Mood, food, and obesity

In this 2017 editorial, the aim was to set the scale of the mental illness problem into context while presenting recent evidence linking nutrition to psychological outcomes. Owen and Corfe (2017) wrote that the intent of the 2016 Nutrition Society Winter Meeting, “Diet, nutrition and mental health and wellbeing,” was to review where the evidence […]

This 2019 review investigated the benefits of dietary patterns and consumption of certain foods on depression. The balanced Mediterranean Diet was found to reduce risk of depressive symptoms, while the Western Diet consisting of more saturated fats and refined sugars would more likely lead to depression by disturbing gut microflora and reducing nutrient absorption. Furthermore, […]