For example, a 2009 study in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that a diet, highly processed
foods, raised the odds of developing depression by as much as 58 percent over a five year period.
Other research has shown similar effects of diet on an anxiety disorders based on these associations.
The first study of its kind used a Mediterranean style diet, plus fish oil supplements as a treatment
for depression.
Results showed that the dietary changes led to greater improvement than did the control condition,
producing an average reduction in depression symptoms of nearly 50 percent by three months, which was
maintained at six months.
One of the advantages of the Mediterranean diet besides the health benefits, is that it also tends
to be a beating since it's not overly restrictive.
The guidelines allow for a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, plenty of satisfying healthy
fats and sufficient protein.
Researchers have tried to determine how it affects our mental health, and a key factor seems to be
inflammation.
For example, one study found that a diet high in foods that triggered the body's inflammation response
doubled and bursten odds for developing depression.
The more one eats a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
Hi, Nancy.
Fats, nuts and fish and low and processed food and Mediterranean style light, the more one is protected
from the bigger mental disorder.