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Eat well to stop feeling depressed

What we eat plays a major role in our emotions.

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

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Seasonal depression, fatigue, loss of energy, motivation… Scientific research has supported knowledge on the links between microbiota, digestive health, immunity and even psychic balance and mental health.

What we eat plays a major role in our emotions, this goes for comfort foods (we think of chocolate, pastries), as for certain micronutrients.

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  • Dr Guillaume Fond

    , psychiatrist at

    the University Hospitals of Marseille

    , researcher and teacher at

    the Timone Faculty of Medicine (Aix-Marseille)

    .

    Author of

    Eat well to stop being depressed, take care of your gut to take care of your brain

    , published by Odile Jacob

  • Dr Binetou Cheikh Seck,

    dietician-nutritionist at

    the Nutridéal Dietetic Cabinet

    in Dakar, Senegal

  • Amanda Abagima

    , did the ketogenic diet in 2019. Coach, chef has a degree in nutrition and sport in London.

At the end of the program, we take stock of a study involving researchers from the

IRD

and the

Institut Pasteur in Bangui

(Central African Republic) which has just shown that mosquito bites during the day exceed previous estimates. and could reduce the effectiveness of malaria control efforts.

We talk about it with

Carlo Costantini,

researcher at the IRD Research and Development Institute. 

For further :

To participate in the Alimental study on the exploration of the links between diet, physical activity and depression

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