Posted by Trotter on December 20, 2012, at 18:13:44
In reply to Re: High fat diet -) inflammation -) depression » Trotter, posted by SLS on December 20, 2012, at 15:09:26
I think you missed my point. The thesis I linked in an earlier post proves that high fat diet causes inflammation. Those last two links were not presented as proof that inflammation causes depression, but that high fat diet causes depression. My argument is that if high fat diet causes inflammation, and high fat diet causes depression, then it is highly likely the chain of events is high fat diet -> inflammation -> depression. I agree it isn't conclusive that this is the process, but when taken along with all the other evidence linking inflammation to depression I think the argument is pretty compelling.
You are of course aware that there are lots of cases where pro-inflammatory cytokines have been provoked in animals and humans and that depressive symptoms have resulted. Surely this is cause and effect?
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