Your Diet and Depression The Depression Diet | Page 25

Final Thoughts
Depression is much different from temporary feelings of a bad mood or intermittent
sadness. Depression is a serious mental health condition that involves feelings of
sadness along with other symptoms that last for 2 weeks or more.
In general, depression will mean not feeling like yourself for a long period of time. It will
result in difficulties with focus, nervousness, feeling annoyed, physical aches, isolation
and other quality of life impacting symptoms.
There is no way to know how depression may
affect you, as not all people experience it in the
same manner. Unfortunately, this mental disorder
is only becoming more widespread with each
passing year, and we have yet to find a cure for it.
Doctors prescribe antidepressants for depression,
which have helped many people to recover, but
there are many things you can do to feel better and support your own treatment.
Nutrition has a much bigger effect on both your physical and mental health than you’re
probably aware of. Just by paying attention to your eating habits, you’ll be able to
reduce the risk of depression or even potentially recover from it completely. In order to
stand a chance against depression, you’ll need to increase your intake of folate and
other B-complex vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, and more.
Some of the best foods for battling depression include walnuts, tomatoes, apples,
seeds, leafy greens, green tea, avocado, mushrooms, wild salmon, turmeric, and
dark chocolate.

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