So today we're going to talk about melancholy and the real cause. So melancholy is sadness, depression.

It comes from the Greek word which means black bile. Now that's pretty interesting black

well during the medieval period melancholy was one of the four temperaments and that had to do

with different behaviors or characteristics and if you look at more of the temperament of melancholy

you will also get three additional symptoms which gives huge clues on what's actually causing this.

We get bloating, we get distension and constipation. Now this to me and this indicates there's

something going on with the gallbladder. So if you do a search on the gallbladder in relationship

or associated with depression you'll find a whole bunch of data. This is what's interesting.

gallstones greater risk for depression by 80%. Now why would someone with gallstones be more depressed?

We'll answer that in a second. Next point removal of the gallbladder can potentially decrease

the risk for depression by 20%. Why is that? And low fat diets increase the risk of depression.

Why? Well this is why fat, especially saturated fat, triggers the release of bile.

Gallstones come from a lack of bile. Removing the gallbladder, let's say for example there's

a bunch of stones in there and that's obstructing the flow of bile can increase the flow so that

decrease the risk of depression by a certain amount. But what do all these indicators point to,

including all three of these? A lack of bile, a bile deficiency. A bile deficiency will cause

gallstones, a low fat diet will also cause a bile deficiency. All right so now what's the connection

between bile and your mood? If you don't have enough bile you're not going to absorb vitamin D.

And vitamin D deficiency will create serious depression. Also if you don't have enough

bile you're not going to absorb this omega-3 fatty acid, DHA. When you're deficient in DHA and

you can't get enough you could not only have severe depression but your risk of suicide goes up.

So there's a huge connection between the fat that you eat and the fat that is broken down and

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