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THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT DEPRESSION: PART 2

May 31, 2022 | Health, Hippocrates News Archive

by Robyn Chuter Physical activity not only reduces your risk of becoming anxious or depressed, it increases your chances of recovering. In Part 1 of this mini-series, I summarised the burgeoning body of research on the role that our eating habits play in our... read more

Boost Your Happiness

Jul 23, 2014 | Health

Stop Eating Processed Foods and Fast Food A study published in Public Health Nutrition found that those who consume fast food, bakery and manufactured foods are 51% more likely to be depressed than those who abstain from such foods. Ann Wigmore’s RECIPES FOR... read more

Magic Mushrooms and Depression

Jan 22, 2014 | Cannabis

Drugs derived from magic mushrooms could help treat people with severe depression. Scientists believe the chemical psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms, can turn down parts of the brain that are overactive in severely depressive patients. The drug... read more

Meditation, Pain, Depression and Telomeres

Dec 17, 2013 | Self-Improvement

People who meditate regularly, Brown University researchers say, gain control over sensory cortical alpha rhythms. Meditation appears to change brain rhythms that regulate how the brain filters and processes a variety of sensations – including depressing... read more