DEPRESSION DIET; Junk food link to high risk of mental illness.Byline: EMILY COOK SHUN fruit and veg in favour of fast food and you won't just get fat - you're more likely to end up feeling blue, too. Research has found that gorging mainly on fried food, processed meats, sweets, chocolate and fatty dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl increases the odds of you getting depression. But eating a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruit and fish can protect against the mental illness. The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, is the first to look at overall diet and depression. Previous research in this field has tended to focus on individual nutrients. A research team at University College London “UCL” redirects here. For other uses, see UCL (disambiguation). University College London, commonly known as UCL, is the oldest multi-faculty constituent college of the University of London, one of the two original founding colleges, and the first British quizzed nearly 4,000 Whitehall civil servants, with an average age of 55 about their eating habits and whether they suffered from depression. They found that those who ate the most whole foods were less likely to report symptoms of depression. And the opposite was true of those who ate the most junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food . Experts believe the high levels of antioxidants Antioxidants Substances that reduce the damage of the highly reactive free radicals that are the byproducts of the cells. Mentioned in: Aging, Nutritional Supplements antioxidants, n. in fruit and veg, and of the B vitamin folate folate /fo·late/ (fo´lat) 1. the anionic form of folic acid. 2. more generally, any of a group of substances containing a form of pteroic acid conjugated with l-glutamic acid and having a variety of substitutions. in broccoli, spinach and cabbage, may help to lower the risk of depression. And fish contains polyunsaturated fatty acids - a major part of neuron membranes in the brain. But it is not clear why junk food increases the risk of depression. Dr Andrew McCulloch
Andrew McCulloch, often credited as Andy McCulloch, is a British television writer and actor. His first television writing credit was for the Doctor Who story Meglos of Mental Health Foundation said: "Studies like this hold the key to us better understanding mental illness." 18st.. I have to be obese EIGHTEEN stone is the average weight at which people recognise obesity is a crisis, research shows. It is the tipping point The point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. at which many seek surgery to turn their lives around. Weight op experts The Hospital Group explained the obese "suffer in careers, family life and health". Fewer than one in five weighing above 18st earns more than pounds 20,000, a study of 2,056 obese adults questioned by YouGov found. Four in 10 of those hitting 18st suffer back pain and one in five have diabetes. CAPTION(S): BUN TO AVOID Fatty burger |
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