Thyroid and depression

I’m going to come back and elaborate on this a little more later but I found the following extremely interesting:

‘Our results suggest that nearly 75% of patients with bi-polar disorder have a thyroid profile that may be sub optimal for antidepressant results’ – Cole et al, 2002.

‘We found thyroid auto antibodies in 70% of severely depressed patients’ – Konig et al, 1999.

Tahini salad dressing

Summer’s here! Couldn’t be a better time to post a delicious salad dressing.

1 large tbsp of light tahini
1 clove of garlic, crushed
dash of good quality oil (linseed oil is best, kept in the fridge)
dash of soy sauce or tamari

mix all of these together and then add lemon juice until you achieve your desired consistency. Simple!

Particularly nice with falafel and toasted seeds.