New research published online in the journal Substance Use & Misuse is good news for those struggling with alcohol dependence: the possibility of ending this dependency gets easier with age. Moreover, more than half of individuals who have been dependent on alcohol are free of any addictions or mental illness, and nearly 40% are in excellent mental health.
Social support, age associated with remission from alcohol dependence and optimal mental health
New research published online in the journal Substance Use & Misuse is good news for those struggling with alcohol dependence: the possibility of ending this dependency gets easier with age. Moreover, more than half of individuals who have been dependent on alcohol are free of any addictions or mental illness, and nearly 40% are in excellent mental health.
Using data drawn from Statistics Canada s Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health, researchers examined a nationally representative sample of 820 adult Canadians with a history of alcohol dependence to 19,945 who had never been addicted to alcohol.
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The connection between post-traumatic stress disorder and nutrition
Written by Robby Berman on February 9, 2021 Fact checked by Hannah Flynn, MS
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People who eat two or more sources of fiber daily are less likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than those who eat less fiber.
There is a correlation between eating chocolate and a higher incidence of PTSD.
PTSD is more common among people living in poverty and among women.
People who are migrants and not white are 50% more likely to have PTSD than white Canadians.
A new analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) finds statistical associations between various health factors and PTSD.
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A study of factors associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has led to a number of novel findings linking nutrition to experiences of PTSD. Notable among them is the discovery that Canadians, between the ages of 45 and 85, were less likely to exhibit PTSD if they consumed an average of two to three fiber sources daily. It is possible that optimal levels of dietary fiber have some type of mental health-related protective effect, says Karen Davison, Director of the Nutrition Informatics Research Group and Health Science Program Faculty Member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. This may be due to the communication network that connects the gut and brain via short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are metabolic byproducts of bacterial fermentation made by microbes in the human gut.