March 17, 2009
is salt an anti-depressant?
While it is easier to say salt is an anti-depressant, and the article does, what the study actually says is rats with a salt deficiency seem despondent.
The tests carried out by US researchers found that when rats were deficient in salt, they shy away from activities they normally enjoy, like drinking a sugary substance or pressing a bar that stimulates a pleasant sensation in their brains.
Psychologist Kim Johnson, who led the research, said: “Things that normally would be pleasurable for rats didn’t elicit the same degree of relish, which leads us to believe that a salt deficit and the craving associated with it can induce one of the key symptoms associated with depression.”
(via sullivan)
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