Crossing the dessert can really leave you down to the landfills.
No one who has been in the diet has ever said, “I love calorie restriction”, but a new study has found a not -so -strange connection between low -passing and depression.
And some people have it worse than others.
Dietary habits and depressive symptoms of 28,000 US adults were analyzed for the study, published in BMJ nutrition prevention and health.
Of these adults, 29% had a healthy weight, 33% were estimated with overweight, and 38% were considered thick.
Dietary models were divided into four categories: calorie restricts, nutrient restrictive (low -fat AKA), sugar, salt or carbon, dietary pattern, or not in a diet at all.
Most participants, 87%, did not follow any specific diet, 8% followed a calorie restrictive diet, 3% chose nutrient restrictions, and 2% followed a set dietary model.
Using questionnaires from the National Health and Nutrition exam, researchers found that 8% of participants reported depressive symptoms.
Those who were in calorie or nutritional diet that exhibited higher results of emotional and physical distress than their groups that were not on a specific diet, suggesting that supervisory diet supervised could adversely affect mental health.
Researchers found that men and those whose BMI classified as overweight were particularly sensitive to diet -related depression.
“The findings suggest care with extremely restrictive or unbalanced diets, especially for people who already experience weight -related stress or challenges,” said the author of the main study Dr. Venkat Bhat, psychiatrist, clinic-researcher and director of the psychiatrist’s intervention program at St. Michael Hospital and the University of Toronto.
Researchers found that diet quality had a direct impact on the risk of depression. Those whose diet was widespread with ultra -processed foods (UPF) were more likely to report higher levels of depression.
Recent research found that 60% of the daily intake of Americans’ calories come from ultra -processed foods.
UPFs often contain high levels of sodium, refined sugars, cholesterol fats and other laboratory-based ingredients.
A 2023 study by Harvard Chan’s Public Health School found that people who consume nine or more UPF services per day have a 50% higher risk of developing depression than those who eat four or fewer daily services.
In contrast, this latest study found that those who followed a Mediterranean diet exhibited lower rates of depression.
Previous studies have shown that a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish and plants can reduce the risk of depression by one -third.
In a 2023 Gallup poll, 29% of US adults reported being diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives, while 17.8% of Americans said they have depression or are being treated for it.
In addition to the influence of your quality of life and relationships, depression can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, madness, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety disorders and substance abuse.
Given the results of this study, Bhat suggests that dietites abstain from strict caloric restrictions and instead choose, “balanced, sustainable dietary changes that meet nutritional needs.”
Researchers note that their findings reveal only associations, not final data. Further, due to the survey format, there is no way to verify that participants really adhere to caloric restriction.
However, Bhat and his team hope that future studies will continue to consider relationships between calorie restriction and mental health.
#Science #confirms #diet #making #depressed
Image Source : nypost.com