Monthly Archives: August 2019

Milk Thistle (Silymarin marianum): An Antioxidant and A Neuroprotective Agent

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Dietary Ingredients for Mental Health

There is now strong evidence that diet is one of the main factors that can lead to poor mental health. In particular, poor diet has been linked to anxiety and depression. Therefore, it stands to reason that a healthy high … Continue reading

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Magnesium Regulates Brain Excitability

Magnesium ions play an important role in human nutrition. One role that has been suggested for magnesium is as a neuroprotective agent. This role may be explained because magenium appears to have the ability to regulate the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor … Continue reading

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Magnesium As A treatment for Depression

Magnesium monotherapy has been shown to be potentially beneficial in the treatment of major depression. Magnesium is an essential macromineral required for normal physiological function, and it is known that magnesium is required for normal neuronal membrane fluidity and brain … Continue reading

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Chromium Picolinate: Antidepressant in Rats

Chromium picolinate is a supplemental form of dietary chromium with high bioavailability. The most well known role for dietary chromium in human nutrition is as a factor required for the correct function of the insulin system. As insulin has so … Continue reading

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Chromium: Anti-stress and Serotonin Boosting Effects

Chromium is an essential mineral required for correct blood glucose regulation. Studies have shown that chromium supplement may have antidepressant effects, although the reason for this is not known. Human studies that involved the administration of chromium picolinate to depressed … Continue reading

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Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

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Vegetables Versus Fruits

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Chromium As An Antidepressant

Chromium is an essential trace mineral that is required for the correct function of the insulin system. As insulin has such wide ranging effects on cells and tissues, a chromium deficiency can significantly affect metabolic regulation in a number of … Continue reading

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The Association Between Zinc and Depression

Mood disorders such as depression are difficult to treat, and this may relate to depression being caused, or at least contributed to, by a number of different factors. Certainly there is evidence that mineral deficiencies of various types can increase … Continue reading

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