Depression - Not All in Your Mind

with Lorraine Perretta Tuesday 18 November 2008, 7.30pm

Depression affects more than three million people in this country, many of whom claim to have no apparent emotional reasons for their depression. This talk will explore the nutritional link between depression and vitamin and mineral deficiencies, food intolerance and even blood sugar problems. You will learn how simple tests can detect major biochemical imbalances that could provide effective non-drug solutions for thousands of people with depression. Many sufferers claim that this approach is much more effective than traditional anti-depressants with their accompanying side effects.

Lorraine Perretta is a nutrition consultant specialising in all areas of mental health including depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and manic depression. Lorraine is nutrition consultant at the Brain Bio Centre, Richmond, an outpatient treatment centre addressing mental health problems through nutrition.

She is Head of Nutrition for the International Institute for Anti-Ageing, is a member of BANT, and a fellow at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, a national speaker at mental health conferences and author of the book ‘Brain Food’.