Drink 1 Cup Per Day for Depression

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Let’s discuss the many benefits of green tea and how it can help with depression. But what exactly is green tea?

Green tea is a drink made from unfermented leaves, which makes it different from other types of tea. It contains many pharmacologically active compounds that have been found to have numerous health benefits.

One of these benefits is its ability to reduce depression. Studies have shown that drinking just three cups of green tea per week can reduce depression by 21 percent.

But how exactly does green tea help with depression?

Green tea has been found to have an impact on certain areas of the brain, such as the prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens, which are involved in addiction.

It also affects the hippocampus, which plays a role in cognitive function, memory, and learning.

Another compound found in green tea is L-theanine, an amino acid that helps with mood stabilization and has been shown to improve depression directly.

But the benefits of green tea don’t stop there. Studies have also shown it to be anti-carcinogenic, antimicrobial, and neuroprotective. It has even been found to reverse age-related cognitive decline.

But drinking green tea isn’t the only natural way to combat depression. Here are some other methods you can try:

• Exercise: A study found that exercise may have effects similar to Zoloft in reducing symptoms of depression. High-intensity interval training has been proven to be particularly beneficial for those with depression and anxiety.

• Vitamin D: Deficiency in this essential nutrient has been linked to a higher risk of depression, so get enough sunlight and take a vitamin D supplement.

• Fasting: Fasting has been found to have survival properties that can help our bodies function better, including reducing symptoms of depression.

DATA:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35745040

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18078...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30496...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27338...

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0:00.0	There's a drink, okay, it's a type of tea that I would highly recommend you start drinking
0:06.4	if you have depression. This drink is the second most common drink in the world behind water.
0:13.0	Can you guess what it is?
0:15.0	In this tea there are many different pharmacological active compounds
0:20.0	that create a vast spectrum of benefits.
0:23.6	In one study, just drinking three cups of this tea per week
0:27.7	reduced depression by 21%.
0:30.5	And then they compare drinking one cup of this tea per day to drinking four cups of this tea per day and
0:37.2	Bumped up that number to a reduction in depression by 51% and I'm also going to share with you a couple other things that are going to be very, very important to add to this T to bring it to the next level.
0:48.0	Now what causes depression? Well, many different things. A loss of a level and can cause depression. Stress can cause depression. A lack of sleep can cause depression.
0:57.0	Certain nutritional deficiencies can create depressive feelings.
1:02.0	And there's a lot of people looking for alternatives to medication because medication has side effects.
1:07.0	Well, this particular tea might be able to help you.
1:10.0	And it is green tea.
1:12.0	Green tea is unfermented. is green tea.
1:12.8	tea is unfermented, okay?
1:15.4	So it's different than other teas, like black tea for example, is fermented.
1:20.2	Green tea is unfermented.
1:21.4	A lot of people drink this tea trying to lose weight.
1:23.6	There's certain research on that. Also, there's a lot of people that drink this tea because of stress,
1:29.4	because it actually increases your ability to adapt to stress. It's considered an
1:33.9	adaptogen. In certain areas of the brain, like the prefrontal cortex, and another
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