Processed Food Link To Depression
New research by a University of London team suggests the risk of depression is increased when one eats a diet that is high in processed food. The British Journal of Psychiatry reports, comparing diet data of 3,500 middle-aged civil servants, average age 55-years, asked each participant to complete a questionnaire on their eating habits, including a self-report assessment for depression 5-years later. The study reveals eating plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually lowers the risk of depression. The study, the first to look at the link between UK diet and depression, split the participants into two groups, with each group on separate diets, those that ate a diet whole foods diet, including loads of fruit, vegetables and fish. The other group ate a mainly processed food diet, consisting of sweetened desserts, processed meat, fried food, refined grains and high-fat dairy products. Taking into account factors like gender, age, education, physical activity, smoking habits and chronic ...