Let's say you really need to find reliable information about the best diet for high blood pressure

or heart disease or diabetes.

Where do you go?

You go to a website sponsored by Big Pharma that wants to sell you pills to fix your problem

or do you want to treat the cause?

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast with the latest peer reviewed research on the

best ways to eat healthy and live longer.

Today we take a close look at the mighty power of vitamin C and we start with the risks

and benefits of using vitamin C for depression and anxiety.

Emerging evidence suggests that higher daily intake of fiber rich fruits and vegetables

is associated with lower incidences of anxiety and adults and at the same time greater happiness,

higher life satisfaction and greater emotional well-being.

So persuading people to consume more fruits and vegetables may not only benefit their physical

health and the long run but also their mental well-being in the short run.

Fruit consumption.

For example, has protective association with leaving killers like heart disease, stroke,

diabetes and cancer as well as depression.

The question is why?

Several different mechanisms have been proposed.

For example, it may be the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties of produce, scavenging

the free radicals that are involved in some of the inflammation associated with depression.

If that's the case, what about just taking vitamin C supplements?

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