Food that is rich in the fatty acid Omega-3, such as nuts and fish oils such as salmon, tuna, Trout, and Mackerel, also considered helpful for reducing depression. Dr. Research. Andrew Stoll in 1999 shows that depression patients who consume fatty acid Omega-3-regularly will have a level of depression, lower.In research published in November reported that 20,022 patients depression that is not susceptible to drugs, can be reduced symptoms after obtaining Feed Omega-3. Joseph Hibbeln, a senior medical researchers, found that residents of Finland who consume fish at least twice a week to decrease the risk of depression, 50 percent.
Eating rice can also reduce depression. Carbohydrate trigger lepasnya hormone insulin to the bloodstream. Hormones that clean blood from amino acids, except triptofan which is the embryo serotonin.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is able to reduce pain, control the taste of food, and provide a sense of calm. Serotonin, there are many in the chocolate, so for people with depression, chocolate is a good choice.
Along with the increased demand, especially for those living in big cities, the number of depression tend to increase every year. Of course we still remember the grievous incident in the city of Leicester, tega when a mother kills her children are still small with poison and eventually suicide due to depression because of the economic crush.
Risk factors that can encourage someone to do suicide soul interference is, the economy, education, health, the poor, events that cause stress, and depression.
Depression as a suicide risk factors should also be skeptical. Many of pressure in this life, can become the trigger depression. Dr. Suryo Dharmono, Sp.KJ, from the Department of psychiatry FKUI, had explained that depression is often used broadly to describe the atmosphere completely difficult, protracted suffering, life crisis, a decline in social situations and various other nuances glum.
Sleep Disorders
The term depression in the health science used to describe the life conditions of a disruption in the lives of clinical appear in the form of feelings of morose atmosphere, losing the joy of life, listless, pessimistic or hopelessness, and loss of self-confidence, accompanied by various physical complaints or somatis, such as weight down, disfungsi sexual, and sleep disturbances.
Depression can cause sleep disturbances because of interruptions effectiveness melatonin, a chemical substance that is produced by the brain gland that regulates the hours of sleep a person. Melatonin is also useful as antioxidants that will prevent free radical attack. Stress causes the antioxidant melatonin can not work properly. Not surprisingly, the early process of aging more quickly whip the depression.
Depression is a disturbance that most people commonly found in the community. Prevalence is quite high, ranging 5-10 percent, in the women's event two times more than men. Groups of youth and elders suffering from depression are more vulnerable.
Surveys and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 14 countries (1990) shows that depression is a health problem that lead to social burden number four largest in the world. WHO predictions about depression sufferer of the world's population in the coming two decades more than 300 million people. In the year 2020, depression will settle health problem number two largest in the world after cardiovascular disease.
Based on these facts, depression, must get serious attention. We must be able to distinguish the people who experienced depression and light weight. Dr. Irmansyah, Sp.KJ, from the Department of psychiatry FKUI states that people with mild depression can still work.
However, if the person suffering severe depression, it is usually more than happy to incarcerate them, can not work or school, can not eat, do not do any activity, even psikotik symptoms arise, such as a sound that disfigure himself.
Suicide and depression can even be experienced by children in school. Claims that high school and the family shattered, often pemicunya. From research conducted on 39,000 people, found that depression, a crippling lethargy, feeling rejected, despair, suicide and desire, this community experienced in the range of increasingly young age.
Food Antidepresi
What is the relationship with depression, food? People in the state of depression tend to have the adrenalin rate higher than ordinary people. Adrenalin will provide additional energy to overcome the problems faced. Increasing the rate of adrenalin will take vitamin that is stored in our body.
The high level of depression, will supply the vitamin and leave little left over for energy purposes seharihari. That's why people who experienced depression, it's easy to exhaustion. Role of food to help someone prevent and overcome depression is very important. Many people experience when frustration, the taste of food increased.
This is good enough because the impact of energy and nutrition needs of people who experience depression are much higher. In addition, some types of foods known to affect brain function, called the neurotransmitter. That is why some types of food can cause a more peaceful and reduce depression.
Then, food such as what is good for people with stress? We do not need to imagine the food must be purchased at the hotel five or expensive restaurants because the food is indeed very familiar with our careful.
Vitamins and Minerals
Food is good for people with depression, which is rich in vitamins and minerals. Food that is recommended for people with depression, among other fruits, green vegetables, milk, nuts and fish.
Fruits and vegetables is very important for the people because the rich vitamin C. A penelitiara in the United States on a number of prisoners shows that the emotional pressure decreased after they were given Feed vitamin C regularly. Vitamin C can also help improve the immune system, which decreased due to depression.
