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The anti-depression diet
There is a relationship between food and depression. Nutritionists at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria studied fifteen thousand Spaniards and discovered that there is a diet that reduces the likelihood of depression. And it's a diet that will be familiar to readers of this free webzine...
Study
Click here to see how the Spaniards scored the diets.
Results
It was above all a high Alternative Healthy Eating Score [AHEI] that reduced the likelihood of depression. The participants scored high when they ate relatively large amounts of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, nuts, beans, oily fish and vegetable oils, and only minimal amounts of salt, trans fatty acids, soft drinks, fruit juices and red or processed meat.
Conclusion
"This dose-response pattern is compatible with the hypothesis that suboptimal intake of some nutrients (mainly located in low adherence levels) may represent a risk factor for future depression. More studies analysing the role of the adequacy of nutrient intake to meet neurophysiological requirements and the role of suboptimal levels of micronutrients in depression risk are needed to explore this possible dose–response pattern."
"Also, further large prospective studies and trials to confirm this hypothesis are needed to provide effective population strategies for using dietary patterns in the prevention of depression."
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