on our. northern white. arctic circle storage december 21st w. d w news live from birdland closing down at christmas with less than a week to go before the festivities countries around europe are tightening their restrictions in a bid to curb corona virus infections also coming up hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped in nigeria are reunited with their families their abduction has led to public anger and demands for better protection plus.

the pop legend to use the pandemic lockdown to put out a new album. welcome to the program countries across europe are introducing a new round of coronavirus frustrations either just before christmas or soon after the main holiday it's really has become the latest country to announce new measures over christmas and new year shops and restaurants restaurants they will close and travel between different regions will be banned across the continent other countries are also closing down. a pause on public life across europe. shuttered shops and empty streets in germany as the country goes into its

1st weekend of hard lock down this winter. austria will follow suit just after christmas non-essential businesses will close understand the $26.00 austria's current a virus infection rate is lower than many of its neighbors but there are fears that could change. the interviewer. since we are not an island and have people coming in from other countries we should prepare ourselves for the possibility of exponential growth at any time. sweden's infection rate on the other hand has been surging for 2 months the nordic country never imposed a full lockdown relying instead on voluntary social distancing but with case numbers going up non-essential public facilities like pools and libraries will

close and for the 1st time the government is recommending residents wear masks on public transport yet the measures remain lax compared to germany and austria very serious look look down for example will have an effect in the long run because people would not put up with that switzerland too is headed for lockdown as restaurants are set to close next week the swiss government has urged people to stay inside but his left at least one decision to local authorities whether to open ski lifts this year skiis will have to add covert 19 to the long list of alpine hazards. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. the u.s. food and drug administration has approved a 2nd covert 19 vaccine the medina short's is 94 percent effective and it's expected that the vaccine which can be stored at temperatures similar to a normal freezer will be used in rural and harder to reach occasions parts of

sydney australia will enter a strict lockdown on saturday evening as authorities investigate a growing cluster of coronavirus cases the new south wales wales premier announced that residents will only be permitted to leave their homes for work care exercise or basic necessities more than a dozen children have been killed in a bombing in eastern afghanistan no one has claimed responsibility for the attack on a religious gathering in gaza a province which is controlled by the taliban a couple in bolivia has had their relationship recognized as the 1st legally break registered same said same sex civil union after a 2 year court battle the bolivian constitution does not accept same sex marriage but the 2 men hope their legal victory will lead to greater rights in the country to nigeria now where hundreds of schoolboys have been reunited with their families

following a mass kidnapping they were abducted from this school in the northern state of katsina by armed men a week ago and rescued by nigerian security forces many of the boys say they suffered abuse while they were being held. the moment nigeria was waiting for the schoolboys free and safe after nearly a week in captivity some say they were beaten and starved. to be honest there was no food or water for us. no shelter no break in the friday we were taken and we spent 2 days without sleep. our food was leaves and after 2 days without food we were given fresh potatoes and pieces of ground 0 of cake. 2 nights have passed since the boy's release they spent the 1st night with soldiers then medical checks now the government says they

can go home ernest will do this to return it to you. to prove. the efforts made right here in terms of community i thought it was. you had. that kind of a need to. believe these are the 300 who do fool despite government praise for the armed forces it remains unclear exactly how and why the boys were freed or if more are still being held the mass abduction race is questions over the government's ability to protect its population especially in the northern part of the country who carried out the armed kidnapping remains in dispute whether it was boko haram the islamist group that's claimed responsibility and has posed a threat to nigeria for years or bandits as some officials allege the security situation is precarious in many parts of the country for the moment at least the

sight of children reunited with their parents is a welcome distraction from daily threats many in nigeria face a philanthropist being held in jail in turkey has gone on trial on charges of spying awesome and is accused of involvement in an attempted coup in 2016 which he denies mystic of allah has already spent years in the tension despite never being convicted of a crime disappointment outside this istanbul courthouse a synagogue osman coverless close his colleague at his on a dollar cultural center is angry. well this is a far cry from human rights democracy and justice alone on the heating to seal human rights advocate cavalia has spent the last 3 years in jail. he's been charged with spying and attempting to overthrow the government the witnesses who appeared

in the latest hearing did not incriminate him next time the public prosecutor wants to examine new witnesses it's cavalia 2nd trial earlier this year he was acquitted of charges of organizing protests in gazey park in istanbul. even as he prepared to leave his cell new charges were brought against him and he remained behind bars according to human rights groups the courts just carry out the president's orders that president al gore made a thunderous speech saying this man should not have been acquitted he's responsible for the gezi events. condemning the court there the one condemned the court for trying to acquit him and made it very clear that he wanted this man behind bars turkey is a member of the council of europe and is bound by the decisions of the european court of human rights this year the court demanded cavalia be released.

