| New research in depression causes found out that | | | | which is a normal byproduct of metabolism. Therefore, |
| supplements could help to stop this disease in | | | | Dr. Bjelland explains that the lack of folate and/or a |
| depressed people that might have problems | | | | disturbed folate metabolism may partially cause |
| metabolizing the B vitamin folate. According to Dr. | | | | depression in some people. |
| Ingvar Bjelland of the University of Bergen, vitamins are | | | | The fact that folic acid supplements may encourage |
| important, not only for the physical health, but for the | | | | the effects of antidepressants, as suggested previous |
| mental health as well. | | | | research, is supported by Bjelland. Results published in |
| The researcher explains that folate might play an | | | | the Archives of General Psychiatry, may support the |
| important role in depression, as the body may need the | | | | suggestion that folate may prevent depression, |
| B vitamin in order to build substances in the brain | | | | acording to the expert. |
| because a lack of these substances may cause | | | | Researcher's findings state that people who has |
| different mental disorders, including depression. | | | | relatively high levels of homocysteine in their blood |
| Depression arises more commonly in people who has | | | | were almost twice as likely to be depressed, in |
| high levels of the amino acid homocysteine in their | | | | comparison to people with the lowest blood levels of |
| blood and in those who have a form of a gene that | | | | homocysteine. |
| encodes a protein involved in processing folate, under | | | | Bjelland obtained his findings after scanning blood |
| results of an investigation performed in Norway. | | | | samples from 5,948 people between the ages of 46 |
| It is known that folic acid (the form of folate found in | | | | and 49, and screening them for depression and |
| supplements) aid in breaking down homocysteine, | | | | anxiety. |