Kamis, Februari 21, 2008
Women, Depression & High Quality Nutritional Supplements
By: Venus K. Moshrefi - Older women are more likely than older men to become and remain depressed, Yale researchers report. In my experience our clients that started taking high quality nutritional supplements not only did better overall but also show improvement when it comes things such as mood and memory. In this article we are going to take a look at the research that came out of Yale University research and the possible relationship between depression and high quality nutritional supplementation or luck of.
Older women are more likely than older men to become and remain depressed, Yale researchers report.
The study began in 1998 with 754 people aged 70 and older. The participants were assessed at the start of the study, and again at five 18-month intervals after that.
During the study, 269 (35.7 percent) of the participants suffered depression at some point. Of those, 48 (17.8 percent) were depressed at two consecutive follow-up points, 30 (11.2 percent) at three consecutive points, 17 (6.3 percent) at four consecutive points, and 12 (4.5 percent) at all five follow-up points.
More women than men were depressed at each 18-month follow-up, and women were more likely than men to be depressed at subsequent time points, according to the study, which appears in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
"Adjusting for other demographic characteristics, women had a higher likelihood of transitioning from non-depressed to depressed and a lower likelihood of transitioning from depressed to non-depressed or death," the study authors wrote.
The findings were consistent throughout the length of the study and provide strong evidence that depression is more common in older women than in older men, the researchers said. This is surprising, they added, because women are more likely than men to receive treatment for depression.
"Whether women are treated less aggressively than men for late-life depression or are less likely to respond to conventional treatment is not known, but should be the focus of future research," the authors wrote. "In addition, nearly 40 percent of the depressed participants in this study were depressed during at least two consecutive time points, highlighting the need to initiate and potentially maintain antidepressant treatment after resolution of the initial depressive episode."
One of the causes of this might very well be the hormonal changes that women go through during menopause. Another could be that women are the primary care givers in the family and more likely to suffer from subclinical malnutrition. This subclinical malnutrition especially if it involves nutrients that are necessary for a healthy nervous system function can make one more prone to depression. Even though there is a need for further studies and research when it comes to this topic, one cannot under estimate the possible role of high quality nutritional supplements.
In my experience our clients that started taking high quality nutritional supplements not only did better overall but also show improvement when it comes things such as mood and memory.
Due to the fact that our diet supplies very small amounts of nutrients that a lot of times does not meet the needs of our body, I think that everyone could benefit from high quality nutritional supplementation.
That being said, one must be careful when it comes to nutritional & dietary supplementation. Just as appropriate amounts of high quality nutritional supplements can help you, the wrong supplement or the wrong amount can be just as harmful.
If you don't know what is right for you then your best bet is to seek the advice of qualified practitioner before you spend your hard earned cash.
Venus K. Moshrefi Holistic practitioner, MHA, RRT is the founder of the Center for Wholistic Health & Healing Http://www.WholisticCenter.com. She has over Twenty years of experience in physical holistic health & nutrition. She is a published author and well respected speaker on the subject of physical holistic health & nutrition. More about Venus K. Moshrefi http://www.wholisticcenter.com/about_us.html
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