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“Better diet quality, no matter which way you measure it, is associated with
an approximate 30% reduction in the risk for depression,” says Felice Jacka,
PhD, director of the Food and Mood Centre at Deakin University in Australia
and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry
Research. She’s also written a book on the subject, Brain Changer: The Good
Mental Health Diet.
But before you toss your antidepressant and run to the nearest farmers
market: None of this research suggests that diet alone can cure or prevent
depression. The idea is that improving your diet gives you a strong
foundation for healing, no matter what other treatments you may try.
“The simple message is that a healthy diet is important for brain and mental
health, just as it is for physical health,” says Jacka. “Unlike many other
factors in our lives that may predispose us to depression, we have a choice
over what we eat. All the evidence we have now tells us that a healthy diet
can both prevent and treat depression and may be important for other
aspects of brain health, such as dementia. This is true for people across the
lifespan -- even very young children.”
And if you do decide to adjust your diet, you don’t have to make sweeping,
extreme changes. Adding more leafy greens and seafood could make a good
start. “I’ve found that eating better, even when it’s not 100% of the time, it
does make a difference,” says McCarthy. “There’s a happiness factor.”
Reading Comprehension
Q1. Diets rich in leafy greens and seafood help manage your moods?
a. Research doesn’t know
b. Research points to yes
c. Research points to no
Q2. What field of science focuses on how your diet affects your mental
health?
a. Psychiatry
b. Nutritional psychiatry
c. Biology
Q4. How many previous studies found green vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans,
olive oil, and seafood could ease symptoms of depression?
a. 20
b. 30
c. 26.
d. 16.
Answer Sheet
Q1. Diets rich in leafy greens and seafood help manage your moods?
b. Research points to yes
Q2. What field of science focuses on how your diet affects your mental
health?
b. Nutritional psychiatry
Q4. How many previous studies found green vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans,
olive oil, and seafood could ease symptoms of depression?
c. 26.
Reference:
(https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20191202/can-you-eat-to-beat-depression)