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zahir
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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: Fish: The good mood food for teenagers |
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| Quote: | Scientists believe that eating fish can help ward off depression among teenagers, and are about to put their theory to test.
A group of Australian scientists believe too few omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and seafood, and too many omega-6 fatty acids, found in processed oils and nuts, raises the risk of depression in adolescents.
According to one of the researchers, Dr Ross Grant, the results would be used to give teenagers positive messages about healthy eating.
''Often kids who are physically unhealthy are emotionally unhealthy as well,'' the Age reported him as saying.
Lower seafood consumption has been linked to higher rates of depression in adults. The ''How Food Affects Mood'' study will attempt to prove how it affects teenagers in the same way.
Humans evolved with a diet equal in both essential fatty acids but current Western diets have up to 15 times more omega-6 than omega-3.
Omega-3 fatty acids are critical to brain development and function, but because our bodies cannot effectively make them we rely on dietary sources.
American research suggests fish oil capsules and fatty fish do an equally good job of enriching the blood and other body tissues with omega-3 fatty acids. |
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linuxdoctor
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Plagiarized from http://news.webindia123.com/ne.....62840.html
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yes he is getting points for other people's work - in this case it is due to ignorance of the rules.
please read the rules about quoting zahir.
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Kovacs
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Well, despite his ignorance of the rules, I'm going to talk about something on-topic.
I eat practically anything... except ANY kind of seafood. It's the only thing I have ever eaten that I absolutely detest.
I don't know if this is because of my Hungarian heritage, because Hungary is a land-locked country, therefore my ancestors would have had fish very rarely (especially considering they lived nowhere near Balaton). But I really do not like fish.
But saying this, I've also never been depressed either. Sure I've had a few stages of depression when relatives have died, I've broken up with my girlfriend etc. but those are understandable. Other than that I'm never depressed for no apparent reason.
So to me the link between seafood and depression seems rather stupid since I don't suffer from depression and I don't eat any kind of seafood. Hell I was even on a course of tablets a while ago, which mentioned on the packet that depression is a common side effect, yet I never suffered with depression then either.
I think the main thing that affects depression is environmental factors, such as how a person was brought up and in what kind of family. If you are growing up in an unloving family, you are bound to be much more emotionally unstable and so the risk of depression is much higher.
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