Eating high-fiber food may help lower depression risk

New research has stated that eating foods that are higher in fiber can reduce the risk of chronic disease and make a person feel full longer, which can help you stay at a healthy weight.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a study aimed to investigate the relationship between dietary fiber intake and depression in women by menopause status using data from a nationwide population-based survey conducted in Korea.

Depression is among the most common neuropsychiatric disorders, and its prevalence is twofold higher in women than in men. This study included 5,807 women. Among the premenopausal women, dietary fiber intake was higher in the nondepression group than in the depression group (P < 0.001), while there was no significant difference among postmenopausal women.

Accordingly, among the premenopausal women, a significant inverse relationship was observed between a change in daily dietary fiber intake as 1 g/1,000 kcal and the prevalence of depression in the fully adjusted model with an odds ratio of 0.949 (95% confidence interval, 0.906-0.993; P = 0.03). However, among the postmenopausal women, this significant association was not observed.