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Edward Bullmore is chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Cambridge University. His scientific work has focus on developing new computational tools for analysis of the network organization of the human brain.

Cambridge University is one of the world's leading university.

According to Professor Bullmore's research, body inflammation always leads to brain inflammation. When the brain suffers from inflammation, humans are significantly more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression.

https://www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambridge/schools-departments-and-faculties/clinical-medicine/clinical-neurosciences-1

Professor Bullmore believes the modern world is currently facing an epidemic of mental health diseases. He believes up to one third of anxiety and depression can be fixed by avoiding inflammation.

This means:

  • Exercice 30 minutes every single day. Exercice is a very powerful weapon to fight inflammation. It is as effective as some medications.

  • Avoid all ultra-processed food. Avoid sugar. Limit or avoid red meat. All are linked to inflammation

  • Eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, olive oil, oily fish, mushrooms and nuts. The more, the better. They are tremendously good for you.

  • Use vaccines. They reduce inflammation. There is growing evidence that vaccines protect the brain

  • Don't smoke. Smoking is linked to inflammation.

  • Avoid cities with a lot of traffic. Air pollution from cars is linked to brain inflammation. Noise from cars is linked to inflammation.

  • Try to have a good night of sleep. Avoid coffee after 11:AM. Avoid screens after 10:PM. Sleeping helps the body fight inflammation.

  • Don't sit more than 45 minutes. Sitting too much leads to inflammation. The human body isn't designed to be sitting

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[–] Coolcoder360@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Only "up to one third can be fixed by avoiding inflammation"

So, he's going to give almost the same advice as everyone else and not even help the other ~66%, and that's "up to" so it could actually only fix less than that, he didn't give a lower bound, could be less than 1%.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 15 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

definition of "inflammatory food" please? all i can see online is "everything that's not good for you"

[–] Wulfio@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

From John Hopkins:

What foods cause inflammation? Unfortunately, a lot of them. In particular, experts recommend avoiding these inflammatory foods:

  • Red meat
  • Processed meat
  • Commercial baked goods such as snack cakes, pies, cookies
  • Bread and pasta made with white flour
  • Deep fried items such as French fries, fried chicken and donuts
  • Foods high in added sugar

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/anti-inflammatory-diet

From Harvard:

An anti-inflammatory diet should include these foods:

  • tomatoes
  • olive oil
  • green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, kale, and collards
  • nuts like almonds and walnuts
  • fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, tuna, and sardines
  • fruits such as strawberries, blueberries, cherries, and oranges

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/foods-that-fight-inflammation

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago

So everything and nothing? Yay ! I now know how to fight my depression

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago

All the most useful health advice comes from thinly-disguised book ads posted by new accounts. Don't smoke, move once in a while, sleep is good? Wow, revolutionary stuff, doc.

So this scientist believes this? Huh.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Science now has two outlets:

  • you can pay money to publish in a scientific journal and get critiqued by other scientists...

  • or you can get paid to publish on Amazon and get praised by idiots (while also getting critiqued by other scientists...which won't matter because by the time your book is popular enough for peers to notice, you've already got an army of idiots to drown them out)

Take a wild gander as to which this likely is.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago

There's a lot of physical activity in my job, I don't drink coffee past 7 am, I don't live in a city, i eat a healthy diet, i hardly drink, and whatever else was listed, and I still have anxiety even with meds. The only inflammation happening is in my consciousness of how fucked the world is and how fucking bleak the future looks. Once the world is fixed, then people can shed their anxiety and depression.

[–] GoAwayDavrielleLouna@lemmy.org 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Go away Davrielle Louna and take your endless stream of spam alts with you.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 minutes ago

I'll need some backstory.

[–] Wulfio@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Also, you should avoid social media.

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-events/recent-news/2024/january/lee-social-inflammation-time.html

You don't need to watch videos of people being killed in Iran/Palestine/Ukraine

This shit is terrible for you.