Depression: In today's busy life, people are facing depression and stress, which is affecting mental health. In this context, a new research has revealed that people struggling with depression are more attracted to carbohydrate -rich foods. This research makes it clear that depression can have a deep connection with the severity of depression and the longing of food.
Researchers at Bonn University did this study and found that people struggling with depression show less will power to food, but they are especially more attracted to carbohydrate -rich foods. The study included 117 participants, of which 54 were depressed and 63 were healthy. These people were asked to react to various foods.
Researchers found that depressed persons have less appetite, but they have more craving to carbohydrate -rich foods, such as milk chocolate. In addition, they have more aspirations of carbohydrates than high fat and high protein foods. This research also suggests that serious symptoms of depression, especially anxiety, are more to the craving for carbohydrates.
Nils Chromer, the lead researcher of research and professor of medical psychology at Bonn University, said, ” "Due to these mental changes, body weight can also be changed." This study was published in the magazine Psychological Medicine and its results show a new direction in terms of depression and mental health.
This study deepens our understanding of mental health, shows how depression affects a person's mental state and physical needs. Lily Tharn, which was part of this research, said that while carbohydrate craving is generally to hunger, but it is also associated with severity of depression.
