Increases BDNF levels in the brain to treat depression

Increases BDNF levels in the brain to treat depression

Fasting and exercising, and eating and avoiding certain foods can help raise BDNF levels in your brain.

There is accumulation of evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factors (BDNFs) may play a role in human depression. BDNF regulates the growth of new neurons. “So, low levels of this peptide can cause atrophy of certain brain regions, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, as observed among patients with depression.” That may be one of the reasons why exercise is so good for our brains. Start your exercise regimen one day. Within 3 months, as seen below, 4x the release of BDNF from the brain, at 0:35 in my video, there is a way to increase brain BDNF levels for depression treatment.

This makes sense. Whenever we were desperate to catch our prey (or we were desperate to not become prey ourselves), we had to be cognitively sharp. Therefore, when you stop fasting, exercise, or negative calorie balance, the brain begins to stir the BDNF to make sure it fires in all cylinders. Of course, Big Pharma is keen to create drugs to mimic this effect, but is there a way to naturally increase BDNF? Yes, I just said it: fasting and exercise. Are there any added to your diet to boost BDNF?

The higher the dietary flavonoid intake, the more protective it appears to be associated with symptoms of depression. A Harvard nurse health survey has continued tens of thousands of women for years and found that it appears to reduce the risk of people who consume the most flavonoids being depressed. Flavonoids occur naturally in plants, so there are considerable amounts of various health foods. But how do you know the benefits from flavonoids, not just from eating healthy in general? We put it in the test.

Some fruits and vegetables have more flavonoids than others. In my video, as shown below, at 1:51, the apple has more than apricots, plums than peaches, white red cabbage, and kale than cucumbers. Researchers randomized people into one of three groups that had no more high-flavonoid fruits and vegetables, more low-flavonoid fruits and vegetables, or no extra fruits and vegetables at all. After 18 weeks, only the high flavonoid group significantly boosted BDNF levels. This was in response to improvements in cognitive performance. A boost in BDNF may help explain why daily supplements of fruits and vegetables are associated with a 3% reduction in the risk of depression.

Furthermore, as you can see here, in my video at 2:27, a day of spice turmeric may increase your BNDF level by more than 50% within a month. This is consistent with other randomized controlled trials conducted so far.

Nuts may also be useful. Randomized for people to receive a batch of nuts or extra virgin olive oil each week, the nut group reduced the risk of having a low BDNF level at 2:46 at 78%, as shown below.

And BDNF is linked not only to depression, but also to schizophrenia. When individuals with schizophrenia received a 12-week exercise program, they significantly boosted BDNF levels, suggesting that exercise-induced modulation may play an important role in the development of non-pharmacological treatments in patients with chronic schizophrenia.”

What about schizophrenia symptoms? Thirty people with schizophrenia were randomized to lanpamize aerobic exercise three times a week for up to 40 minutes of aerobic exercise, appearing to have improved mental symptoms such as hallucinations and quality of life. In fact, researchers were able to visualize what actually happened in their brains. Although brain volume loss in certain regions appears to be a characteristic of schizophrenia, exercise three times a week for 30 minutes increased the size of the region by up to 20% within three months.

Calorie restriction can also increase BDNF levels in people with schizophrenia. Therefore, researchers did not only bring less dietary to study participants, but healthier, saturated fats and sugar, as well as more fruits and vegetables. This study was like a Soviet fasting test for schizophrenia, reporting truly incredible results, perhaps restoring people to function, and describing fasting as “an unparalleled outcome in the treatment of schizophrenia,” but part of the problem is that the Soviets used are completely different from us. There were subgroups that appeared to correspond to the Western definition, but reported a 40-60% improvement rate from fasting, but fasting was not all. Participants fasted for up to 1 month before eating meat and egg-free. Therefore, when researchers reported these notable effects even years later, they were for individuals who stuck to a meat- or egg-free diet. Obviously, the closer the meals they got, the better the effect was, and the people who broke their meals recurred. The researcher said: “Not all patients can maintain vegetarians, but they should not consume meat for at least six months. Randomized controlled trials show that they can improve their mental state within two weeks simply by avoiding meat and eggs, making it difficult to know the role that fasting itself played in reported improvements.

One high-fat diet can lower BDNF levels within hours of consumption, and can prove to be fat itself by looking at the same results after injecting fat directly into the vein. Perhaps it will help explain why increased saturated fat intake in high-fat diets contributes to brain dysfunction, namely neurodegenerative diseases, long-term memory loss, and cognitive impairment. It may also help explain why standard American diets are associated with a higher risk of depression, as dietary factors regulate levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factors.

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