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Citrus Fruit Consumption Helps Protect Against Depression via Gut Microbiome: Study

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Dr. Raaj Mehta , an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital , has found evidence that just one medium-sized orange can reduce a person’s risk of developing depression by 20% .

Citrus increased the population of a gut bacterial species F. prausnitzii in the guts of nurses who consumed the most citrus.