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Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood.

Lina BegdacheSaloumeh SadeghzadehPaul PearlmutterGia DerosePragna KrishnamurthyAhyeon Koh
Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
There is a strong link between dietary factors, cortisol levels, mood, and time of the week. In addition, our results suggest that saliva cortisol levels may not be directly linked to negative affect but are influenced by diet quality when mental distress exists. In addition, physical fitness may play a role in improving mood during weekends.
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