When the depression, should reduce the smoking habit. Consumption 1.5 packets of cigarettes will reduce the body's vitamin C Feed up to 30 percent. Even in the condition of depression, the presence of vitamin C is needed to alleviate it. Vegetables such as beet, spinach, playpen CHOY, cabbage, broccoli, nuts (such as soy beans), and lentil, also can help alleviate depression.
Folat acid content of the vegetables can reduce the rate homosistein associated with the occurrence depression. Niasin such as vitamin and selenium can also help overcome depression. Niasin is one of the vitamin B complex, which can improve the function of nerve cells, thereby reducing the sense of fear or panic. Source niasin is red rice, chicken, tuna, goat meat, grain, fruit and pomegranate.
Lack of selenium easily make someone panic, uring-uringan and depresif. To overcome this, they consume enough beans, tuna, wheat or rice. Mineral other important work to overcome interference and emergency depression is magnesium. Mechanism through the reduction of muscle tension. Magnesium can be obtained from the spinach, chocolate, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, shells, and avocado.
Alcohol as Halusinasi
Not a few people choose to consume alcohol drunk to forget all the problems experienced. Alcohol can reduce the anxiety. Alcohol can work as a tranquilizer or depresan. However, the effect of chronic alcohol level can cause severe depression.
Alcohol is absorbed directly by the small intestine and can reach the brain cells, and consequently communications in the brain cells become so bad, and our concentration difficult. Dependence on alcohol in the long term can change the function of the soul, so that people have easy halusinasi. Alcohol is also not good for health. Alcohol can slow the production of enzymes that are needed to mencerna food, especially fat.
Alcohol also to supply vitamin C, folat acid, vitamin B complex other substances zinc, and vitamin A in the body. Alcohol aggravate heart to be working properly. One glass beverage that can be used occasionally to calm the feelings and improve the taste of food. It is not dangerous. However, the habit of drinking alcohol in the amount of many, can endanger the ability of the body to reduce stress.
How to Create atmosphere Soul Food
How to eat also affect the effectiveness of food to reduce depression. Consumption of food in slowly to create a relaxing atmosphere of psychological, which ultimately will be positive impact for the alimentary tract. Enjoy food presented with the best.How to eat a hurry will not cause food tercerna a mechanical well. Mechanical digestion less perfect in the mouth will cause the stomach must work hard mencerna food that is still raw but has swallowed the esophagus.
Eating should not excessive. Digestive system of the body can not work optimally when we eat too much. In the conditions of depression, a person can only have increased the food taste great. Eat according to the normal portion eaten. Do not give food to be the target of how many or how few, because this will make us more oppressive.
People who suffer from obesity tend to experience greater depression. In the environment surrounding that still looked "slim is beautiful" and "slim is healthy" fat people will be put in difficult positions.
When they berdiet, depression is increasing because people usually eat fat due to external stimulus, such as the flavor of foods or foods that look appetizing. Meanwhile, the taste of the normal people, caused more by internal factors, namely the emergence of hunger that encourage him to eat.
Declining food for Feed mereka.yang berdiet, can be a source of depression. This plus the fear, if the diet is not run successfully lose weight.
Limit caffeine and Soft Drinks
People who are steady cook problems should avoid foods that contain caffeine. Caffeine found in coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate and some medications. Excessive caffeine negative impact on stress, stress can create even more poorly.
Caffeine is a stimulant substances that increase stomach acid production and tiroid hormone that can cause anxiety. Caffeine also cause kidney work harder to act as diuretik (often causes urine).
Stimulation of this substance can prevent the absorption of iron if consumed with food or one hour after meals. People often consume caffeine to increase energy quickly. Pandangah this is wrong because the actual caffeine exhausting adrenalin glands and eventually will bring the effects of tiring.
Avoid soft drinks also. Soft drinks contain phosphorus, which can also hidroklorida neutralize acid in the stomach. As a result, digestion, which can interfere eventually intensifying levels of depression.
Avoid foods that also contain preservatives and MSG-ber (enhancing the taste) high. Consumption of food containing MSG and Sodium levels can trigger hypertension and make it difficult for people to think clear.
In the conditions of depression, stomach disturbances often occur. This indicates that the digestive channel more attention needs when we are experiencing emotional disturbance. Therefore, food-food which potentially bring stomach irritation should be reduced as high fatty foods, spicy food, acid foods (pickles and young fruit), and half-cooked meat.
Consumption of food that sweet-sweet (bergula) high should be avoided. Consumption of sweet foods will spend vitamin B complex in the body because the conversion of sugar into energy requires the presence of vitamin B. Those who suffer will be defisiensi vitamin B1 disturbed nervous system and raise the symptoms of fatigue
