| In this article we are going to take a look at the | | | | respond to conventional treatment is not known, but |
| research that came out of Yale University research | | | | should be the focus of future research," the authors |
| and the possible relationship between depression and | | | | wrote. "In addition, nearly 40 percent of the depressed |
| high quality nutritional supplementation or luck of. | | | | participants in this study were depressed during at |
| Older women are more likely than older men to | | | | least two consecutive time points, highlighting the need |
| become and remain depressed, Yale researchers | | | | to initiate and potentially maintain antidepressant |
| report. | | | | treatment after resolution of the initial depressive |
| The study began in 1998 with 754 people aged 70 and | | | | episode." |
| older. The participants were assessed at the start of | | | | One of the causes of this might very well be the |
| the study, and again at five 18-month intervals after | | | | hormonal changes that women go through during |
| that. | | | | menopause. Another could be that women are the |
| During the study, 269 (35.7 percent) of the participants | | | | primary care givers in the family and more likely to |
| suffered depression at some point. Of those, 48 (17.8 | | | | suffer from subclinical malnutrition. This subclinical |
| percent) were depressed at two consecutive | | | | malnutrition especially if it involves nutrients that are |
| follow-up points, 30 (11.2 percent) at three consecutive | | | | necessary for a healthy nervous system function can |
| points, 17 (6.3 percent) at four consecutive points, and | | | | make one more prone to depression. Even though |
| 12 (4.5 percent) at all five follow-up points. | | | | there is a need for further studies and research when |
| More women than men were depressed at each | | | | it comes to this topic, one cannot under estimate the |
| 18-month follow-up, and women were more likely than | | | | possible role of high quality nutritional supplements. |
| men to be depressed at subsequent time points, | | | | In my experience our clients that started taking high |
| according to the study, which appears in the February | | | | quality nutritional supplements not only did better overall |
| issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. | | | | but also show improvement when it comes things |
| "Adjusting for other demographic characteristics, | | | | such as mood and memory. |
| women had a higher likelihood of transitioning from | | | | Due to the fact that our diet supplies very small |
| non-depressed to depressed and a lower likelihood of | | | | amounts of nutrients that a lot of times does not meet |
| transitioning from depressed to non-depressed or | | | | the needs of our body, I think that everyone could |
| death," the study authors wrote. | | | | benefit from high quality nutritional supplementation. |
| The findings were consistent throughout the length of | | | | That being said, one must be careful when it comes to |
| the study and provide strong evidence that depression | | | | nutritional & dietary supplementation. Just as |
| is more common in older women than in older men, the | | | | appropriate amounts of high quality nutritional |
| researchers said. This is surprising, they added, | | | | supplements can help you, the wrong supplement or |
| because women are more likely than men to receive | | | | the wrong amount can be just as harmful. |
| treatment for depression. | | | | If you don't know what is right for you then your best |
| "Whether women are treated less aggressively than | | | | bet is to seek the advice of qualified practitioner |
| men for late-life depression or are less likely to | | | | before you spend your hard earned cash. |