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Risk of depression: coffee drinks, diet

Other than diet, drinks several times a day may be at increased risk of developing depression, according to a new study.

The researchers found that more than 260,000 seniors in a U.S. study, those who are at least four servings of artificially sweetened soft drinks, iced tea or punch had to be diagnosed with depression more likely in the next decade.


People with a taste for sweet drinks also showed a higher risk of depression than those who avoid drinking. However, the relationship is weaker than that between diet drinks and depression according to the study, at the 8th Was published in January.

In addition, coffee drinkers have a slightly lower risk of depression than those normally Java.

What does that mean, is not known.

"This creates probably more questions than answers," Eva Redei, a professor of psychiatry at Northwestern University, said Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. And you certainly can not blame the diet drinks themselves, on the basis of these results alone, Redei said, who does not participate in the study.

Caution is in order, agreed study, Dr. Honglei Chen, a researcher at the U.S. National Institute of Health Sciences of the environment.

"The research is preliminary and more research is needed on the subject," said Chen.

However, he added, the results are "interesting", and are consistent with a small but growing number of studies that sugary drinks artificially poorer health.

The results were published by the American Academy of Neurology, in front of its annual meeting in San Diego in March.

The results are based on more than 260,000 Americans aged 50 to 71 years who reported their habits. A decade later, they were asked whether they had received a diagnosis of depression in recent years.

A little more than 4 percent said they had. Usually people that diet drinks that contain aspartame consume most were initially at risk of depression. Those who had killed at least four cans or glasses of soda one day were 31 percent more likely to report to depression than non-drinkers.

High consumption of artificially sweetened iced tea punch and similar risks. Regular soda was very good, but the increased risk - 22 percent - was lower than that associated with soda.

In contrast, those. With more than four cups of coffee per day, the risk of depression by 10 percent lower compared to non-drinkers

"This is an interesting study, and is based on a large population," Redei said. He said it is rare that studies focus depression in the elderly, it is good to see, researchers are studying risk factors for depression after life.

The problem is that many other factors may explain why food or drink coffee. Relationship with the risk of depression

The two most important ones are diabetes and obesity, said Redei. Both are common in older Americans, and both of these conditions are associated with an increased likelihood of developing depression. People who are obese or suffer from diabetes diet drinks may help contribute to. Control their weight or blood sugar

For coffee, it can not be that healthy adults more freely, many feel drink. "Seniors in poorer health may have been told by their doctors to avoid caffeine," Redei said. And worse physical health can lead to a higher risk of depression.

Chen said from his team statistically on many other factors, including the reports on set weight and diabetes.

He noted, however, that the general lifestyle and other factors could also be responsible for the results. It is not clear, Chen said, why would diet drinks or coffee, have a direct effect on the risk of depression.

Until more is known, the older Redei warned against the queue at Starbucks to help reduce your risk of depression.

The studies presented at medical conferences generally considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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