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Against Depression: Fish and Omega 3
Numerous studies are revealing that depression improvement taking fish and omega-3. The relationship between omega-3 fatty acids in fish are believed to contribute to improving the functioning of the brain and combating depression. In the brain lipids play an important role and omega-3 fatty acids can only be obtained through diet.
A study conducted at three American universities (Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, North Carolina and California, San Francisco), revealed the relationship between a diet rich in fish and omega-3 fatty acids with lower rates of chronic depression. The study focused on the development of chronic depressive symptoms in a population of 3317 men and women followed for 10 years.
The authors found that the high consumption of fish and omega-3 fatty acids was inversely associated with risk of developing chronic depressive symptoms in women but not in humans (the higher the consumption, men risk of depressive symptoms).
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