Long Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation Alleviates Doxorubicin-Induced Depressive-Like Behaviors and Neurotoxicity
in Rats: Involvement of Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation
Abstract: Doxorubicin (DOX) is a chemotherapeutic agent widely used in human malignancies. Its long-term use can cause neurobiological side-effects associated with depression. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (!-3 PUFAs), the essential ...
High glycemic index diet as a risk factor for depression: analyses from
the Women’s Health Initiative
Background: The consumption of sweetened beverages, refined foods, and pastries has been shown to be associated with an increased
risk of depression in longitudinal studies. However, any influence that refined carbohydrates has on mood could be commensurate
with their proportion in the overall diet; studies are therefore needed that ...
Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Patterns Are Related to Depression: A Case-Control Study
ObjectiveaaMajor depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability around the world. The relationship between depression and dietary patterns has been reported in a few studies but with controversial results. This study aimed to investigate this relationship in an Iranian population.
MethodsaaIn our study, 330 depressed patients (cases) and healthy ...
Effect of Probiotics on Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Abstract: It has been reported that gut probiotics play a major role in the bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain. Probiotics may be essential to people with depression, which remains a global health challenge, as depression is a metabolic brain disorder. However, the efficacy of probiotics for depression is ...
Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of incident depression in midlife and older women
ABSTRACT
Background: The impact of dietary flavonoid intakes on risk of depression is unclear.
Objective: We prospectively examined associations between estimated habitual intakes of dietary flavonoids and depression risk.
Design: We followed 82,643 women without a previous history of depression at baseline from the Nurses’ Health Study [(NHS) aged
...
Cross-sectional association between serum concentrations of n-3 long-chain PUFA and depressive symptoms: results in Japanese community dwellers
Abstract
The effect of n-3 long-chain PUFA (n-3 LCPUFA) on depression in healthy subjects is unclear, and most of the previous studies have focused
on populations eating Western diets with lower fish intake. The present study investigated the association between blood levels of n-3
LCPUFA and ...
Associations between depression subtypes, depression severity and diet quality: crosssectional findings from the BiDirect Study
Background: Depression is supposed to be associated with an unhealthy lifestyle including poor diet. The objective of this study was to investigate differences in diet quality between patients with a clinical diagnosis of depression and population-based controls. Additionally, we aimed to examine effects of ...
Association between frequency of fried food consumption and resilience to depression in Japanese company workers: a cross-sectional study
Background: Long-chain n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3/n-6 PUFA) play important roles in emotional regulation. We previously reported an association between fish consumption, which is major source of LC n-3 PUFA, and resilience to depression, where resilience is the ability to cope with ...
