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Magnesium for anxiety and depression
Posted on Mon, 26 Mar 12

Magnesium for anxiety and depression

Anxious? Depressed? Irritable? While there are lots of reasons for mood changes one may be that you are low in magnesium. In fact there is evidence to suggest that magnesium could be a safe and effective treatment for depression.

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Vegetarian diet improves mood and reduces stress
Posted on Mon, 5 Mar 12

Vegetarian diet improves mood and reduces stress

Switching to a vegetarian diet improved mood and reduced stress in a group of meat eaters, most likely because modern meat rich diets are to high in bad fats, linked to bad moods.

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A capsule a day keeps depression away
Posted on Mon, 25 Apr 11

A capsule a day keeps depression away

A new study suggests that just one capsule of fish oil a day may relieve depression in older age individuals.

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Safer, cheaper, herbal treatment for depression
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 11

Safer, cheaper, herbal treatment for depression

Despite an unbelievable amount of data demonstrating that the herbal medicine St Johns Wort is a safe and effective treatment for depression it remains in the realm of alternative medicine. It is time for things to change.

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Lifestyle change is an effective treatment for depression
Posted on Mon, 28 Jun 10

Lifestyle change is an effective treatment for depression

Eating well, regular exercise and stress reduction can treat depression a new study suggests, in fact within 3 months 73% of those with depression were no longer depressed.

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Stress leaves footprints on your brain
Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 09

Stress leaves footprints on your brain

While many people feel they must maintain their stressful lives it is important to consider the long-term effects of chronic stress, one of the most important of which is arguably the gradual destruction of our brain. The wear and tear of chronic stress over time is known to insidiously destroy vital brain structures and impair our cognitive function (1). This brain melt down may eventually lead to the development of depression and dementia including Alzheimers disease later in life (2).

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