Scientists Say Eating Fatty Fish Will Chase the Winter Blahs Away
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Washingotn Post] By Ellie Krieger - February 24, 2015 -
This is prime winter-blues season, the time of year when many of us are plagued with lethargy and a feeling that there's a dark curtain over our mood. An estimated 14 percent of Americans are affected by it - and about another 6 percent have the more severe condition called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.
The answer - eat like an Icelander. It has an extremely dark winter, yet the people there have virtually no seasonal affective disorder. When scientists looked into why, they pinned it on the fact that Icelanders have one of the highest per capita fish consumptions of any population, more than quadruple that of Americans. That means they are getting a lot of omega-3 fats, which have a critical role in brain health and documented mood-stabilizing and anti-depression effects.
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