Comment: Depressed people often eat a lot of simple carbohydrates like candy, chocolate, and alocoholic beverages to self-medicate. Peraps this is the cause of this interesting link. I've found that depression can often be treated by eating a low-carbohydrate diet with good fatty acids.
Young adults with a history of depression have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a Canadian team.
'Our results are very important because the typical onset of depression occurs between 20 and 30 years of age,' Dr. Jeffrey A. Johnson told Reuters Health. 'These are the people who are at highest risk of developing depression and, based on our study results, they seem to have the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Depression tied to risk of becoming diabetic
