Study: Fish oils, vitamins, herbs helpful for depression

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I read this in CNN.com today which might be interested to you.

 

POSTED: 4:51 p.m. EST, November 24, 2006

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Diet and nutrition may play a key role in

helping people fight depression, Australian researchers report.

 

A number of nutrients, including polyunsaturated fatty acids, St.

John's Wort and several B vitamins, have the potential to influence

mood by increasing the absorption of chemical messengers in the

brain, Dr. Dianne Volker of the University of Sydney in Chippendale

and Jade Ng of Goodman Fielder Commercian in North Ryde, New South

Wales note in the journal Nutrition and Dietetics.

 

There is a wealth of epidemiological, experimental and

circumstantial evidence to suggest that fish and the oils they

contain, in particular omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, are

protective against depression, Volker and Ng write. They point out

that the balance between omega-3 and omega-6 may also be important,

given that the latter can prevent the body from absorbing the former.

 

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