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00:45 hello and welcome to "health for a lifetime"00:47 i'm your host don mackintosh,00:48 and today, i am joined with dr. neil nedley00:51 welcome back, dr. nedley! thank you, good to be here.00:53 today, we're going to be talking about something that00:56 could be depressive... depression! yes! 00:59 but hopefully, by the end of the program,01:01 people will be im-pressed about what they can do about01:03 their de-pression! 01:05 and what you've titled the program today,01:08 or what we're going to be talking about is01:10 diet and depression.

01:11 many times when you think about that,01:13 you think... if someone's really depressed, 01:15 they're just eating all kinds of food.01:16 is that what you mean by this? 01:18 well, actually that could be one ofthe symptoms of 01:20 depression... eating all kinds of food.01:23 and what are the symptoms of depression? 01:24 let's just go through those.01:26 how do you know if you're depressed? 01:27 what is depression, and how do you knowif you have it? 01:29 well, an appetite change is one of them.01:30 some people will lose their appetite, 01:32 and others will gain even more of anappetite, 01:35 and be eating all the time, and getoverweight as a result.

01:38 in addition to that, deep sadness, ofcourse, 01:41 is another symptom or feeling of emptiness01:44 would also qualify there. 01:45 apathy... where the motivation goesdown significantly. 01:49 agitation, or restlessness can be another01:52 symptom of depression. 01:54 not being able to concentrate well01:57 or inability to really make decisions well can be02:00 another symptom of depression. 02:02 a sleep disturbance; sleeping too much,02:04 or not sleeping enough can be a symptom of depression.02:08 and then a feeling of worthlessness... 02:10 and then another would be morbid thoughts.02:14 and then finally... fatigue.

02:16 if you just have 5 out of those 9 symptoms,02:18 you fit the classification of depression 02:21 if they've lasted for more than 2 weeks.02:23 so if you have 5 out of those 9, and you haven't had a major02:27 trauma, or a life event that would cause anyone02:30 to be depressed... like loss of a spouse, 02:33 or different things like that...02:34 then if you have 5 of those 9, then you actually02:37 will be diagnosed, if you go to the right people02:39 that are looking for this, as being depressed... correct02:42 okay, but today, we're going to focus in02:45 a little bit more on the causes of depression,

02:51 what's causing it, then more specificallyon 02:53 the dietary aspect.02:55 what are some of the causes of depression? 02:58 well you know, don, the brain can takeusually 03:01 2 or 3 hits and do all right,03:02 but if it takes more than that, depression often results.03:07 and, one of the causes is actually genetic predisposition;03:10 that, in and of itself, isn't enough for people03:13 to be depressed. 03:15 but if they have that, and maybe a nutritionalcause 03:17 that we'll get into later, and thensome other

03:20 life event, that can actually tide themover into depression. 03:24 and, so it is important if your motheror father 03:26 have had a history of major depression,03:28 that is one of those risk factors 03:30 you can't do anything about, but youneed to know about it. 03:32 it doesn't mean it's a given, but itmeans that you need 03:35 to be on a good diet and lifestyle program03:37 so that you don't come down with the same thing03:39 that your parents did. 03:40 so i notice that you have listed03:42 non-modifiable risk factors; what would those be?03:47 well, genetics is one of them.

03:50 another is actually if you were notraised by both 03:56 biological parents.03:57 that wasn't something you could do something about04:01 when you were a teenager, or when you were 8 years old,04:04 but your parents spitting up actually put you at a04:07 greater risk... 04:09 one of those non-modifiable risk factorsfor depression. 04:13 in addition to that... gender, beinga female 04:16 makes you twice as more likely for depression,04:18 than if you're a male, and things such as that.04:23 so things that you just can't modify,

04:25 but if you're aware of them,04:26 that's taking one of those hits ... so to speak,04:29 what you're talking about... that's right, yes.04:30 so, then moving more closely to this idea04:36 the connection between diet and depression, 04:39 you covered this... and i believe you'rewriting 04:41 a book about all this, right? correct,yes. 04:43 and i don't know if it will be out bythe time 04:45 our viewers see this... hopefully itwill be. 04:49 and they contact you about that,04:52 or 3abn can get in touch with you,

