Vitamin
and mineral supplements are taken not only to improve physical well-being, but to
provide mental energy as well. I hardly took supplements as a young adult,
thinking that a balanced diet would suffice. But that changed because it’s just
impossible to maintain a balanced diet every day – and of course, it seems it’s
not enough to fight fatigue, stress and all kinds of communicable diseases.
Certain vitamins
can also enhance mood in most normal individuals. But, could their effect
extend to people diagnosed with clinical depression?
Last
month, at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food
Expo®, Bonnie
Kaplan, Ph.D., a professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, spoke about how supplements can be used as
alternative to psychiatric medicines for symptom relief of anxiety and
depression.
According to Dr Kaplan’s report, a study of adults diagnosed with mood
disorders shows that supplements help drown negative feelings. When their intake
of vitamins and minerals was increased, the patients exhibited better brain
functioning.
While
there are many drugs to improve mental health, they do come with side effects.
On the contrary, vitamins and minerals are simply about boosting both mental energy
and the immune system.
Read the report Undernourished
and mentally unbalanced
Comments
Post a Comment