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How Your Diet Impacts Depression
Will proper nutrition provide you with a way to deal with your depression and help you
feel better? No one knows for sure. Mental health disorders are incredibly complex, just
like the foods we eat and the ways our bodies interact with them.
Scientists are still working on finding out just how the brain works and how nutrients
contribute to better mental health. However, many experts agree that when the body
gets the nutrition it needs, all internal processes
function at their best, and WebMD supports the
notion that healthy eating will definitely help you
feel healthier mentally and is one of the best
self-help methods for depression.
Even though we don’t fully understand how the
brain works yet, we do know enough to figure
out exactly why nutrition may be able to help
you with depression.
In order for the brain to work efficiently, it needs a lot of energy and the right nutrients. A
study conducted by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health of the University
College London found that consuming processed foods that don’t contain a lot of
nutrients increases the risk of becoming depressed by 60%.

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