04:53 but then in the rough draft here inyour book that 04:57 we're looking at and different things,04:59 you look at some dietary factors. 05:02 this is really something you can dosomething about... 05:04 i mean, no one's twisting your arm,"eat that chocolate!" 05:07 or "eat that kale" you have to makethe decision. 05:11 that's right... and diet is an importantaspect to depression. 05:17 it is not the entire circle of things.05:21 there are lifestyle issues as well. 05:23 but i have seen many individuals thatare depressed, 05:27 and their depression was cured by gettingthem on the

05:30 right diet, and that was the only changethat they made. 05:33 and so it is an important factor forany person who has a 05:37 tendency to depression, or is depressed,to understand. 05:40 okay, so well let's try and understandit. 05:43 what are the real components of foodsthat depress us? 05:47 well, there are certain components05:50 if we don't get enough of we will get depressed...05:52 and then there are others that if we get too much05:54 we will get depressed. 05:56 one of those components that we needin our brain

06:00 in order to avoid depression is serotonin.06:02 serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is used extensively06:06 in the frontal lobe of the brain, and with depression06:10 being a disease of the frontal lobe... 06:12 that science has just elucidated inthe last 10 years, 06:15 it's very important that we get enoughserotonin. 06:19 our neurons in our brain cannot makeenough serotonin 06:23 unless we have enough tryptophan inthe diet. 06:25 tryptophan is an amino acid;06:27 it's a building block of protein. 06:30 and, there are many individuals thatare not on enough

06:34 tryptophan, and thus, do not make enoughserotonin. 06:37 so what you're saying is that frontalpart of the brain 06:41 needs to have this... what do you callserotonin, 06:44 is it a hormone? it's a neurotransmitter.06:47 it's a transmitter; it helps get those 06:50 synapses together, connecting together.06:52 helps one nerve to communicate with another.06:54 but you're saying that our brains don't make enough06:57 of that on their own. 06:58 they need some additional in the diet.that's right 07:01 they need the substrate.07:03 they need the stuff to build it at least.

correct07:05 they need the building blocks, 07:06 and you're saying that's tryptophan.07:09 isn't that found in meat? yes it is. 07:11 it is found in meat; it's also foundin plant food. 07:16 and, it tends to be found in individualsthat aren't 07:19 getting enough... it tends to be thosethat have the 07:23 appetite change where they actuallylose their appetite. 07:25 these are the more anorexic, depressedindividuals 07:29 that tend to not get enough tryptophan.07:33 but the interesting thing is, don, even though you07:35 may be getting enough in the diet.

07:36 there are 5 other amino acids that competewith tryptophan 07:40 to get across the blood-brain barrier,07:42 and you're getting enough tryptophan, 07:44 but you're getting more than you shouldof those 07:46 of those 5 amino acids, you'll stillnot get enough 07:49 to make serotonin.07:50 so, are there any foods that don't have those07:54 5 competing amino acids going along with the tryptophan?07:57 well all foods, tend to have all of these amino acids08:00 but they're in different proportions. 08:02 the meat foods are relatively high intryptophan,

08:06 but they're very high in these 5 aminoacids. 08:11 so they're really fighting it out...08:12 if you eat meat... the synapses, there's just a08:15 brawl going on! 08:16 there's a brawl going on as far as gettingenough 08:18 tryptophan in the diet when you're eatingmeat. 08:21 you really need to be getting your tryptophanfrom 08:23 plant sources that have a much08:25 higher tryptophan-to amino acid ratio... 08:29 and those foods will be better08:31 as far as enhancing the mood is concerned. 08:33 this is probably why animals don't sufferso much with

08:36 depression, right? they get their foodsfrom plants 08:38 yes, certain animals; other animalsmight have 08:42 little problems with their brain becausethey're 08:44 eating meat all the time.08:45 that's true... i mean, this is totally off of the subject08:49 but there's a whole new idea of having psychologists08:51 and psychiatrists for your pets, 08:52 but i don't think we want to go there!08:55 but i don't know... it would be interesting to know08:58 whether or not the animals that eat a carnivorous diet09:01 are a little more depressed than the

others...09:03 but, back to humans, what are some of those foods09:07 that are high in the building blocks of this needed09:11 neurotransmitter... 09:12 what are the foods that are high intryptophan? 09:14 well the highest food source known istofu, actually. 09:20 tofu is very high in tryptophan andit is a very good food 09:25 as far as a depressed patient is concerned.09:27 so tofu... does it grow on trees what is it?09:29 tofu is actually soybean curd. okay 09:32 it's concentrated, that's why it's sohigh in tryptophan.

