I love the British phrase, civil servants... we use the phrase, bureaucrats.

Now, I have a serious question for someone... have you ever met a happy bureaucrat aka civil servant?

When was the last time you went into your revenue office to pay taxes or buy a car license plate? You would think they would at least act happy to take your tax money so they can get paid their salary?

What they need is some more good old fashioned pinto beans and corn bread. That should lighten up the atmosphere around tax time.

Now, keep this in mind as congress contemplates growing the bureaucratic national health conglomerate into a massive blob of... depression.

yahoo news

LONDON (AFP) – A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to research published on Monday.

Researchers at University College London also found that a diet including plenty of fresh vegetables, fruit and fish could help prevent the onset of depression.

They compared participants -- all civil servants -- who ate a diet largely based on "whole" foods with a second group who mainly ate fried food, processed meat, high-fat dairy products and sweetened desserts.

Taking into account other indicators of a healthy lifestyle such as not smoking and taking physical exercise, those who ate the whole foods had a 26 percent lower risk of depression than those who ate mainly processed foods.

People with a diet heavy in processed food had a 58 percent higher risk of depression....