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Psychosis, depression and schizophrenia prevent the consumption of fatty fish
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In Germany, a group of scientists proved that fatty foods are necessary for people, since it contains fatty acids that improve the work of most organs and protect against the development of a number of diseases. The results of their work, the researchers published in one of the famous scientific publications in Germany. Previously, experts have already proved that fatty acids must be included in the human diet, but German researchers found a new useful property of such substances for the human body, as it turned out, the use of fatty foods will help prevent the development of mental illness.
In their experiment, scientists divided the volunteers into two equal groups (40 people each). In the first group, subjects were allowed to eat fatty foods with a high content of omega-3 fatty acids, in the second it was allowed to eat everything except fatty foods.
The experiment lasted three months and, having received the results of the experiments, the scientists were amazed.
Specialists have found that fatty foods reduce the risk of developing schizophrenia, depression, psychosis and other mental disorders.
In the first group, where volunteers were fed on fatty foods, only two participants showed their psychological abnormalities, while 11 people were subjected to the second psychosis.
It is fatty foods, according to experts, which can significantly reduce the risk of manifestations of mental abnormalities. In addition, scientists noted that the addition of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet helps to strengthen the nervous system and the psyche of a person, as well as to prevent the development of depression.
Experts recommend that if you are addicted to mental disorders include more fatty foods in your diet, in particular, fish, linseed oil.
Experts from Germany are sure that the lack of fatty acids in the body can negatively affect the psyche and provoke various deviations, and quite serious ones.
A large number of fatty acids are found in flax seed and oil, leafy greens, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, soybeans, beans, oats and wheat embryos, and fish of fatty varieties. According to experts, only 100 grams of slightly salted fish contains a daily dose of fatty acids.
In recent years, specialists have focused their attention on the study of mental disorders, since the number of patients with one or another disturbance of the psyche has increased.
A few months ago in Illinois, experts during the experiments revealed that fatty food leads to a decrease in the speed of the brain in children.
Scientists analyzed the state of children aged 7 to 10 years, the specialists wanted to find out the ability to switch attention and change the solution in the process of changing the requirement. As a result, it was found that children, whose diet contained a lot of saturated fats, had a reduced response and cognitive flexibility.
Experts during the experiment took into account the level of IQ of children, the age of the mass, sex. This experiment was the first to prove that a child's diet affects cognitive abilities.
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