09:36 but the soybean curd itself, and theway it's produced 09:39 actually brings out more of the tryptophan.09:42 so, #1... tofu. so tame your tofu, 09:45 and tame your depression.09:47 or, take in tofu, and tame your depression. there you go!09:50 so, that's #1... get that tofu! 09:53 pumpkin seeds are the 2nd highest source!09:56 i love pumpkins seeds! 09:57 did you ever do that where you had thosepumpkins 09:59 that you decorated or different thingsduring thanksgiving time 10:02 and you take those pumpkin seeds out...10:04 what do you do? is this the way you do it?10:05 you just bake them in the oven?

10:07 does that mess up the tryptophan atall? no, it doesn't. 10:09 no, you're going to get plenty of tryptophandoing that. 10:11 i love those pumpkin seeds!10:14 do your children like the pumpkin seeds? 10:15 oh yes! they enjoy them a lot.10:17 the 3rd highest is gluten. gluten? yeah 10:20 made out of wheat, gluten flour.10:23 a lot of these fake steaks, and phony baloney, sham ham10:26 ...it's all made out of gluten, right? 10:28 um hm, and it's actually a pretty goodsource of tryptophan 10:31 it doesn't taste bad either. i likegluten. 10:33 gluten steaks... my wife makes thosenice fake steak sandwiches

10:37 and then almonds would be a good source,black walnuts, 10:41 black-eyed peas are actually a goodsource of tryptophan. 10:45 black walnuts, black-eyed peas, andalmonds. 10:50 now those are foods that are high intryptophan, 10:53 but if we take a look, and i did thisrecently actually 10:57 in preparing for this book.10:58 when the new study showed these 5 amino acids competed with11:01 tryptophan, i thought it was very important to actually11:05 find out which foods have the highest tryptophan to those11:09 5 amino acid ratios, because those are

the foods11:11 that are going to be the best as far as enhancing our11:15 serotonin production in our brain. 11:17 and the food that came out the highest...sesame seeds! 11:21 sesame seeds! so tahini sauce, hummus...yes! 11:26 sesame seeds... yes!11:28 hummus is one of my favorites! 11:30 oh man, i tell you... we could takea break right now 11:32 and go for some hummus!11:35 that's right... so hummus; what else was high?11:39 almonds were the 2nd highest 11:41 source when we took a look this ratio.11:43 so almond butter? yes, almond butter

11:45 is an excellent source.11:47 and then the foods we just mentioned 11:48 also came out pretty high.. again becausethey're 11:51 plant foods and not animal foods,11:52 they're not high in these other 5 amino acids.11:55 and another food that came out reasonably high was brown rice.11:59 brown rice... you know that brown rice with a little tofu12:03 on top! and then a few tomatoes! 12:07 yeah, and then some almond slices inthere! 12:09 and goodbye depression! there you go!12:11 or at least, hello "serotonin" ... serotonin - that's right!12:16 okay great! any other foods you want

to mention about serotonin?12:23 well that pretty much sums up the list as far as12:25 the foods that are high in tryptophan. 12:27 now in addition to this, we also needto get enough 12:31 bright light in the daytime.12:33 you have to have the tryptophan around, but in addition to that12:37 serotonin is made by the brain when bright light is seen12:40 through the eyes. 12:42 only through the eyes... correct12:44 and that bright light has to be outdoor light,12:47 or at least bright enough indoors to be able to12:50 take a picture with a camera without

using a flash.12:53 i think we're okay today, aren't we? 12:55 yeah i think we're probably gettingenough today. 12:56 so we get a little hummus, some sesameseeds here, 12:59 and then we're okay! that's right13:01 is this why in these countries 13:03 like the scandinavian countries theyhave a lot of depression, 13:06 they don't have enough bright light?13:07 correct... we call that a different type of depression.13:11 it's called "seasonal affective disorder"... 13:13 because it happens to be in the wintertime13:15 that's why it's seasonal. 13:17 but yes, just about everyone will getdepression

13:19 in those countries unless they actuallygo in for 13:21 bright light therapy.13:23 and there are places you can find them on every corner13:26 up there in northern scandinavia in the wintertime13:28 where people will go in and sit there for 30 minutes13:31 to get their bright light to make their serotonin13:34 for the day; otherwise, they will end up with pretty13:36 deep depression. 13:37 so there's the diet and depression,13:39 but also having that sunlight. 13:41 we're talking with dr. nedley aboutdiet and depression.

