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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cholesterol Have a Main Role in Antidepression Diet of Iranian Traditional Medicine Publisher



Ahmadianattari MM1 ; Noorbala AA2 ; Khoshdel A3 ; Kamalinejad M4 ; Taghva A1
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  1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Psychosomatic Ward Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Published:2017


Abstract

Depression is one of the major health problems of our world. Recent studies have revealed the relationship between diet and depression. In Iranian traditional medicine, there is a therapeutic diet that is recommended in melancholic diseases like depression. One of the main components of this diet is meat. Meats are divided into 2 groups: recommended and abstinent. The aim of this study was to clarify the logic of this diet through comparing nutritional elements of the 2 groups with each other. For this purpose, prominent books on Iranian traditional medicine were searched for abstinent and recommended meats traditionally prescribed for depressed patients. The results of each group were compared with the other by using Mann-Whitney Test (SPSS version 16). The results showed that recommended meats contain higher amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (P =.01) especially omega-3 (P =.03). Both groups contain high amounts of cholesterol. Iranian traditional medicine recommends consumption of meats that contains cholesterol with omega-3 fatty acids in depression. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
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