Take Multivitamins to Fight Depression

Recently, in USA Weekend, there was an article titled Multivitamins fight depression in elderly, by Jean Carper. She discussed a new international study reporting that "a multivitamin/mineral pill has the power to relieve depression in elderly patients." Regardless of their initial level of depression, "symptoms of depression - like sleep problems, loss of appetite, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness - improved" after taking a multivitamin/mineral pill daily for six weeks. She reports that these "findings are consistent with studies linking folate and vitamin B12 deficiency with depression."

Although, this study was done using elderly patients, being realistic it is reasonable to conclude that anyone, young or old, could enjoy the same benefits from a daily multivitamin/mineral pill. With the hectic, fast-pace lifestyle so many of us live today, it gets consistently harder to eat a balanced diet that meets all of your daily nutritional needs. And even when we try to put forth the effort to eat nutritious and balanced meals, we can not be certain that the food is not lacking in some way. So, often we are consuming food that has come half way around the world. It has gotten to the point, that I am almost shocked when I found something in the local grocery store that is actually from the United States, or is locally grown. How much nutrition are we receiving from food that may have been in transport for days, under various environmental conditions? What food value to our bodies has been lost, by the time we finally get the product to our homes? With so many factors to consider, it can be a little extra insurance for our bodies, to take a daily multivitamin/mineral pill, just to make sure that we are not missing nutrients that will make us feel and look our best!