attempts to reach a brick say its trade deal will continue into the weekend after negotiations failed to break to make a breakthrough on friday if they don't reach an agreement the u.k. will crush out of the tariff free trading arrangement is currently has with the e.u. on december 31st effects of britain's exits are already being felt european doctors and nurses are leaving the u.k. and proving difficult to replace even if it does rain a bit too much luigi donofrio has grown to love london no longer needs a place where you can really integrate people coming from all over the ward by the old live together and this is amazing. he's worked as a nurse in south london for 6 years and has become a head nurse but now he's going back to his family in northern italy since it wrecks a referendum he feels neglected by the british government as an e.u. citizen or of that as well during the pandemic has gone and appreciated. our

voice has never been heard and we never been on the rada even during last year we supported u.k. in many different ways but i've never seen much a person appreciation would never been on the rada. as for all other e.u. citizens in the future doctors and nurses will need to be if they want to work in the u.k. already far fewer are entering now than did before breaks it. the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the flaws in the u.k. health service amongst them a shortage of stuff so every year doctor nurse of cal worker that goes back to their home country leaves a gap on the hospital ward or in a cab home. with the things that i think about right see go run several nursing homes in 04 in eastern england he often discusses with his team how to cope with staff shortages since abraxas referendum it has been nearly impossible for him to

find qualified workers. we had 120 stalls. we are now down to $98.00 permanent staff and the rest is made up of agency staff and where we had for approximately 20 odd european nationals we're down to one that will to maria from portugal as to so remaining e.u. work job is hard minimum wage with lots of overtime either black city funding and people can come and we'll be. a can to without get us i think how can we take out a ballplayer this people. the elderly people whom she cares for have become like family to maria in spite of brags that she wants to stay in britain for the time being but most of her friends have already gone back home.

turning to sports news now and wonderfully a club shall care have parted ways with coach munroe baum who was unable to put an end to their $28.00 game winless run in the top flight bound failed to win a single game with shocker since taking charge in september that's a run of 10 matches the german side are currently bottom of the table with only 4 points from 12 games veteran dutch coach and childcare board member hoops stephens is set to replace a ban for the time being. in friday night's blunders they got a match a new one berlin continued to exceed expectations this season when they pulled off a stunning 21 victory against all and the winner came on a christopher trim a corner in the 78th minute which marvin feel they headed home for a new home it was his 4th goal of the campaign for the most of any defender in the bundesliga the win personally or in 5th place right behind.

lock downs have given many people the chance to stay home and work on a project including former beatle paul mccartney the music legend has just released a new album recorded at his home after the pandemic forced him to stay inside for many months. in the model right paul mccartney is rocking out and staying in. his home studio in sussex it may not have an audience but mccartney had all the instruments he needed to put out 11 new tracks and i was actually just doing it for my own for long but certainly those who know for an album mccartney 3 as the title suggests is the 3rd album bearing his name each one came at a notable moment in time. the 1st mccartney album after the beatles broke up mccartney 2 after wings did. now mccartney 3

deals with the current state of things on this record what he's trying to offer more than anything else is not an exercise in experimental ism i think he's trying to offer comfort and sound and i think he's trying to say i think the overarching message is probably we will get through this. fall mccartney is an optimist. an optimist with moving lyrics about reality on an easy going path album that will keep you entertained in this era of social distancing mccartney's music is an acoustic cut from the 70 year old performer life is full of little ideas like that. some of which i was able to use and finish on the album but yeah there's plenty more plenty more where that came.

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missed the century for an. i love. fantasy trip. oh. to see the traffic i. see because it starts december 25th. was. this week on world stories. south dakota the virus is out of control. nuremberg a silent christmas market. but we start in delaware it's following its controversial presidential election many members of the opposition were arrested for flood into

exile. but protests against president lukashenko. continuing to be. this much coming out to march on sundays is this much a part of everyday life as having breakfast our neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors. for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk most people here don't want to be recognized and only agree to be filmed wearing their mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be. what. police emerge out of

