Scientists discovered: The Mediterranean diet seems to protect not only against heart disease and cancer, but also against depression.

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Residents of the Mediterranean have the highest life expectancy, according to international studies. The so-called Mediterranean diet, consisting of vegetables, fruits, fish, lots of olive oil and little red meat has proven to protect against cancer, heart and arteries preserved deposits and also controls weight limits. Now added to the benefits of the studies by scientists at the University of Las Palmas and Navarre: This healthy diet can also help against depression.

Men are less depressive than Women

The experts where supported by more than 10,000 adult university graduates over a period of over four years. Those respondents who considered themselves very strictly to the guidelines of the diet, were more often male, athletic, former smokers, and married. Moreover, they were on average older than those who did not participate with the rules exactly. During the study period, 480 participants suffering from depression: 156 men, 324 women. The group of strict diet zealous showed up at 30 percent less illness than the rest of the study group.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Association