Importantly, both groups were counselled to continue taking any antidepressants or other medications they were prescribed. The goal of the study was not to see if a healthier diet could replace medication, but whether it could provide additional benefits, like exercise, good sleep and other lifestyle behaviours.
After 12 weeks, average depression scores improved in both groups, which might be expected for anyone entering a clinical trial that provided additional support, regardless of which group you were in. But depression scores improved to a far greater extent in the group that followed the healthy diet: roughly one-third of those people were no longer classified as depressed, compared with 8 per cent of people in the control group.
How Food May Improve Your Mood
The sugar-laden, high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they are, may be the least likely to benefit our mental health.
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May 6, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
As people across the globe grappled with higher levels of stress, depression and anxiety this past year, many turned to their favorite comfort foods: ice cream, pastries, pizza, hamburgers. But studies in recent years suggest that the sugar-laden and high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they may seem, are the least likely to benefit our mental health. Instead, whole foods such as vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, beans and legumes and fermented foods like yogurt may be a better bet.
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TACOMA, Washington Over the past 17 years, Ghanaian health has improved substantially. This is mainly due to the government leaving its “cash and carry” healthcare system in the past and embracing a new public healthcare plan. Since the new plan’s establishment, there have been hundreds of hospitals installed around the country that offer citizens low-cost appointments with primary care doctors. One such facility is the FOCOS Hospital.
A Young Man Goes Abroad
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei was born in Ghana in 1950. He traveled to the U.S. with just $12 in his pocket to pursue his college education. In 1976, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College, summa cum laude. Four years later, he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Upon completing his doctoral education, he went to study spine deformities at the University of Minnesota.