on mt benz scattering the marches in all directions dozens of smaller demonstrations in parallel across the capital means making the police's job that much harder for the hundreds of protesters still routinely arrested each week and the stakes are rising the courts hand out a harsher sentences. look at the putting the fear only really hits you when you get home and read about everything that's happened that day online. i always carry a set of instructions with me that tell you what to do and who to call in case you are arrested. eventually the protesters recruited continue this time without the help of modern technology so often in protest there isn't a loose government switched off mobile phone networks. the reaction to their protest from the locals is overwhelming. we got really lucky one time the police were using stun grenades we got hit by some

shrapnel there was nowhere to hide and all we could do was no can people's doors when. moved from house to house and eventually there are about 30 of us hiding in one woman's house she looks after us and wouldn't let us risk leaving the house unless we had a lift to pick us up. this is one of my senior. but not everyone is as impressed. as the march reaches its conclusion the question is as ever how to get home without getting arrested. it really feels like we've changed as a country have a happens now that can't be reversed conduct appears to mean but. no one can say with any certainty how long these protests will continue or what they might still achieve before most of these young better russians out protesting giving up doesn't seem to be an option. to us has the

highest number of covert 1000 deaths worldwide. this is partly because president continues to downplay the threat of the virus the consequences are from. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear a mask but some people balk at the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it very difficult for a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not right now but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight. out of schroeder is one of

them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. it's a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life to see and understand his weekly press conference mayor paul 10 hakan of the republican party updates his community about the latest developments the mayor has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic in this part of the country i think there's a fierce independence a lot of people have made the mistake of calling a cowboy country at one point and people didn't appreciate that but the point of that term meaning we're independent we don't like people telling us what to do.

christina bjorkman wishes for more government action against the pen demick told her she lost her husband took over at 19 after a 30 day long struggle at the hospital her ordeal. where. she says his death could have been avoided with stricter rules. the whole mask mandate got political and should have never been political and should have been a medical thing and i think it just got so blown out of proportion and i think maybe it came from our president. he started it. christina bjorkman is pinning her hopes now on the president elect and a nationwide mask mandate once he takes office before then thousands more could die from cold at 19 in south dakota and the rest of the united states.

the coronavirus situation is also a concern in turkey. the government only recently began publishing the full number of daily infections. doctors in the country's population. is celebrating her birthday she turns a today for 2 biggest wishes harry potter kate and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since stricter coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day yes i know that but i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better but i also miss school now everything is done why i assume and it's

so annoying they are. some of the of this is mothers trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew. curfews for children are not the only new anti coronavirus rule and turkey those older than 65 can also only go outside at certain times public transportation is forbidden for young and old people and on weekends everyone with few exceptions has to stay at home. it looks pretty bleak these days in istanbul's usually very busy neighborhoods restaurants bars many shops closed. the government now reports about $30000.00 new infections per day. it is ridiculous many of us are angry about how the government is managing the crisis but there's nothing we can do. the government is

concerned with its reputation they want to look good that is why there is no transparency of almost publishing the need to but they should have informed people much better right from the beginning then everyone would have known what to expect and how to act if you could read. a miraculous deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the true extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases than the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of those things the current restrictions are already plenty tough parties over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for

a birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey is to germany the country is now at a hard lock down almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market number has also been cancelled. this is christmas eve as it gets back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to buy them. and has been working here for 3 decades he says he's never seen his city so empty. feels it's all full for us there's no christmas here now no tourists it's terrible

just look the market square is completely empty. and it's the same all over the city the state government has asked variance to only leave their homes if they have valid reasons like going grocery shopping visiting the doctor or going to work wearing a mask is compulsory in most areas of the city center partial school closures a ban on alcohol in public places and a nighttime curfew complete the strictest lockdown in germany police have increased their presence in the city center to remind people to stick to the rules but for now this little resistance they tell us. of course there are people who intentionally defy the rules there have been incidents of people refusing to cooperate when police tell them to wear masks but luckily those people are really the exception on the fellah bones' all the people we speak to think the

authorities should be even tougher. in the monitors that we think the lockdown is absolutely justified there's just no alternative at the moment the restrictions should be tightened even further for shift and so. i'm totally fine with it because there are so many people suffering and people not taking this seriously should see what it looks like in hospitals. and that discriminate and getting worse every day that scares people including those who are suffering from the effects of the lockdown that is already in effect black market trade on the 2 things are hard lock down is the best option now there are 3 and we've just got to get through this and maybe things will get better. that it's. maybe even in time for christmas for that no back us a willing to make sacrifices in the weeks ahead. the be

