title: Rubidium, salami and depression. You cannot have everything in life.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression may induce malnutrition, but, as a paradoxical hypothesis, malnutrition may induce depression. This relationship, of course, depends on how we define malnutrition.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Rubidium is a trace element strongly linked with depression, and is deficient in uremia sufferers. However, in uremic patients, rubidium deficiency is more evident during predialysis, as it is at least partially corrected during dialysis and after transplantation. It seems that diet restrictions might be the main cause of rubidium deficiency, as it is mainly found in red meat.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If rubidium is found in salami, then the occasional slice could be more beneficial for people suffering from depression than taking a lot of medication.
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canavese
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Decostanzi
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bergamo
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sabbioni
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stratta
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D012413:Rubidium / Q000172:deficiency*; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D012413:Rubidium