Eating high-calorie foods is usually a way to cope with sadness or a bad day in general, especially if we are talking about chocolate or junk food.
However, studies suggest that They are other kinds of diets those that favor the mood of people with depression.
Mediterranean diet
A meta-analysis published in 2019, in which a total of 45,000 patients are analyzed in 16 studies, suggests that a correct diet can reduce depressive and anxious symptoms. The effect seems more important in women.
Apparently, it is the Mediterranean diet that allows a greater reduction in depressive symptoms (at least there is a correlational link), as suggested the next study published in BMC Medicine.
In it he compared the effects of three diets:
- a Mediterranean diet with extra virgin olive oil (1 liter per week)
- a Mediterranean diet with nuts (30 grams per day)
- a low fat diet.
After studying a total of 7,447 people, randomly divided into three homogeneous groups of about 2,500 participants, it was concluded that in the second diet, that of nuts, there was an inverse relationship compared to the control group with a reduction in 20-30 % of the risk of depression. However, when it came to a group of patients with diabetes, then there was a 40 % reduction in the risk of depression.
Eating certain very sugary or high-calorie foods can make us feel better at a given moment, if we are having a bad time. However, Abusing this strategy is similar to having found a button that provides happiness.. As you will see in the next video, it is better not to press that button (too much):
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Food that makes you happy, food that makes you unhappy (especially if you are a woman)
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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