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overcame depression. through to struggling with a serious pandemic and i'm not talking about covert i'm talking about mental illnesses like depression anxiety and personality disorders they're on top of the world health problems even more than called us and the diseases welcome to good shape according to the world health organization w h o 90 percent of affected patients don't get adequate help and even friends and family might sell the patients come on pull yourself together but make no mistake it can affect any of us. chills is in her element on the tennis court she's vibrant energetic reliable just like in her day to day life. but a year ago she felt like the she had come off. of my mind i was i was kind of my

demand for input as well all of a sudden i had a new sense of joy. i just felt empty inside. like my life had no meaning. it was hard for me to imagine a more positive future. and we all smile and. jules has always been a high achiever and it was hard to accept that something was wrong. and outwardly she seemed fine. going ringback to shows itself to your. demise and i'm not sure very many people even noticed not also that's not really something you can see it's kind of an invisible illness or kind of hurt. it to jones quite a while to realize that she was. suffering from depression she tried to ignore how she felt and put a good face on things then she decided to quit her job. not too long after that she suffered another blow. and that was the breaking point.

why did. my basically it was breaking up with my partner there really sent me over the edge i really lost my grip and i life that the i was dead inside i was totally numb. liberals are miss rises my parents popped up on it and realized that what i was going through was a more than just normal heart. mr. jones decided to get help 1st she spent 3 months in an inpatient clinic now she sees a therapist once a week. and sarah piece she's been learning to understand and accept herself this kind of behavioral therapy isn't always easy it takes courage to dig beneath the surface of things. c makes you feel terribly vulnerable to recover you need someone to take you by the hand and talk

you through things. i don't listen i mean and then you can learn to do the same thing for yourself. it's a set about what. things are starting to look up again and jules is open about what she's been going. to celebrate her new one self-confidence she's decided to get a tattoo. some dollars from as for me it's symbolizes self care and self love it reminds me to accept my body and my spirit to accept myself the way i know. i mean. the back home why. it strikes symbolize the ups and downs of her pass through depression and the tennis ball the joy she's now taking in life. i really did it. with. prejudice and folds rumors make it very

tough for those affected with mental illnesses it's very hard for them to talk about the situation in the us there's a coffee shop called sip of hope and there you absolutely can talk about it and it's caught on here in germany in munich as a coffee shop to. what looks like an ordinary coffee house is actually much more it's the 1st mental health cafe in germany guests here in munich can only sit down for a nice hot drink they can also learn about mental health here. kind of is not often not a crisis center for someone with big problems there are other places in munich to get we're here for people who want to talk to someone get some advice it's easier to come here and say i'll have a coffee maybe take a fly a with me than it is to say i need therapy or i have to go to the emergency room.

dominic demanding came up with the idea for germany's 1st mental health café her role model is the soup of hope project a cafe in chicago. dominick has dealt with the topic of mental health since 2015 as an author and a blogger she describes her own experiences. she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder about 15 years ago. as astonished as had just as the several answers to admitting to yourself you need help is the hardest part i'm willing to get help for other things physical problems car problems learning to play an instrument we get help for all sorts of the. except for what's going on inside our own heads that was a big step for me a turning point when things started to improve if i hadn't been willing to open up to get help none of this could have happened and as i was.

within about a year of coming up with the idea dominic and her team found a good location. for friends all pitched in to help set up the space so the cafe could open its doors. how's it going we just screwed the last bit together and now we can finally hang it from the ceiling. the project also benefited from an online crowdfunding campaign. dominic was surprised and grateful at how many people were willing to pitch in. to crowdfunding the crowdfunding campaign was incredibly successful we received 33000 euros we had different donation levels the smallest was 5 euros the largest 5000 euros a lot of people donated more than 540 people said what a great idea i want to support this. then came the grand opening of germany's

1st mental health café opened its doors. just like at an ordinary coffee shop there's food and drink on the menu but here there's also a way to signal if you're up for a chat. a red flag on your table means you want peace and quiet. the green flag means you're happy to talk to other guests. who have just left iraq it makes it easier whenever someone his about our flags they say oh i wish i had something like that. we all have those moments where we think i wish someone would ask me how i'm doing or maybe don't talk to me i can't cope. this is a way of signaling what you're up for. the cafe also regularly hosts specialists who are willing to give a bit of guidance free of charge. on a study medicine and spent a year and a half working in the field of psychosomatic medicine for children and adolescents

