I'm just starting my less processed diet. I personally define processed as artificial additives. If I can't pronounce it I don't think I should eat it. I am doing this to see if it impacts my mood. A doctor in the psych hospital told me to cut gluten but I read up on that and as hamster said that may be bull butter. I've heard organic is bull butter too, plus I can't afford that stuff. I've decided to cut down on my sugar intake and my processed grain intake.

I'm also considering going vegetarian again because meat is starting to gross me out again. I keep thinking of that poor animal...but it will be hard because my husband would never be down with that lol. Plus when I was veggie before I would eat replacement meats from whole foods and wegman's which are sometimes just as processed.

I guess my reL goal is to start cooking from cratch as much as possible and trying to find whole replacement for the processed things we eat like hamburger helper.

It's going to be tough during depressed episodes for sure. But hopefully I'll stabilize on the lamictal and won't have to deal with severe ones.