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Sep 18, 2022 · Studies have compared "traditional" diets, like the Mediterranean diet and the traditional Japanese diet, to a typical "Western" diet and have shown that the risk of depression is 25% to 35% lower in those who eat a traditional diet. Scientists account for this difference because these traditional diets tend to be high in vegetables, fruits, unprocessed grains, and fish and seafood, and to ...
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Oct 23, 2023 · “When somebody’s diet is rich with things like antioxidants, phytonutrients and fiber, we know that person is going to get a variety of different vitamins and minerals that support anti-inflammatory properties of the body. Those properties are then going to beneficially alter the neurotransmitters, which in turn affects mood and cognition.”
Sep 29, 2024 · A poor diet over a lifetime, leading to obesity, will significantly impair overall cognitive function. A healthy diet has minimal effects on daily intelligence measures in healthy young and middle ...
Apr 1, 2024 · The linked diet and cognition and mental health might be related to alterations in molecular biomarkers as well as changes in brain structure and functions. ... E. A. Food and mood: how do diet ...
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Dec 6, 2017 · This review addresses recent work linking dietary fat intake and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary imbalance with inflammation in developing, adult, and aged brains. Thus, early-life diet ...
- Sarah J. Spencer, Aniko Korosi, Sophie Layé, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ruth M. Barrientos
- 2017
Hypothesised relationship between diet, physical health, and mental health. The dashed line is the focus of this article. While acknowledging the complex, multidirectional nature of the relationships between diet and mental health (), in this article we focus on the ways in which certain foods and dietary patterns could affect mental health.
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Jun 29, 2020 · Poor nutrition may be a causal factor in the experience of low mood, and improving diet may help to protect not only the physical health but also the mental health of the population, say Joseph Firth and colleagues ### Key messages Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health conditions worldwide, making them a leading cause of disability.1 Even beyond diagnosed conditions ...
