Can eating fish help lower chances of depression?
Depression isn’t fun, and everyone knows that. Find out how to reduce your chances of getting depression here.
People don’t realize how easy it is to fall into depression. Depression isn’t just ‘feeling sad all the time’. It’s a lot more than that – it’s a pertinent mental health issue that needs to be discussed, and having it is definitely not fun.
A recent health study showed that people who eat more fish are less susceptible to depression. The study has been 13 years in the making and the results gathered were from 26 studies involving 150,278 male and female participants, conducted by professors at the Medical College of Qingdao University.
The biological reasons for this link has not been found, but they speculate that a healthier diet overall may be responsible as the Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish might modify dopamine and serotonin levels.
Dr. Majid Fotuhi, medical director of NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center in Virginia and affiliate staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine, thinks that omega-3 fatty acids may not only modify dopamine and seratonin, but it may also be because it helps to reduce inflammation.
Everyone would want to be mentally, physically and emotionally healthy and by simply eating more fish you could probably combat the risks of getting depression. Even if it isn’t a radical 50%, it’s still good to take precautions, especially if you have a family history of mental illnesses.
A safe conclusion is: stay safe and eat more fish.
Bernice Ng
Read More:
Depression: Meditation over medication?
