own lives each year,1 and depression appears to be a leading cause.2 Thankfully, lifestyle interventions can help repair your mind as well as your body. In 1946, the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”3 In other words, you can be in excellent physical shape—enjoying low cholesterol, a healthy body weight, and good overall physical fitness—but that doesn’t
