9. The Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of depression, according to a research of the University of America

People that are still a Mediterranean diet , rich in vegetables , fruits , dried fruits , cereals and fish , have lower risk of developing depression , according to a study published in the University of America in the October issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.

Who completed the study consistent with the deductions in the fact that Mediterranean countries have the lowest prevalence of mental DESORDENES in northern Europe, A possible explanation would be that the diet followed in this region could have a protective ability against the Depression. Previous investigations suggest that the monounsaturated fatty acids, used in the abundance of the olive oil in the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of be - could SEVEROS suffer symptoms of depression.

The project consisted in the assessment of 10,094 Spanish volunteers, which they had to respond to the initial questionnaire between the years 1999 and 2005 . Information of the participants responding to a fire in the diet of food consumption frequency questionnaire , and the researchers calculated the level of Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, the basis of nine components ( with respect to a large proportion of monounsaturated fatty acids saturated fatty acids , moderate consumption of alcohol and dairy products , meat , and large quantities of fruits and dried fruits , cereals , vegetables and fish ) .
30 % reduction of the risk to suffer depression

To all the volunteers conducted a monitoring them during the four years and a half, and the observed a depression that developed 480 156 men and 324 women. Who better Seguin traditional Mediterranean diet pattern indicated previously a reduction of more than 30 % risk of developing depression.

The authors noted that no specific mechanisms that make them know that a Mediterranean diet can help out with a greater grip to prevent the emergence of depression. The components of the diet could increase the function of the blood vessel, fight inflammation reduce the risk of cardiac disease and repair the cell damage related to the oxygen, and all this could do to decrease the risk of developing a depression.

All the forms would be the most important dietary role in the general model that would have the effect that each component in particular. It is possible that the combination of a provision synergic and large enough omega – 3, fatty acids and fatty acids together with other and the Antioxidants of the olive oil and dried fruits , along with the Flavonoids and other compounds of fruit and other meals.

Chemical floats, plants and next to the large quantities of B vitamins and other natural diet in the Mediterranean Sea that ejercia in the general level of protection against the great depression , the authors say .
The study has been funded by the Institute (Health Carlos III).