What’s the link between diet and mental health?

Learn how what you eat affects how you feel.

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How Food Affects Mood (Part 1) (Nutrition Diva #282)

How Food Affects Mood (Part 2) (Nutrition Diva #283)

A provocative new study on ultra-processed foods (Nutrition Diva #735)

We need a better way to define ultra-processed food (Nutrition Diva #757 BONUS)

Research references:

Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial | Psychiatry Research | Volume 335, May 2024 (sciencedirect.com)

Association of Western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women | National Library of Medicine | Epub 2010 Jan 4 (nih.gov)

Vegetarianism and mental health: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study | National Library of Medicine | Epub 2024 Jan 24 (nih.gov)

Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses | British Medical Journal | 28 February 2024 (bmj.com)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation in the Treatment of Depression: An Observational Study | Neuromodulation in the Clinical Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders | 27 January 2023 (mdpi.com)

Nutrition and mental health: A review of current knowledge about the impact of diet on mental health | Nutrition, Psychology and Brain Health | 22 August 2022 (frontiersin.org)

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