What Is The "Body Blues" Syndrome?

At any given time, one in four women may be affected, making it one of the most severely underdiagnosed conditions among women today.

Millions of women don't feel their best and don't know why. They're not outright depressed, but they aren't really happy either. They eat too much or have gained weight lately. They find it hard to concentrate or have trouble sleeping. They feel tense, anxious, or irritable, or they're highly sensitive to criticism. They're tired and not very interested in sex (or even everyday life).

What's wrong? The answer lies in biology. Too little sunlight and exercise, combined with shortages of certain vitamins critical to feelings of well-being, cause this all-too-common constellation of symptoms known as subsyndromal depression. Once dismissed by doctors as "nervous depression," the syndrome has recently been reexamined and renamed the Body Blues by Marie-Annette Brown, Ph.D., R.N., and her research team at University of Washington.

The new book, When Your Body Gets the Blues, offers a clinically proven solution. A simple, drug-free treatment called the LEVITY program (Light, Exercise, and Vitamin Intervention TherapY) can help women think clearly, sleep soundly, cope easily with stress, reduce anxiety and depression, and lose unwanted pounds in 8 weeks or less!

The author's easy-to-follow program includes self-quizzes, tips for increasing exposure to light and getting mood-elevating exercise even on dark or rainy days, and information about the Levity vitamin supplement proven to relieve the Body Blues.

Dr. Brown tested the LEVITY program on real women, and they improved significantly - far more than women who took placebo pills. In fact, many participants cut their feelings of depression in half.

Women who underwent the LEVITY program also reported:

• Fewer problems with cravings and weight control
• More vitality
• Less anxiety
• Less anger
• Better self-esteem
• More self-control
• Less irritability
• Less tension

One woman who completed the LEVITY program said, "I know that if I ever feel blue again, I have my own way of feeling better - I won't have to run to my doctor for a prescription."

 
Dr. Marie-Annette Brown, Jo Robinson, authors of When Your Body Gets The Blues, are independent researchers and are not employed by Geneva Health & Nutrition, nor do they benefit from the sales of the Levity vitamin formula. Geneva provides information about the Body Blues and the Levity Program with their consent.