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The World is Your Oyster (with Proper Nutrition)

Feeling down? Food is not only necessary for life but there are specific foods which have shown to decrease depression. Depression is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. from teenagers to mid-40's adults and affects more than 16.1 million American adults. That's about 6.7%of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year! While depression can develop at any age, the median age at onset for major depressive disorder is close to 33 years old. Depression is diagnosed more prevalently in women than in men. A recent study in the World Journal of Psychiatry outlines which FOODS combat depression. This is wonderful information to utilize food as medicine (my first line therapy - ha