. she's planning to help out in the café twice a week. that can sure not at least have the kinds of conversations people have when they're talking about how they really feel and not how they wish they felt a much nicer and more honest you don't have to share everything but your entire life story on instagram that's not what this is about but it can feel really good to be authentic to give an honest answer to the question how are you today it can make a real difference and. the mental health café is no substitute for professional therapy it's a place where people can go to talk and maybe gain some insight or a way forward. there are books on mental health issues informational brochures and regular workshops and lectures plus meditation and yoga courses are offered and seminars on how to reduce stress it's an idea that seems to be catching on with

your business this month listening to soho to give it's nice to have a place where you can sit down and find someone to talk to you don't have too much but you can if you want. the most in the world to be varied from one to the i care about people and i want people to be happy mean clude it i find it heart warming that such a wonderful cafe is open tier coffee instead this is a still photo to give while they get a lot of love into this it's wonderful that people with mental health issues or people who care about them can come from simple. germany's 1st mental health café seems to be off to a good start. if. he has let's say a heart attack or kidney stones this is usually socially accepted but what if he would have a psychosomatic disorder all excited disorder friends and family will sometimes give unqualified advice and will react in disbelief twice to so i sent medical

peter out. to the. event as i was the victoria park hospital here in berlin and our meeting dr preston stopped hello pleasure when i was preparing the interview of a group through the terms mental health and mental disorders. can you explain the difference if you take the world health organization they state that health is the complete absence of psychological. physical and social problems which is a state that cannot be reached for a long period of time when the person who are into disorder on one hand if a spider and uses such horror to you that you have to avoid the situation where you find the spider. that it uses problems living your life like you would do normally on the other hand let's say you are afraid of using an elevator

but you never are confronted with this problem because you live in a rural area where you don't need to use it then there is no suffering and also then i would not suggest somebody to search for treatment people with sort of group programs or during the program. or to consider. if you have a person that is mentally ill and suffers from hell or see nations. or intense feelings that we cannot see we cannot touch we have never experienced by ourselves for many people this is this is something that induces intense fear and often people dislike what they what they fear and they exclude people due to this are looking for. people with a look for group problems for instruments only. of group or rooms interesting point

what is a weak person so we don't have the same talents some of us are good in sports others are good in math and so forth imagine a strong person with with which is gifted they can suffer from ends of flight. this can happen to basically anybody and then you are not capital of controlling your mental operation so in my opinion this has nothing to do with weak or strong and. you have to. struggle for many of the mental disorders this is just not true and i think the best example will be the anxiety disorders the core of this disorder is that people have intense feelings of fear when you try to control it by avoiding the situation by doing something that

that reduces the fear your brain learns that this situation or stimulus might be dangerous the more you try to pull yourself together the more fear you would experience with number 3. it's only excuse for lazy people to book well actually here it's quite the opposite so if you look in our clinic we often treat people which suffer from severe depression who cannot experience joy anymore and lech drive people suffering from depression oppression often suffer from thoughts and feelings of worthlessness they just wish to be healthy again not depressed anymore to have back their drive to go back to work another move. would just state that mental illness is physical and i think most other psychiatry's would say the same there is no

difference between mental and physical disorders in this respect in some regions of the world there are no doctor experts who hope the people who want to do i mean not long time ago with the same situation has been true for. for europe as well and i think that although many of the symptoms cannot be treated without modern medical aid like medication like antidepressants or anti psychotics but the social problems like unemployment or other things that the result from from the mental illness. can be treated by professional help here but may be better treated in 3rd world countries spy there are surrounding like family friends or try at least but what's the best really for a problem of you or for them to hurt somebody with problems if you do not have

experienced help summations yourself or. depression the loss of dr. depressed person suffers from you cannot directly empathize it but you can try to understand the person in how she or he is suffering and try to. communicate to connect to them to aid them to help them with their needs what they what they asked you for i think this is the most important part of word about 4 or mark rowsthorn. in this. recovery you you're welcome. to change your weekly health show on t w covers many aspects of health care we look at what's new in medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty. we talk about these topics

in depth with experts and give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch. why do people have mental problems well life crisis might trigger them let's evidence but there might be a genetic predisposition this well that recent research suggest. it's that the immune system might play an important role and it's all about information and if you fight information to fight suppression to. what causes depression these researches believe they found evidence that inflammation is one of the trick is. that. we found initial evidence in people who suffer from chronic inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis crohn's disease and also a rate of colitis. in these patients we observed that the physical symptoms of the disease were accompanied by substantial mental health and mood changes.

