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      • There is mounting scientific evidence that diet plays a role in mental health, as well as in chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Too much coffee, for example (or too much of any stimulant), can increase your anxiety; too much consumption of highly processed foods is associated with depressive symptoms.
      www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-health-nerd/202211/how-your-food-choices-affect-your-mental-well-being
  1. Epidemiological data suggests that unhealthy food consumption may be associated with poorer mental health through its adverse effects on inflammatory processes, nutritional status, and neurotransmitter function.

  2. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties and effects on dopamine and serotonin transmission, omega-3 has a role in brain development and functioning, with deficiencies linked to mental health problems, says Mary A. Fristad, PhD, of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

  3. Healthy eating patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, are associated with better mental health than “unhealthy” eating patterns, such as the Western diet. The effects of certain foods or dietary patterns on glycaemia, immune activation, and the gut microbiome may play a role in the relationships between food and mood.

  4. Nov 9, 2024 · Dieting can negatively impact mental health by fostering an unhealthy preoccupation with food, increasing stress, and contributing to feelings of guilt, shame, and anxiety.

  5. The negative impact of food insecurity on health and psychological well-being, such as despair, loss of happiness, marital conflict, and violence, highlights the importance of understanding the relationship between food and mental health.

  6. Sep 18, 2022 · Today, fortunately, the burgeoning field of nutritional psychiatry is finding there are many consequences and correlations between not only what you eat, how you feel, and how you ultimately behave, but also the kinds of bacteria that live in your gut. How the foods you eat affect your mental health.

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  8. Jun 12, 2024 · Background: Anxiety and depression can seriously undermine mental health and quality of life globally. The consumption of junk foods, including ultra-processed foods, fast foods, unhealthy snacks, and sugar-sweetened beverages, has been linked to mental health.