During an 11-year study ending in 2010, Spanish researchers estimated the fatty acid intake of over 12,000 university graduates to evaluate the association between fatty acid intake and depression.
Researchers recently published an article in International Journal of Science and Research that recommended these 5 natural ways for dealing with sleep disorders.
Did you know that if you follow a Mediterranean diet, you could improve your mental health?
In 2004, Italian researchers published an article in Public Health Nutrition, showing a possible link between following a Mediterranean diet and age-related cognitive decline. Over 5600 Italians over the age of 65 were tested, and researchers found that a traditional Mediterranean diet “appears to protect against [age-related cognitive decline] and cognitive decline of vascular or degenerative origin.”
Last month, researchers in Puerto Rico and the United States published a paper in Functional Foods in Health and Disease on the influence diet has on people with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
The researchers tested 116 patients (ranging in age from 2–25 years old) who had a diagnosis of ADHD. They followed them from 3 months–3 years, comparing the distribution of fatty acids, essential metals, and the levels of metabolic stress factors.
The journal Nutrition recently published an article online by researchers in Oman exploring a connection between autism and nutrition.
The researchers tested the levels of folate and vitamin B12 in 80 Omani children (half with autism spectrum disorder and half without). They discovered that the study participants who had autism spectrum disorder also had significantly lower levels of vitamin B12 and folate.
They recommended “increasing efforts to ensure sufficient intakes of essential nutrients by children with ASDs to minimize or reverse any ongoing impact of nutrient deficiencies.”
This is just another study confirming the link between nutrition and mental health.
Improving one’s mental health requires a holistic approach. It is unreasonable to seek out one treatment or solution and expect it to work miracles. To improve mental health significantly, one must improve several facets of life: sleep, exercise, stressful situations, relationships, mindfulness, therapy, and so on.
One area of life that seems to be a problem for many people to change is diet. We have listed below 5 types of food that have been proven to be linked to improved mental health.
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Earlier this month, American researchers at Columbia University published an article in Current Psychiatry regarding how vitamins are linked to mental health.
The researchers specifically reviewed vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B9, B12, C, D, and E and their roles in brain metabolism and psychiatric pathology.
Last month, researchers at the University of Alberta and Dalhousie University published an article in Public Health Nutrition exploring a connection between diet and mental health in youth.
Researchers received Food Frequency Questionnaires from over 3700 Nova Scotia youth between 10 and 11 years of age. They analyzed the FFQs for diet quality based on variety, adequacy, moderation, and balance. With parental permission, they used provincial health care numbers to get access to physician diagnoses on internalizing disorders (such as depression and anxiety).
Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Alberta and Dalhousie University published an article in Public Health Nutrition exploring a connection between diet and mental health in youth.
Researchers received Food Frequency Questionnaires from over 3700 Nova Scotia youth between 10 and 11 years of age. They analyzed the FFQs for diet quality based on variety, adequacy, moderation, and balance. With parental permission, they used provincial health care numbers to get access to physician diagnoses on internalizing disorders (such as depression and anxiety).
Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Western Australia published an article in Preventive Medicine regarding the connection between adolescent mental health and low B-vitamin intake.
Researchers analyzed a year’s diet of 835 17-year-old participants specifically for relative vitamin B intake. They also used the Youth Self Report to assess mental health and behaviour. What they found was an apparent association between vitamin B intake and emotional or mental health problems.
Last month, New Zealand researcher Julia Rucklidge spoke at a University of Canterbury seminar about the effect the Western diet is having on mental health.
“We know a lot of this in terms of [physical] illness, but not a lot of people consider the effects of diet on mental illness. A lot of studies show that eating poorly leads to mental illness,” she said.