Dr. Harriott's Comment: Chiropractic, St. John's Wort, Exercise, and now the Mediterranean Diet. If you are considering a medical consultation for depression, try this approach before you reach for a pill. Positive mental activity is just one side benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
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Mediterranean Diet May Protect Against Depression
The Mediterranean diet, with its emphasis on consumption of olive oil, legumes, vegetables, and fruits, may help protect against major depression, a prospective Spanish study suggested. When study participants were scored on their dietary practices...
full story http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/tb/16283
Primary source: Archives of General Psychiatry
Source reference: Sanchez-Villegas A, et al "Association of the Mediterranean dietary pattern with the incidence of depression" Arch Gen Psych 2009; 66: 1090-98.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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