What Is Depression? | Exploring The Nature Of A Widespread Mental Illness
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss depression's causes and cures with Sarah Zabel, a writer who concentrates her work on this universal mental illness. Sarah retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2018 as a Major General, and since then, she has embarked on a new career as a science writer.
Inspired, intrigued, and frustrated by watching someone close to her struggle with depression, Sarah has made it her mission to educate people on this illness so that they can understand it better themselves…
In 2021, Sarah wrote Fighting Chance: How Unexpected Observations and Unintended Outcomes Shape the Science and Treatment of Depression, a book that looks inside the twisting search for the causes and cures for depression – the leading cause of illness and disability worldwide.
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- How Sarah's friend motivated her to take a closer look at depression.
- What depression really is.
- How depression can coincide with age and genetic vulnerabilities.
- Different factors that contribute to depression.
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| 0:00.0 | Magnesium is integral for 600-plus biochemical processes in the human body, |
| 0:05.2 | and yet most people are deficient. Common signs of magnesium deficiency include fatigue, |
| 0:11.2 | muscle weakness, stunted growth, poor immune function, poor concentration in memory, |
| 0:17.2 | hormonal imbalances, bone and teeth problems. Most people think grabbing a bottle of whatever |
| 0:22.8 | cheap stuff on the shelf or at the top of Amazon will solve this. The common misconception |
| 0:27.7 | is that consuming more magnesium will automatically improve health and well-being. |
| 0:31.7 | The truth is there are various forms of magnesium, each of which is essential for a variety |
| 0:36.9 | of physiological processes. Most people are deficient in all forms of magnesium, |
| 0:42.0 | while even those considered healthy typically only ingest one or two kinds. |
| 0:46.4 | Consuming all seven of magnesium's primary forms is the key to accessing all of its health |
| 0:52.5 | benefits. That's why we pack seven forms of 450 milligrams of elemental magnesium into each |
| 0:58.6 | serving of wild mag complex. One dose a day is all you need. Learn more and grab a bottle today |
| 1:04.5 | at wildfoods.co. Use code Genius for 10% off your order. |
| 1:11.1 | Forget frequently asked questions. Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. How about advice from a |
| 1:16.5 | real genius? 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license. |
| 1:21.8 | 5%? Go above and beyond. They become very good at what they do, but only 0.1% are real |
| 1:28.1 | geniuses. Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them. For you, he hunts down and |
| 1:33.7 | interviews geniuses in every field. Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 1:39.2 | Here come the geniuses. This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 1:48.6 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast, |
| 1:51.9 | now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. I guess today is Sarah Zabel. She's retired from the |
| 1:57.0 | US Air Force in 2018 as a major general and embarked on a new career as a science writer. |
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