and readers.
Final thanks go to little Charles, who brought joy in dark times, and to Fred
and Margo for their steady love and support.