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HEALTHY,
HAPPY BRAIN
What you eat, as well as how much you exercise, can affect the way your brain functions. Here are some
tips for fuelling your body and your mind for a healthier, happier future.
eople who suffer from diabetes, heart disease or metabolic
syndrome are more likely to experience higher levels of
depressive symptoms than those without these conditions.
In fact, for those who are obese or have metabolic syndrome, the risk
of depression is 30 to 60 per cent higher than for healthy people of the
same age.
Consider this: depression is closely related to the level of
inflammation in the body, and depressive symptoms are dramatically
increased in people who eat less nutritious food and eat more nonnutritive food.
It makes sense, therefore, that nutritious foods th BWBF