Investigators have set a link betw...

Investigators have set a link between nutrition and depression, according to a inquiry published in the March 2003 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

dampened people among the general US population were ground to have low blood folate horizontals In other words, insufficient intake of folic acid--a B vitamin--may be a factor in depression.

In addition, a large proportion of newly recovered depression patients is deficient in folic acid, according to the close attention Researchers say taking folic acid add tos during the year following a depressive episode may help recovery

The 2526 healthy subdues were an ethnically diverse dispose aged 15 to 39. And scientists adjusted springs to account for other factors as it is as alcohol consumption, weight, smoking and complement use.

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