Linking what we eat to our mood: A review of diet, dietary antioxidants, and depression

Studies have shown how important nutrition and food are in avoiding and treating depression. This review by Huang et al. (2019) seeks to clarify the connections between dietary patterns, specific foods, and nutrients such as antioxidants and their influence on depression. Foods like fish, fresh vegetables, and fruits and balanced diets like the Mediterranean diet are associated with a lower incidence of depression and its symptoms. Conversely, sugary beverages and Western diets heavy in fat are linked to a higher incidence of depression. Dietary antioxidants, including green tea polyphenols and isoflavonoids, reduce depression and depressive symptoms. The review concludes that diet patterns, specific foods, and antioxidants are vital for the prevention and clinical management of depression. [NPID: Depression, food, dietary pattern, nutrition, oxidative stress, inflammation, cytokine]

Year: 2019

Reference: Huang, Q., Liu, H., Suzuki, K., Ma, S., & Liu, C. (2019). Linking what we eat to our mood: A review of diet, dietary antioxidants, and depression. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 8(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8090376