The "bad" fats can lead to depression and cognitive impairment ...
addition to cardiovascular and other adverse health effects such as obesity and diabetes, the trans and saturated fats significantly increase the risk of depression and, after a certain age, cognitive impairment. It is one more reason to eat better.
It was well known the effect negative on health consumption calls "bad" fats (trans and saturated fat found in convenience foods, margarine, pastries, certain dairy ...). But now, in addition, a study conducted by teams of two English universities gives us a reason to avoid them, their consumption can increase up to 42% the likelihood of depression.
The study, published in the journal "PLoS One", was conducted by researchers from the University of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria who analyzed the diet, lifestyle and health disorders of 12,059 people for six years. Perhaps the most important was that about 30% of depression could be attributed to the consumption of unhealthy fats.
Or, put another way, those who consumed high amounts of trans fats had up to 42% higher risk of contracting the dreaded depression, compared with those who only consumed them. It seems clear that a percentage is important enough to be taken into account.
By contrast, consumption of fat "healthy" (polyunsaturated fats found in fish, and monounsaturated fats in olive oil), not only does not help depression, but also prevents it from falling as Michelangelo shows Martínez-González, University of Navarra, who was the director of research and complains that there is little scientific literature about it.
Another aspect of mental health also benefits from a healthy diet is related to the containment of cognitive decline after age 65. The journal Neurology published a study by the French Institute for Health Research says there is a relationship between metabolic syndrome and memory loss after age 65.
The increased risk of this disease is, in this case, 20%. And given the relationship between consumption of the aforementioned "bad" fats and the risk of metabolic syndrome, the relationship between diet and health is again evident.
The importance of avoiding the consumption of saturated and trans fat is such that Martínez-González calls for ban or at least force manufacturers to warn in the product labeling of the content on these fats.
Adelgazar.Net Article prepared by March 2011,
information from Europa Press and World
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