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四级Day70每日作业

一、题目

EatingaMediterranean-stylediet-packedwithfruits,vegetab,legumes,nuts,oliveoil

andfish-isgoodforyourheart,manystudieshavefound.Nowscientistsaresuggestingthe

dietmaybegoodforyourmentalhealth,too.

Astudyofover10,000Spaniardsfollowedforalmostfourandhalfyearsonaverage

foundthatthosewhoreportedeatingahealthyMediterraneandietathebeginningofthe

studywereabouthalfaslikelytodevelopdepressionthanthosewhosaidtheydidnotstick

tothediet.

Alloftheparticipantswerefreeofdepressionwhentheywererecruitedtothestudy,and

eachfilledouta136-itemfoodfrequencyquestionnairewhentheyjoined.Basedontheir

self-reporteddietaryhabits,theywereassignedascoreween0and9,withthehighest

scorereflectingthecloseststickingtoaMediterraneandiet.

Overtime,thosewhohadscoredween5and9ontheMediterraneandietwere42

percentto51percentslikelytodevelopdepression,thestudyfound,thanthosewho

scoredween0and2.

Thestudydoesnotproveacause-and-effectrelationshipweentheMediterranean

dietandalowerriskfordepression,onlyanassociationweenthetwo.Still,manyscientists

areconvincedthatsomedamagingprocessesinvolvedincardiovasculardiseasemayalso

yaroleinmentalhealth.

“Bothcardiovasculardiseaseanddepressionsharecommonmechanisms,”saidDr.

MiguelAngelMartinez-Gonzalez,professorofpreventivemedicineatUniversityofNavarra

inPamplona,Spain,andseniorauthorofthepaper,publishedintheOctoberissueofArchives

ofGeneralPsychiatry.

“Themembranesofournervecellarecomposedoffat,sothequalityoffatt