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Sources of dietary fiber are differently associated with prevalence of depression
Since the relationship between dietary fiber consumption and depression is considered inconsistent, Kim et al. (2020) set out to determine the association between depression and various sources of dietary fiber among 2960 Korean adults (19-64 years old). The food frequency questionnaire helped document the participants’ intake of crude fiber and those obtained from cereals, vegetables, fruits, seaweed, and mushrooms. The research revealed that increased consumption of seaweed and mushroom fiber correlate with depressive symptoms. Moreover, taking in high amounts of fiber from seaweed was significantly related with a 55% less risk of clinical depression diagnosed by a physician. This is the first study to report the beneficial impact of eating seaweed and mushroom (sources of dietary fiber) on the incidence of depression. [NPID: fiber, depression, dietary fiber, Korea, seaweed, mushrooms]
Year: 2020
