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     • A healthy diet promotes a healthy gut, which communicates with the brain through what is known as the gut-brain axis. Microbes in the gut produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, which regulate our mood and emotions, and the gut microbiome has been implicated in mental health outcomes.
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     How Food Affects Mental Health - The New York Times

2. www.health.harvard.edu › blog › nutritionalNutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health

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   Sep 18, 2022 · Eating high-quality foods that contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants nourishes the brain and protects it from oxidative stress — the "waste" (free radicals) produced when the body uses oxygen, which can damage cells.

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   Jan 3, 2023 · Eating certain foods can affect your mood and overall mental well-being. There are ways to choose foods that are best for your mental health while still enjoying some of your favorite treats.

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5. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC7322666Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental ...

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   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. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms that link food and mental wellbeing and determine how and when nutrition can be used to improve mental health

6. www.apa.org › monitor › 2017The link between food and mental health

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   Can nutrition affect your mental health? A growing research literature suggests the answer could be yes. Western-style dietary habits, in particular, come under special scrutiny in much of this research.

7. www.uclahealth.org › news › articleYou are what you eat: Diet may affect your mood and brain ...

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   Oct 23, 2023 · “There are studies that show the connection between highly processed foods and depression and anxiety,” Gavi said. “However, I’m always cautious when telling people to limit or restrict certain foods. That can add to their stress, which can lead to binge eating and also affect the gut microbiome.”

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   Jun 29, 2020 · Although mood itself can affect our food choices, plausible mechanisms exist by which high consumption of processed carbohydrates could increase the risk of depression and anxiety—for example, through repeated and rapid increases and decreases in blood glucose.

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   Can food cause stress?

   • Teralyn Sell, PhD, psychotherapist and brain health expert, says the biggest food culprits that contribute to stress are caffeine, sugar, alcoholic beverages, and not eating at all. She explains that, “Foods or beverages that contain caffeine can increase your heart rate, cause jitters, make it difficult to sleep, etc.

   What You Eat Can Directly Impact Stress and Anxiety, Research Shows

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   Are processed foods affecting your mood?

   • So, while highly processed foods may not directly be the cause of poor mood, they can certainly contribute when they make up most of the diet,” says McMordie. Understanding how blood sugar regulation or reactive hypoglycemia, which is low blood sugar that occurs after eating, can cause stress and anxiety is helpful, too, says Sell.

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   How does diet affect mood & anxiety?

   • Mood is regulated by the brain, and to work properly, the brain needs optimal fuel from nutrients in food Although studies have shown that diets high in processed foods, fast food, and sugar are more likely to increase depression and anxiety than diets like the Mediterranean diet, she notes that many of them fail to explain why this is.

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   How does food affect mental health?

   • How the foods you eat affect your mental health Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate sleep and appetite, mediate moods, and inhibit pain.

   Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health

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   How does diet affect mood & cognition?

   • “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.”

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10. www.healthline.com › nutrition › diet-and-mentalCan Your Diet Affect Your Mental Health?

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    Jun 29, 2022 · One of the most powerful steps you can take towards eating for your mental health is to pay particularly close attention to how various foods and beverages affect the way you feel.