Carbohydrate diet may make you feel depressed!

Oita Godo Newspaper (evening edition on November 13, 2009)

Sydney- If you are trying to loose you weight by decrease consuming carbohydrate, you may feel easily get depressed or easier get angry. Australian research team found that there was a similar study published in the western medical magazine "achieving of internal medicine". The way to diet by extremely avoid carbohydrate might bring about to kidney trouble and other health problem. Also, it may harm your psychology.

 The researcher divided the 106 obese volunteers age 24-64 into 2 groups, which are "low carbohydrate consuming" and "high carbohydrate consuming". They held the diet experiment for 1 year and observe the volunteers' weight and psychology. By having the same amount of calories, both group loose weight in average 13.7 kilos. But in psychological, "the low carbohydrate consuming group" has a problem with their mind. They unhappily found that they depressed very easily.

Now the research team is studying that the food such a carbohydrate group has influence the feeling controlling part in our brain or not.

Comment: Wow, there you go! People who are now on diet should listen to this news. Being on a diet is not a serious thing, but you should do it in the right way. Something too much is always bad. Keep being in the middle is the best!

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS4, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University