13:45 we're talking about foods that are highin substances 13:49 that we need to negate depression, orreverse it, 13:52 or at least prevent it.13:54 when we come back, we're going to talk about13:55 more foods that you need to eat. 13:56 that's right! good news! foods thatyou need to eat 13:59 to not be depressed.14:00 join us when we come back. 14:04 have you found yourself wishing thatyou could shed a few pounds 14:07 have you been on a diet for most ofyour life, 14:10 but not found anything that will reallykeep the weight off?

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15:13 we have some foods that we can eat thatcan make us 15:15 happy, snappy, and not so sappy... soto speak! 15:19 so, we were talking about one particularlevel, 15:23 or neurotransmitter that's needed, thatbeing serotonin, 15:28 and we found out that if we eat that...plant foods of that, 15:33 we don't have all those other aminoacids that are 15:36 fighting it out for control there atthe synaptic level, 15:39 or where these things hook together...15:41 what else do we need? what other foods 15:43 do we need to eat to help us avoid depression?15:47 foods high in folate are also important.

15:49 a folic acid deficiency, which is oneof the b vitamins 15:52 will actually cause a depression inmany individuals, 15:56 and this depression is not treatableby putting them on 16:01 antidepressants.16:02 in fact, they do not respond, at all, to antidepressants.16:05 so if they have zoloft, prozac, whatever... 16:08 it doesn't seem to work.16:09 it has to be folates. that's right. 16:12 so what are the foods that are highin folate? 16:14 well the plant foods are very high infolate. 16:17 animal foods have a little bit.16:19 beef, for instance, it would take about

2 large servings of16:23 beef to get 16 micrograms of folate. 16:25 you need 400 mcg of folate a day inyour diet, 16:29 and the way to get that is through eatingthe plant foods. 16:34 green leafy vegetables...16:36 green leafy vegetables would be high in folate.16:39 and, there are foods that are very high in folate.16:43 okra, for instance, fortunately. 16:46 let's line up for some okra!16:48 i live in oklahoma... we call it o- k-ra16:51 there because there's an abundance of growing okra16:57 there in oklahoma...

16:58 but in addition to okra, actually lentilsare even 17:03 a higher source.17:04 so lentil stew... they fought over that in the bible, you know17:08 yes, that's right. maybe they knew about this.17:10 maybe they knew about this. 17:11 these are very high in folates.17:13 yeah, in fact, just one cup of lentils would have17:16 you double the amount of folate that you need17:18 every day, over 800 mcg a day. 17:20 broccoli? broccoli is a fairly good17:22 source of folic acid. 17:26 spinach is even a better source; 109mcg of folate in spinach.

17:30 navy beans would be even a better sourceyet. 17:33 highest source... black-eyed peas.17:36 black-eyed peas! they even have a restaurant chain17:39 that's named "black-eyed pea restaurant" now.17:42 i don't even know if they serve those there,17:43 because i've never been in, but very high...17:47 so that should remind you, 17:48 you go down the road, "black eye. " yeah17:50 but actually, if you're eating an abundance of17:52 fruits and vegetables, and grains, and even some nuts17:56 every day such as peanuts, you're going

to get17:58 well and above your 400 mcg of folate. 18:00 so this would be a type of depressionthat's 18:03 extremely rare in vegetarians, but amongthe meat-eating 18:05 population in america, you'd be surprisedhow many people 18:08 are not getting enough folate in theirdiet, 18:10 and are actually suffering from theeffects of that. 18:13 so then we have the serotonin, we havefolic acid, 18:21 what else is on the doctor's prescriptionfor 18:23 avoiding depression, or for reversingit?

18:25 omega-3 fatty acids.18:27 sounds big, where do we pick those up? 18:29 we pick those up from certain plantoils, 18:32 and in the animal kingdom, they're presentin the 18:36 ocean fish, the cold-water ocean fish.18:39 so, deep sea diving, deep sea fishing... 18:42 are you recommending that we go outand just 18:44 spear a few before noon?18:46 well, that would give you enough of the omega-3,18:49 but it would also give you some 18:51 other things that you may not want tohave. 18:54 unfortunately, we're finding out, becauseof the

18:56 industrial age in which we live in,don, 18:58 that fish are laden with pesticides,mercury 19:02 ...other toxins.19:04 the fish in the great lakes, about half of them,19:08 have cancer, and it's just an incredible diseased19:15 population now in the fish because of all of the19:18 industrial things that they are exposed to.19:21 so if jesus was living today, he probably wouldn't have fish.19:23 i don't think today... now in his day, 19:27 fish were probably healthier than19:29 our fruits and vegetables today.

