How Dietary Intervention Lifts Depression

A study found those who drank more than four glasses of this a day had a far higher risk of depression compared to those who avoided it.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Research has linked sweetened beverages — both sugar- and artificially-sweetened — with an increased risk of depression, the highest risk being associated with diet fruit drinks and diet soda

• Another study found adolescents who had elevated levels of sodium and low levels of potassium in their urine — two factors indicative of a diet hig…