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Re: Bifidobacteria reduce depression

Posted by Trotter on December 27, 2012, at 16:09:53

In reply to Re: Bifidobacteria reduce depression » Trotter, posted by larryhoover on December 27, 2012, at 16:03:49

> > > I don't know of a link between a high-fat diet and depression. Could you provide any references for that?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lar
> >
> > http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/05/28/high-fat-diet-linked-to-depression-anxiety-in-mice/39295.html
> >
> > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121212092104.htm
>
> Thanks for your speedy reply. I was actually looking for a correlation in humans.
>
> I was already aware of this rodent research, but it is inconsistent across studies. I can show you a rodent study where increasing fat decreased depression.
>
> I also want to point out that these studies all have a confounding variable. They assume that the carb intake is irrelevant. At least in humans, carb intake has to be somewhere around 10-20% or less, for the effects of varying fat composition to be clearly observable.
>
> Lar

I'm not sure you will ever have a proper human trial to see if high fat feeding causes depression. It would be cruel.

Please show me a reference to a rodent trial showing a high fat diet reduces depression.


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