19:31 but in our day, it isn't a very healthyfood. 19:37 now it can provide omega-3 fatty acids...19:39 and if you are not eating the plant foods that are19:42 high in omega-3, it would probably be a good idea19:45 for you to take the risk and get the omega-319:48 through the fish route. 19:50 but fortunately, there are plant sourcesof omega-3 19:54 and i should mention, the fish don'tmake the omega-3 19:56 themselves, they actually get it fromthe seaweed. seaweed? 20:01 the cold water ocean seaweed is veryhigh in

20:06 eicosapentaenoic acid; it's a type ofomega-3 fatty acid, 20:09 and that's where they get it from.20:11 so, if you want to eat some seaweed... good to go with that!20:15 but let's say you're not really going to want to20:17 belly-up to the plate there with the seaweed...20:20 where should you go? 20:21 well, you need to go to certain foodsthat are high in 20:23 omega-3 fat, and i'd like to emphasizethat even 20:26 vegetarians can have problems20:28 with omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies. 20:31 i have found both in the meat eatingpopulation,

20:33 as well as in the vegetarian population.20:35 people that are not getting enough omega-3 in their diet,20:38 and as a result, they can end up with depression,20:41 or they can even... studies are showing now that even20:44 bipolar disorder may come about as a result of not getting20:49 enough omega-3 in the diet. 20:50 so, what do you need to eat to get that?20:53 the food, the highest source, is actually flaxseed.20:57 flaxseed... now i wouldn't go to the store and say,21:00 "give me a couple of pounds of flaxseed. "21:02 what do you recommend?

21:04 well actually, you can go to the storeand get flaxseed. 21:08 your health food store will definitelyhave it, 21:10 and even some of the major grocery storesnow 21:13 are carrying flaxseed.21:14 what do you do, sprinkle it on something else?21:16 a flaxseed loaf, flaxseed popsicles? what do you do?21:20 well, that's what you can do! 21:22 actually, taking the flaxseed and thenputting it 21:26 in like a coffee grinder, a couple oftablespoons a day. 21:30 it will just take 2 seconds for thatto grind up into a powder

21:33 so you can put that on your cereal.21:34 you can put it in your juice, 21:37 or you can actually make a nut butterout of it. 21:40 we have taken the second highest source,which is english walnuts 21:44 of omega-3 and combined them with thehighest source 21:47 which is flaxseed, and made like a peanutbutter out of it. 21:51 it's very tasty and it's very healthy.21:56 okay, so our omega-3 fats... 21:58 anything else about omega-3 fats, depressionand the brain? 22:02 well i think it's important to emphasizethe plant sources. 22:06 you know, there is so much emphasisthese days

22:09 in getting fish in the diet,22:11 and i think that this is a misplaced emphasis.22:13 we really need to put that emphasis on omega-3...22:16 and fish can spare you from heart disease, 22:19 but it's going to increase the22:20 risk of cancer from what we know about it...22:22 and we're just trading one disease for another.22:24 it's much better to get the omega-3 fatty acids from22:27 plant sources where we don't have to worry about22:29 all the contaminants and pesticides, 22:31 and those type of things that are inthere.

22:33 i notice in the book that you're writing22:35 that's going to be released soon, you mentioned that22:37 breast milk has a high amount of omega-3; 22:41 whereas cow's milk does not.22:44 that's right, cow's milk has virtually no omega-3 in it,22:47 and even the infant formulas do not have omega-3.22:51 if you're going to get your omega-3 from birth,22:54 which is really what you need, 22:56 you know, in order for the brain todevelop completely normally, 22:59 it needs to have omega-3 starting frombirth... 23:02 that is from human breast milk.23:04 and studies are now showing that those

that did not have23:08 the advantage of being raised with human breast milk,23:11 have a 9 to 10 point lower iq as adults, 23:15 than what they would have had they beenraised 23:18 on the omega-3 milk, which is the humanbreast milk. 23:22 amazing, so if someone can't breastfeed,23:25 and they're on that formula, and they need to find some way23:27 to get those omega-3's in the little ones23:30 as they're coming up... that's what you'd find23:32 and as adults, canola oil is a very good source of omega-3.23:36 green soybeans are a good source of

omega-3.23:40 the mature soybeans are a good source of omega-623:43 which compete with the omega-3. 23:45 so we recommend, if you're wanting toget the omega-3, 23:47 you eat the green soybeans.23:48 i don't know if you've ever had them... don23:50 i've had green soybeans. you've had them...23:52 yeah, we usually put them on our salad... they're pretty good23:54 a little chewy? 23:56 yeah, and very high in omega-3 content.24:00 and then spinach... 24:02 you don't think of spinach being a fattyfood,