this is not just people with chronic illnesses who feel these effects many people notice that when they're coming down with a cold or infection they get a headache feel lethargic and experience mood changes this sickness behavior as it's called affects but the body and the mind. have heard anglo decided to investigate this phenomenon by carrying out an unusual experiment to understand how inflammation can affect. the. first we introduce the kind of temporary illness in our subjects meaning an inflammatory response for experimental purposes but we didn't use a bacteria or a virus but a component from a microorganism a cell wall component from bacteria. when this cell wall component is injected into the subject's vein. it in the juices a temporary inflammatory response that lasts about 4 to 6 hours. to test

subjects were asked to document them made before during and after the experiment. people who receive the test substance the end of toxin experience. the significant drop in mood the effect was strongest about 2 to 3 hours after the injection then it began to improve and normalize again after about 6 to 8 hours their mood was back to normal. what happened and the test substance called bacterial l.p.'s increased the levels of cytokines in the blood proteins that activate the immune response their research has also found evidence of cytokines in the brain by doing a number punch it to withdraw sensibly gross spinal fluid. or when these inflammatory signals travel from the periphery to the brain they affect the

neuronal activity of cells in important structures of the brain which are involved in emotional processing and that can lead to changes in behavior and mood. the experiment provides evidence that cytokines the immune substances that elicit an inflammatory response might trigger symptoms of depression but what factors can cause that inflammatory response. researches at the university medical center. i mean tested in the impact of diet on cytokine levels and inflammation. we believe that cholesterol fatty acids and other dietary substances that our bodies register as problematic in some way and which we're constantly consuming can lead to a constant low level activation of the immune system.

is a leading researcher in the field of information he's teamed up with other researches to develop new therapies to prevent chronic diseases. he's convinced that diet and obesity are decisive factors. diet plays a big role in inflammatory reactions an inflammatory reaction means that cytokines are released which can be triggered by over anything a classic example is when a person consumes too many calories which can lead to obesity. but other dietary components also play a role dietary fats in particular. studies show that trans fats such as those found in fried foods cookies and sweets raise blood fat and cholesterol levels causing barely perceptible inflammation how they in testing process these foods is also critical but. what we've had to learn in

recent years is that it's not just what we eat and what our food is made of that's important our food is modified through our gut flora our micro biome as it's called what ends up in the blood is a result of both our diets and our gut flora is due for. the interplay between diet and micro biome also influences our physical and mental health food switch help prevent or limit inflammation most beneficial. 3 fatty acids which are found in fish but there are plant sources of omega 3 fatty . acids called alpha lemak acids or airways they're found to different kinds of vegetables. so a balanced diet with lots of fish and vegetables and not much meat is considered healthy losing weight also helps not only to reduce inflammation in the body there's even compelling evidence that this can reduce depressive symptoms in

overweight people. there's also what's known as the gut brain axis today we know that there's communication between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain it's possible that molecules like cytokines play a key role in the communication between both systems or. food nourishes our bodies and our minds many of us know that instinctively but the science is only now starting to catch up. you can treat mental illnesses with drugs given the right medication you can compensate for the overproduction or for the deficiency of certain messenger proteins and combined with psychotherapy you can even fewer patients over the last years doctors and scientists have found that sport might be equally effective in

treating mental disorders like depression and if you're still looking for the right support why not try bouldering. more than 10 years ago 1000000 pocky was hospitalized with anorexia 'd a year later she began suffering from bolivia then came depression and h.d. 'd now she's doing much better thanks to climbing. cast off and not signing has made me more open and more curious i approach problems differently now i see the most challenges it's not the destination but the journey that matters overcoming obstacles that's also a good lesson for everyday life. climbing is a great form of movement therapy because of the strength it requires but it also provides an opportunity to practice a variety of other skills like trusting letting go getting to know yourself finding new ways of doing things solving problems and so much more. that.

anxiety disorders can affect anyone even people who think utterly fearless like alexander who's an expert rock climber he can master his fear on the mountain side more easily than in daily life a therapist helped him master his anxiety. i can use the strategies i learned in mountain climbing for the problems and anxieties i have in everyday life. even my therapist said to me when you're climbing you know you can do it that means you can do it in your normal life as well make it a project to get out of the crisis and develop strategies i'll help you do it that i think you get the buy. from me on pocky climbing has made all the difference she met her husband through climbing and she's already passed on her passion to her daughter's. to get don't get 80 love climbing in and it's what they know when my daughters were young they thought that everyone went climbing on the weekends

that's what people do. for me i'm talking now to sports and climbing have become the key to a healthy and fulfilling life. that's it for today see you next week and on to then let's all try to stay in good mental shape see.

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