Posted by dmlvt on September 13, 2006, at 7:15:06
In reply to Re: What would the perfect anti-depression diet be, posted by notfred on September 12, 2006, at 22:30:46
The use of "cure" was a bad word choice on my part. How about if our goal was to take what we know or what we think we might know and apply that to diet to reduce or minimize depression.
Omega-3 is an area where there are hypotheses out there, and the ratio of omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids has changed dramatically in our modern diet.
There is also a lot of co-morbidity with diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. Yes, cause and effect are not necessarily clear, but if our diets were optimized to avoid type 2 diabetes and CVD, would that help to decrease depression?
What about environmental toxins?
There are people, doctors included, who claim that depression can be cured or greatly reduced through dietary intervention. I'm sure some of them are simply out to make a buck by selling a book or supplements or both, but there are many common themes in their work related to diet. B-vitamins stand out, for example.
There is also the entire topic of supplements.
So, I was simply curious what thoughts people had on the topic or what personal experiences they might have had.
dml
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