Nutritional factors, physical health and immigrant status are associated with anxiety disorders among middle-aged and older adults: findings from baseline data of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Jacka et al. (2017) executed this 12-week, single blind, randomised controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of a dietary improvement program for the treatment of major depressive episodes. The intervention consisted of seven individual nutritional consulting sessions delivered by a clinical dietician. The control condition was comprised of a social support protocol adhering to the […]

This 2019 study, the first RCT to assess young adults, tested the positive association between “healthy” diet consumption and reduced depressive symptoms. It targeted young adults with elevated levels of depression symptoms who did not eat healthily. The 101 young adults were randomly categorized into either the diet group (which implemented a diet alteration for […]