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A Possible Antidepressive Effect of Dietary Interventions: Emergent Findings and Research Challenges.

Gilciane CeolinVitor BredaElena KoningArun Chinna MeyyappanFabiano A GomesJúlia Dubois MoreiraFernando GerchmanElisa Brietzke
Published in: Current treatment options in psychiatry (2022)
Lifestyle interventions surrounding diet and nutrition are a relatively affordable way to enhance response to treatment and to be employed as an adjunct in mental health care. Most studies, however, are limited by the difficulty in controlling for the placebo effect. Mediterranean-style diets seem to be the most promising as an adjunctive treatment for mood disorders. Larger randomized controlled trials that could assess predictors of response to dietary interventions are needed to establish a clear positive effect of diet and guide clinical care and nutritional recommendations concerning mental health care.
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