As spring approaches here in the Sequoia National Forest, we eat well as our laying hens head into peak egg production.

Beyond the beauty and exceptional flavor of farm-fresh eggs, do they fight depression? Probably so.

In the book Rebuild from Depression, I identify the nutrient deficiencies most commonly associated with depression in the medical literature. I actually did a statistical analysis of foods highest in those nutrients and create a list of depression-fighting foods in the book. Egg yolks from pastured hens make the list. 

I say eggs "probably" fight depression because the most effective food for you depends on what you are most deficient in.

Hens on pasture eat bugs and weeds and produce a higher content of Omega-3 fatty acid in their yolk because of their diet. The commercially available Omega 3 eggs are from hens fed flax or a fish product.

Wherever you get this healthy fat, it is critical for our brain health. Many of us would go crazy without it.