A study conducted in China revealed that eating a calorie -rich breakfast may help protect heart disease patients from depression.
A research team from the Chinese University of Harbin stated that there is increased evidence linking heart disease and depression, and it has been shown that the nutrients play an important role in relieving symptoms of depression in people with cardiovascular disease.
Within the framework of the study published by the scientific journal “BMC Psychiatry” specializing in psychiatry research, the researchers analyzed healthy data related to approximately 32 thousand people with the recording of the quality of foods that volunteers eat in normal days, and among them was about 3,500 people Heart disease and about 550 people suffer from depression.
It turned out from the study that the main nutrients such as protein and carbohydrates are not related to increased risk of depression, while converting some calories from dinner to breakfast may benefit.
The researchers, in statements reported by the website of Health Day, a specialist in medical research, confirmed that the timing in which we eat is the same importance as the quality of the food that we eat. They added that “it is necessary to coordinate between the timing of the consumption of energy -rich nutrients and physical changes that occur to every person to reduce the risk of depression.”