Depression is a debilitating mental illness which causes you to feel overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, to the extent that their wellness is severely compromised and you are unable to cope with daily life. It is the most recognised form of mental illness, with treatments ranging from talking therapy to prescription medications.
A recent article published in BioMed Central’s journal, BMC Medicine within the past week looks into a possible link between what you eat and your chances of becoming depressed, with the links between diet and depression thoroughly analysed.
The study was carried out by researchers at the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas, looked at the links, studying it in the same model as others have previously studied the link between poor eating and heart disease. This is because both diseases share certain characteristics, such as low-level inflammation, poor lipid profiles and malfunctioning of the blood vessels.
Surprisingly for some, the researchers appeared to find that wellbeing is not linked to diet. Although on the surface it would seem that emotional wellbeing has a strong link with increased intake of fast food, it is all purely speculative evidence. It could be, for example, that people who are already suffering from depression find that they don’t have the emotional capacity to make good food choices. Studies like this have so many other factors that could be affecting the outcome that it’s impossible to pinpoint a poor diet as the cause of depression rather than simply a coincidence, or a side-effect of the illness. Other factors may include simple genetics (some people are predisposed to gain weight), marital status, how much exercise a person takes and any other medical conditions which may affect weight gain.
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