7 Resources

1. The report entitled "Fish Consumption and Depression: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study" by Markku Timonen, David Harrobin, Jari Jakelainen, Jaana Laitinin, Anne Herva, and Pirrko Rasanen, covers how the regular consumption of fish throughout a person's life can decrease a risk of depression and suicidality. The authors use a wide variety of sources and data to help prove their point, they even present a chart that shows the difference in the frequency of depression and suicidality between men and women as well as frequent fish consumers and non frequent fish consumers.

Timonen, Markku, David Horrobin, Jari Jokelainen, Jaana Laitinen, Anne Herva, and Pirkko Räsänen. "Fish consumption and depression: the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study." Journal of Affective Disorders. 82.3 (2004): 447-452. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.


2. "Early vitamin E supplementation in young but not aged mice reduces Aß levels and amyloid deposition in a transgenic model of Alzheimer’s disease"  is an article, written by Syuan Sung, Yuemang Yao, Kunihiro Uryu, Hengxuan Yang, Virginia M-Y Lee, John Q Trojanowski, Domenico Pratico, that explains the importance of introducing vitamin E into the diet at an early age.  The lab tests done by the researchers demonstrates that if vitamin E is introduced early it can slow the decline of neuro oxidation in Alzheimer patients.  In order to show this to the reader the authors include their graphs and full disclosure of the information they found while conducting research.

Sung, Syuan, Yueman Yao, Kunihiro Uryu, Hengxuan Yang, Virginia M-Y Lee, John Q Trojanowski, and Domenico Pratico. "Early vitamin E supplementation in young but not aged mice reduces Aß levels and amyloid deposition in a transgenic model of Alzheimer’s disease." FASEB Journal. 18.2 (2003): 323-325. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.

3. The article "Food Insufficiency and American School Aged Children's Cognitive, Academic and Psychosocial development" by Katherine Alaimo, PhD, Christine M. Olson PhD, RD, and Edward A. Frongillo Jr, PhD investigates the correlation between insufficient amounts of food and cognitive, academic and psychosocial development in school aged children.  Children were classified as having an insufficient amount of food if the family respondent said that their family often times did not get enough to eat.  In order to conduct their research they used a reduction analysis process to determine the relationship between food insufficiency and cognitive, academic and psychosocial development.

Alaimo, PhD, Katherine, Christine M. Olson PhD, RD, and Edward A. Frongillo Jr, PhD. "Food Insufficiency and American School-Aged Children's Cognitive, Academic, and Psychosocial Development." Online Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 108.1 (2001): 44-53. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.
4. Within the article "Nutrition and Depression: Implications for Improving Mental Health Among Childbearing-Aged Women" the authors, Lisa M. Bodnar and Katherine L. Wisner, discuss the importance of good nutritional habits while pregnant.  They explain the ways in which certain fatty acids are essential and the susceptibility of pregnant and lactating women to various vitamins and minerals. In order to prove their thesis the authors use a variety of examples and sources to support their ideas.


Bodnar, Lisa M., and Katherine L. Wisner. "Nutrition and Depression: Implications for Improving Mental Health Among Childbearing-Aged Women." Biological Psychiatry. 58.9 (2005): 679-685. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.

5. The article entitled "Fish Consumption and Major Depression" written by Joseph R Hibbeln discusses his test of the hypothesis that a higher consumption of fish will lead to a lower rate of depression. This was accomplished by collecting data from various countries around the world and comparing the amount of fish consumed within these countries with the amount of depression prevalent within the country. In order to accomplish this feat Joseph R. Hibbeln presents a variety of information and cites many sources within his article.

Hibbeln, Joseph R. "Fish Consumption and Major Depression." Lancet. 351.9110 (1998): 1213. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.

6. Michael Grundman's article "Vitamin E and Alzheimer disease: the Basis for Additional Clinical Trials" discusses the impact of Vitamin E on the oxidation damage induced by ß-amyloid in cell culture and delays memory deficits in animal models.  He makes his case by using multiple test groups and using a placebo in one group and vitamin E in the other and then monitoring the results. He performed these tests in order to determine if vitamin E would be able to prevent or delay a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease.

Grundman, Michael. "Vitamin E and Alzheimer disease: the basis for additional clinical trials." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 71.2 (2000): 630-636. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.

7.  The article "Macronutrients and Mental Performance" by Louise Dye, PhD, Anne Lluch, PhD and John E. Blundell, PhD discusses how the impact of macronutrients on mental performance has become a hot topic in the world of science and nutrition.  The authors discuss how glucose has a beneficial effect on cognitive performance. In order to present their hypothesis in a positive manner the authors discuss the flaws that are contained within similar studies that reside within the same field.

Dye, PhD, Louise, Anne Lluch, PhD, and John E. Blundell, PhD. "Macronutrients and MentalPerformance." Nutrition. 16.10 (2000): 1021-1034. Web. 16 Feb. 2012.