Stress, dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease: a mini-review

Cardiovascular events are triggered by mental stress. In healthy people, acute abnormalities in endothelial function can be brought on by a single stressful experience. Crucially, people frequently turn to bad habits during stressful times, such as eating more high-fat meals, which is also known to have a detrimental effect on endothelial function. Baynham et al. […]

El Ansari et al. (2014) assessed the relationship between nutritional behavior with stress and depressive symptoms, by sex and university, using a sample of undergraduates (n = 3706) studying in one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The self-administered questionnaires included a 12-item food frequency questionnaire, Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale and modified Beck Depression Inventory. […]