Thread: Tomatoes TWICE a week reduces depression by 50%

Yet another good reason to tuck into that salad: Eating tomatoes could ward off depression

• Eating tomatoes just a few times a week could halve a person’s chances of suffering the blues
• Contain antioxidant chemicals thought to protect against some diseases
• But other fruits and vegetables do not have the same benefits, the Chinese study found

By Pat Hagan PUBLISHED: 18:21 GMT, 4 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:53 GMT, 4 December 2012

Eating tomatoes just a few times a week could halve the chances of suffering depression, a study claims.
Researchers analysed the mental health records and diet habits of just under 1,000 men and women aged 70 or over.

The results found those eating tomatoes two to six times a week were 46 per cent less likely to suffer the blues than those eating them less than once a week.


Researchers found eating tomatoes just a few times a week could halve a person's chances of suffering the blues

But other fruits and vegetables do not have the same benefits, the study found.
Eating healthy foods like cabbage, carrots, onions and pumpkins appeared to have little or no effect on psychological well-being.

Up to 20 per cent of people suffer depression at some point in their lives, with women affected more than men.

The elderly are at high risk because of the effect on mood from declining health, bereavements and loneliness.

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Originally Posted by alitongkat

the Chinese study found

There goes the "credibility index." I was a believer til this...

This is all very helpful and interesting.

What if you aren't depressed or even give it much thought?

[over examination of life]

That may be, but tomato farms cause depression - trust me on this one.......

I can imagine what the original fruit might have offered - health wise.

Unlike the HMOed, super-hybrid imitation [void of real nutrition] that seem to pass themselves off as tomatoes.

its a bit surprising, that many foods or herbal supplements (which have been successfully around for hundreds or thouthsands of years) are so badly researched...

sure, there is no patent on them possible, and so its of not much payout for the pharmacompanies (even so, i think it was pfizer tried to patent fish oil...

but its really amazing to see what those herbs/foods do... and all in a while something else comes out about them...

it seems, its NOT "lysine" or some certain thing, what is in it and does do the trick... its the combination of ingredients, that then act together in the body...

e.g. something downregulates a little of this, and then something else can do something special...
its difficult to research this, clearly, but after googling for quite a while on this, i believe that there are more herbs (chinese/ayurvedic) that help in most (common) diseases much more than any medication available...

just the problem to find em...

also for cancer/hiv treatment...
some things seem more effective than regular meds available...

chinese herbs/TCM medication should get a number (e.g. EAN)...

because due to their unbelievably different spelling (beyond recognition) its almost impossible to find or research (the net) on them...

some have latin names, but its not always mentioned...
and most of them are sold in certain, traditional "mixes"...

^^^^Typhoons don't help tomatoes either.

Thanks for the info

Originally Posted by ENT

The body will heal and rejuvenate itself if encouraged and treated properly by eating good, clean naturally occuring foods and using simple combinations of foods or herbs.

Try telling yourself that when you have depression.

I eat tomatoes on a weekly basis. Maybe twice a week. Have done for 25 years. No problemo.

I have heard that excessive eating of them, i.e. switching to a rigid Mediterranean diet can cause joint problems for the middle aged though.

Originally Posted by superman

Originally Posted by ENT

The body will heal and rejuvenate itself if encouraged and treated properly by eating good, clean naturally occuring foods and using simple combinations of foods or herbs.

Try telling yourself that when you have depression.

Been there too buddy. Don't need no pills.

I think I thought I needed pills, but then I stopped thinking like that. OK?

Originally Posted by ENT

but then I stopped thinking like that. OK?

Always a good sign! Probably the best.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

my great uncle was a well-known Homeopath

I believe it to be legal these days.

Originally Posted by ltnt

Originally Posted by alitongkat

the Chinese study found

There goes the "credibility index." I was a believer til this...

Yes.

What were the controls and variables?

Sample size, time, family history, geographical region?