A weird honest connection I’m noticing

I’m currently on month 4 so quite early compared to lot of vets here but nevertheless I still struggle with anxiety and low moods and just a general want my life back everyday feeling.

But recently I’ve been noticing some patterns that involve food and I’ve been doing some deep diving into research as well as talking with my therapist. And some things are starting to add up in terms of food and drink. So the key word I’m going to point out here is (glutamate) a lot of food had glutamate and gaba in them. Some foods and drinks lower gaba and increase it and the same goes for glutamate.

Basically these are central nervous system receptors that affect mood among other things. Now I’m no expert in this field but upon research, so many articles and stories and papers it’s starting to all add up to me. Sue Kira has done a great report on the affects of these receptors.

And one thing I have noticed in myself is when I eat or drink certain foods my anxiety can flare up like crazy. And I have been having many good days feeling like 90%+ but on the bad days when I think back and present I have been eating or drinking foods that contain high amounts of glutamate.

Today my day was messed up, for no reason other than the only difference was I drank 2 glasses of milk which contain high amounts of glutamate.

The other night I ate loads of peanuts and that heightened my anxiety. So what I’m getting at is maybe look at your diet in these levels and do some self test. The consensus is you don’t need to quit these foods forever but maybe indulge in certain types later on when your nervous system is on a better standing so to speak and in the future it won’t affect you.

I just want to throw a little hope out there that has a noticeable impact on me.