Category: Nutrition

Researchers in the United States recently published a study in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology, showing a connection between the DASH diet and depression.

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Iranian researchers recently published a study in the Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, showing a connection between the Mediterranean diet and depression in teen girls.

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Researchers in Australia, Italy, the UK, and the United States recently published a study in the Journal of Affective Disorders, showing a connection between inflammatory diet and depression.

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Italian researchers recently published a study in The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, showing a connection between what elderly women eat and depression.

The researchers studied the mental health and eating habits of nearly 300 women who were at lest 90 years old.

They discovered that among the 6 types of food typical of a Mediterranean diet, olive oil and fruit seemed to be the most connected to improved mental health. Participants who consumed to highest amount of olive oil (daily) and fruit (18 servings per month) had a lower risk of depression than those who consumed the least of those foods.

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Researchers in China and the United States recently published a study in the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, showing a connection between malnutrition and depression among older adults.

The researchers analyzed body mass index, weight loss, and mental health of nearly 5,000 adults over the age of 60.

What they discovered was that those who were malnourished were 31% more likely to be depressed than those who weren’t malnourished. In addition, health care costs were higher among the malnourished participants.

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Last summer, Chinese researchers published a study in Psychiatry Research, showing a connection between depression risk and what we eat.

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