24:04 but the type of fat it has is omega-3.24:07 well i think, after the program, we should just24:09 go out and slam back a few omega-3's together,24:11 get some soybeans, and just have a great time! yes!24:16 well, you have some other things on your list here,24:17 and i want to get through this list because i know24:19 that people don't want to be depressed... 24:22 what about vitamin b12 and depression?24:24 you need to get enough. 24:26 vegetarians can have a problem there,24:28 as well as the meat eating population 24:30 if they don't have enough intrinsicfactor.

24:32 most people that are b12 deficient,are not vegetarians, 24:37 they're getting plenty in their diet,24:38 but they're not absorbing it well. 24:40 so if somebody has depression, we checka b12 level 24:43 on everybody to make sure.24:44 and nowadays, you can get b12 in plant sources24:48 that are fortified from the plant, or rice milks,24:51 or soymilks can have it. 24:53 cereals can have 100% of your rda,24:56 so you can get it through plant fortified sources.24:59 if you're going to get it from animal sources,25:01 the best source would be skim milk,

25:02 although you can get it from meat,25:04 but you want to avoid the cholesterol, 25:05 so it would be better to choose skimmilk 25:08 if you're going to get an animal source.25:10 foods to avoid depression, and we've talked about a lot of them25:14 you have one down here... 25:15 homocysteine and depression... tellus about that. 25:17 yeah, there are recent studies linkinghomocysteine 25:20 with heart disease, as well as depression.25:22 and we're not exactly sure the reasons for that;25:25 it's still being elucidated. 25:27 but a high meat diet is going to producea high homocysteine

25:30 in the bloodstream because it's highin methionine 25:33 which is the substrate for homocysteine...25:35 and so another reason to try to avoid the animal-based diets25:40 as far as depression is concerned. 25:42 you have down here, protein, in yourbook, 25:46 and early puberty... how does that relateto depression? 25:49 a protein excess will result in earlypuberty, 25:52 particularly in girls...25:54 and once they go through an early puberty, 25:56 they are at a marked increased25:57 risk for depression the rest of their life.26:00 and so, even the foods that girls are

eating from26:06 infancy onward, even what they're eating at 8, 9 and 10,26:10 can have a bearing on their brain and their tendency26:14 for depression the rest of their life. 26:16 and so, we recommend the diet that'sonly moderate 26:18 in protein, not high protein like theaverage american 26:21 girl is consuming - where they starthaving their periods 26:24 by age 11 or 12, instead of startingtheir periods 26:28 at age 14, 15 or later, which is whatthey do 26:31 if they were on a more low fat, lowprotein diet.

26:34 so the easiest way to do that is tocut out the meat, 26:36 and dairy? that would be the easiestway. 26:38 and then, do you really have to worryso much - 26:41 ...is the mother's advice, where yougo to the store, 26:45 and you have something of every coloron your plate 26:47 still pretty good advice?26:49 it's not bad advice actually. 26:51 a variety of fruits and vegetables andgrains, 26:53 as well as some nuts, particularly thenuts high 26:56 in omega-3 are very healthy for thebody,

27:00 as well as for the mind.27:01 you're a christian physician, 27:03 god knew what he was doing when he talkedabout foods, 27:05 and recommended them.27:08 does he give conflicting messages about foods?27:11 i don't think so; it's interesting that the27:13 book of genesis, the 1st chapter actually gives god's original27:16 diet for man, and the original diet for man talks about27:20 the foods that we've been talking about that science has27:22 just discovering are the best foods as far as preventing27:26 as well as treating depression.

27:29 we've been talking with dr. neil nedley27:30 we've been talking about depression. 27:32 we've been talking about how it relatesto nutrition, 27:35 and really, doctor, we could say youare what you eat... 27:40 or you are what you don't eat!27:42 if you would like a copy of today's program,27:46 please contact 3abn. 27:48 you can get all this information indr. nedley's new book 27:50 that's coming out, or may be out whenyou're watching this. 27:52 so call us and we'll hope that as aresult, 27:55 you'll have health that lasts for alifetime!