We all know that the root cause of mental health is the physiological difference between our brain, genes, and body, and the differences in our life experience.However, what you eat and how your body uses nutrients in food is also important to mental health.
More and more studies have shown that a key nutrient -iron will play an important role, and iron deficiency will affect psychological health symptoms.However, many patients, such as patients with depression or anxiety, and medical staff may not know this connection.
An article in the magazine of "Contemporary Psychiatric" summarizes the current research content.
Eating food rich in iron is important to everyone, but many people do not get enough iron.People with mental health may need to arrange blood tests to measure their iron level in a special way.If the result of iron protein testing is very low, it is important to increase the iron in the diet, including taking iron supplements.
Iron is the most common nutritional deficiency, which can have a great impact.You can be deficient in iron without anemia, but many mental health medical staff do not realize that the iron deficiency itself is related to more severe symptoms, or supplementing iron is related to improving symptoms.
Researchers pointed out that primary health providers generally do not require detection of iron levels, unless someone has symptoms of anemia, or some health conditions will affect the bodys iron level.Therefore, a very important reminder is that those who have been diagnosed with mental health should discuss with the doctor if they need to test and take iron supplements.
In addition to the well -known key functions that help red blood cells transport oxygen throughout the body, iron can also help the body to create the molecules required for key chemicals of the brain.Specifically, iron plays an important role in generating neurotransmitters (5-hydroxyline, dopamine, and ). These neurotransmitters are important for mental health.
Research also shows that low iron levels are related to the symptoms of depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.
This includes investigations of a large number of people. These surveys show that a higher percentage of patients with depression also reports the history of iron deficiency anemia.A large study shows that anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and mental disorders occur in patients with iron deficiency anemia.The small -scale study of the first patients with psychiatric seizures also shows that the severity of their symptoms and low iron content are connected.
Low iron content is also related to fatigue.Fatigue is a symptom that can be combined with other symptoms and is a necessary condition for diagnosis of depression.
In addition to studying the relationship between iron content and symptoms, other studies also evaluate what will happen after taking iron supplements with mental health problems.
The retrospective of the evidence in 2013 shows that in the previous three studies, iron supplements are related to the improvement of psychological health symptoms. Other studies also show the improvement of thinking ability.
Multiple studies conducted by people with or without mental illness have shown that even if they do not meet the standards of iron deficiency anemia, emotional and fatigue after iron supplementation have improved.A study shows that half of the patients who are less than 100NG/ml have improved the situation of patients.The iron deficiency we usually define is less than 30ng/ml.
Measuring the level of iron protein is important because it is an indicator of the overall iron reserves of the body -iron protein molecules store iron in a layer of protein, so that when the body needs itGet iron.The blood test of iron can only measure the iron content in the blood, and the blood test of hemoglobin can measure the number of iron -containing molecules in the blood. These protein molecules transport oxygen to the body.
Researchers specially suggest that those who have both mental health and other factors that are susceptible to low -rail levels must be detected by iron protein.This includes pregnant women, children, women with a large amount of menstruation, often blood donation, cancer patients, people who have gastrointestinal surgery or digestive diseases, and patients with heart failure.
For those who have mental health and have low detection of iron protein levels, there is no consensus at present, that is, to reach the best level by changing diet and supplementing iron protein;There is no consensus for how long it should be conducted after changing the diet.
Researchers suggest that it is best to control the level of iron protein at 100ng/ml and detect it every 4-6 weeks.
The same important thing is that you need to tell the doctor any supplement you are taking, whether it is recommended by other doctors or you buy it by yourself.Iron supplements are risky for excessive use, so it is important to read the instructions and choose the brand tested by independent institutions.If there are toddler children at home, you must put the iron supplement in where they cant hold, because if a very small child takes iron supplements, it will cause serious or even fatal poisoning.
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