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Fans of the Mediterranean diet - which consists mainly of seafood, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and moderate red and wine consumption - are already aware of its well-documented health benefits. Studies have shownthat this leads to a longer life, stimulates your heart health, keep your edge sharp,help you sleep, fight cancer and other diseases, andeven increase your fertility and improves your sex life. Now, anew study Published in the newspaperMolecular psychology claims that this can also help reduce your risk of depression.

Researchers of Great Britain, Spain and Australia have examined 41 studies on the link between regimes and depression and have found that those who adhered to a Mediterranean regime had a 33% risk reduction in Diagnose a depression than those who did not do it.

We often think that the way our diet affects our physical appearance, but the reality is that what we eat can seriously affect our emotional well-being.

"There is convincing evidence to show that there is a relationship between the quality of your diet and mental health", "Camille Lassale, a research associate in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health of the University College London of the study,CNN says. "This relationship goes beyond the effect of diet on the size of your body or other aspects of health that can in turn affect your mood."

Eating junk food may feel comfortable in the moment, but in the long run, it actually increases your risk of depression by inflammation of not only the intestine but the whole body. The Mediterranean diet, on the other hand, has the opposite effect.

"A pro-inflammatory diet can induce systemic inflammation, which can directly increase the risk of depression", "LassaleRecountThe Guardian. "Chronic inflammation can affect mental health by carrying pro-inflammatory molecules into the brain, it can also affect molecules-neurotransmitters of mood regulation".

Researchers not involved in the study warned that we should take these conclusions with a grain of salt, since there are a variety of factors that influence your mood. Nevertheless, research is both promising and timely,Since the American happiness index is currently based on a historic basis.

And for more additional information about science on the leading a more joyful life, check the timeI took Yale's happiness class - and here's all I learned.

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