Possible relation between consumption of different food groups and depression

This 2020 systematic review, conducted methodologically as recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, determined whether there are associations between red and processed meat consumption with depression (incident and prevalent) . The researchers scoured through the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus to gather the relevant […]

Imbalances in the dietary intake of long chain (LC) n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were found to potentially affect emotional regulation and lead to developing mental disorders, including depression. In their earlier works, Yoshikawa et al. (2015) demonstrated an association between fish consumption, a major source of LC n-3PUFA, and resilience to depression […]