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For example, a 2009 study in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that a diet, highly processed

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foods, raised the odds of developing depression by as much as 58 percent over a five year period.

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Other research has shown similar effects of diet on an anxiety disorders based on these associations.

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The first study of its kind used a Mediterranean style diet, plus fish oil supplements as a treatment

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for depression.

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Results showed that the dietary changes led to greater improvement than did the control condition,

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producing an average reduction in depression symptoms of nearly 50 percent by three months, which was

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maintained at six months.

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One of the advantages of the Mediterranean diet besides the health benefits, is that it also tends

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to be a beating since it's not overly restrictive.

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The guidelines allow for a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, plenty of satisfying healthy

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fats and sufficient protein.

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Researchers have tried to determine how it affects our mental health, and a key factor seems to be

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inflammation.

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For example, one study found that a diet high in foods that triggered the body's inflammation response

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doubled and bursten odds for developing depression.

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The more one eats a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.

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Hi, Nancy.

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Fats, nuts and fish and low and processed food and Mediterranean style light, the more one is protected

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from the bigger mental disorder.