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Originally Posted by jonjones229
I have heard that losing weight can boost confidence and also depression, is that true? or is it the change in diet that helps decrease depression?
does losing actual fat contribute to more happiness.
Yep, there's lots of research on the matter of diet and depression. At a physiological level, less sugar usually means less depression. People might get a sugar
high, but after they come down, they really come down.
I mean, for each individual, depression can either be
situational (divorce, death),
physiological (hormone imbalance or lousy serotonin receptors) or even a side effect from certain drugs! So it's difficult to say if a healthy diet can improve each individual's depression. Because there are so many different forms and causes of depression.
But I think it's safe to say if you're eating lots of vegetables and protein, instead of chips, chocolate and slurpees ... your mood is going to be much more stable than someone who's constantly going up and down from sugar highs and crashes.
Feeling good after losing weight is short lived. I think the better antidote to permanent stable mood is healthy diet.