Bad Food Habits and Depression:

Science has observed and researched on the fact that people tend to eat more than regular when they depressed. Women usually indulge in eating sweet items and men in fast food items. It is a norm but it cannot be classified specifically for either men or women.

A thorough and detailed research was carried out, regarding depression. According to the researches, depression and diet may be related, as a bad diet can actually make you depressed. Researchers looked at the relationship between depression and food, by observing the eating habits of more than 40,000 middle-aged working men and women, during the last five years.

The people who were not suffering from depression had better eating habits than their counterparts i.e. the people with depression. It was observed that , people who ate fruits, green vegetables and fish were reported less likely to be depressed. Researchers believe that people following a particular diet can help protect them from various diseases. For instance, Mediterranean diet includes fruits, fish and vegetables limiting meat and dairy products, have decreased the chances of suffering from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. When people start ingesting high-fat dairy products, fried fast food, processed meat, desserts, chocolates, they became more vulnerable to depression by the end of the study. Hence, regular intake of junk food caused depression in majority of the participants.

Research indicates that 51 % of the people, vulnerable to depression eat junk food like pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs etc. Fizzy drinks, white rice, pasta and bagels are some of the other foods are considered to show symptoms of depression in men and women.

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