Researchers from Harvard Medical School foundthat women with high levels of leptin are less prone to depression. With that, a woman's body mass index here does not play any role. For example, the hormone that controls appetite, or rather its increased production in the body is able to reduce the anxiety and fear, and can manifest itself as an anti-depressant, so carefully conceived nature. reduced production of leptin is observed in patients with anorexia and amenorrhea, a disease characterized by the absence of menstruation in women and associated with functional disorders of the reproductive organs.

Leptin is produced by fat cells and decayIt gives a feeling of fullness. Low levels of these hormones is observed both in extremely thin representatives, and obese women with high growth. The observations were made first in experimental animals, as in the development and have this hormone, reduces the level of aggressiveness and anxiety. Then, the women took part in the experiment, all participants were divided into several groups, among them women with anorexia, amenorrhea, normal and excess weights, but no abnormalities. At the same woman answered the questions, which made it possible to assess the level of depression. The higher the score, the more marked symptoms of depression and the lower the level of leptin in the body.