Food and exercise good for depression
According to research from the Food and Mood Centre at Deakin University in Australia, Lifestyle Therapy (includes nutritional gounsellingand physical exercise) could be just as good for you as traditional psychotherapy when it comes to 'non-severe' depression.
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Researchers randomly assigned either CBT or lifestyle therapy to 182 people who have mild-moderate depression. At the end of the study, it was found that lifestyle participants experienced at 42% reduction in their depression symptoms, compared to 37% for those who had traditional psychotherapy. Researchers believe that, in an ideal scenario, access to both forms of therapy would help many people.
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- Happiful Magazine, issue 90, September 2024
