Reply #59: In your original post, you asked if people have prozac deficiencies.

[Modem Butterfly]

I believe that the Japanese have a deficency in the manner in which they address mental health.

You implied that the Japanese have a lower rate of depression than Americans because they have a diet rich in Omega3. In fact, the Japanese are committing suicide in appalling numbers, in real numbers greater than the US, which has twice the population. A terrible tragedy and indicative of a serious problem.

The fact that McDonald's does business in Japan isn't really an indicator of the Japanese diet. If the Japanese had fully embraced a Western diet, we would see similar rates of certain cancers, obesity and related problems, and high cholesterol. Moreover, by your logic, we would also see much lower suicide rates (after all, Americans have a very unhealthy diet yet are much lower suicide risks than the Japanese)

Your list of risk factors is informative, however, the fact remains that suicide is a prime indicator of depression.