{"id":5227,"date":"2016-08-05T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=5227"},"modified":"2019-06-10T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:40:03","slug":"reduced-anxiety-forensic-inpatients-atlantic-salmon-seafood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/reduced-anxiety-forensic-inpatients-atlantic-salmon-seafood\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduced anxiety in forensic inpatients – long-term intervention with Atlantic salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wild salmon (picture used with permission: Vital Choice<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seafood is a great source of amino acids, omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, iodine, iron, calcium, selenium, and vitamins B12, A, and D, many of which are beneficial for mood disorders.<\/p>\n

Fish in the diet has a positive impact on depression<\/h2>\n

A number of studies have found that including fish in the diet has a positive impact on depression, especially those that refer to traditional diets (the famous one is by Jacka and colleagues<\/a>) and the Mediterranean diet (there are a number of studies by Sanchez-Villegas et al<\/a>).\u00a0A study from Finland<\/a>\u00a0found that the prevalence of depression was lower in countries where consumption of seafood is high.<\/p>\n

When it comes to diet and nutrients there is much more research on depression than anxiety, so when my book The Antianxiety Food Solution<\/a>\u00a0was published in 2011, I wrote the following:<\/p>\n

Given the link between anxiety and depression, it\u2019s possible that seafood consumption could also help reduce the incidence of anxiety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A study that now shows reduced anxiety with fish consumption<\/h2>\n

We have a study that now shows this: Reduced anxiety in forensic inpatients after a long-term intervention with Atlantic salmon<\/a><\/p>\n

In the study, 95 male forensic patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups:<\/p>\n