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Daniel Amen: “When you added zinc to antidepressants, [it] dramatically…”

Featuring: Daniel Amen, Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics | National

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The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen

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And then all this research, brand new study out just last week where they looked at 192 studies on 17,000 patients looking at what supplements ants worked for depression, and they compared them against antidepressants, and saffron came out the best alone. Interestingly, When you added zinc to antidepressants, [it] dramatically improved their effectiveness. That's so interesting. When you added curcumins from turmeric to antidepressants, dramatically increased its effectiveness. And so one of my favorites, Saffron, zinc and curcumin for mood. (1:14:20–1:14:28)

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