nutritional psychiatry – A New Vision for Mental Health

Psychobiotics and the need for better interventional data

Author: Editorial 14th September 2023 0 Comments

This article (with relevance to mental health) has been published in BMC Medicine. It begins: “Gut microbiota composition has been associated with multiple health outcomes: various studies employing predictive genetic studies and randomised controlled trials suggest this is the case. More…
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anxiety, BMC Medicine, depression, diet, gut microbiota, nutritional psychiatry, probiotics, psychobiotics, Research

This Is Your Brain on Food

Author: Editorial 27th May 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “An Indispensible Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More”, this book has been written by nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo. The publishers say: “Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with…
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ADHD, books, depression, diet and mental health, food, nutritional psychiatry, OCD, PTSD, Uma Naidoo

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives

Author: Editorial 22nd October 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Kelly Brogan. The publishers say: “Depression is one of the UK’s leading causes of disability. One in four women in their 40s are prescribed antidepressant drugs BUT depression is a sign of malfunction of…
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antidepressants, books, depression, diet, gut microbiome, inflammation, Kelly Brogan, lifestyle changes, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, psychiatry, serotonin, sleep, women

What happened when I ate ultra-processed food for a month

Author: Editorial 7th June 2021 0 Comments

There is increasing evidence that the food we eat has a significant impact, positive or negative, on our mental health (see for example Brain Changer: How diet can save your mental health – cutting-edge science from an expert ). This BBC article is about an experiment involving Dr Chris van Tulleken and a month-long diet he…
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anxiety, BBC, Chris van Tulleken, diet, food, National Institute of Health, neuroscience, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, obesity, sleep disruption, wellbeing

The SMILEs Trial

Author: Editorial 3rd May 2021 0 Comments

The Food & Mood Centre have conducted a study called SMILEs (Supporting the Modification of lifestyle in Lowered Emotional States). Their report begins: “Many aspects of lifestyle, such as keeping active, being a non-smoker and maintaining a balanced diet are important…
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BMC Medicine, depression, diet, Felice Jacka, Food & Mood Centre, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, psychobiotics, Research

How diet can affect your mental wellbeing

Author: Editorial 24th February 2021 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC, who say: “As the world has changed drastically since the start of the pandemic, it may well be your diet has too. But does the food you eat really affect your mental wellbeing? We asked…
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diet, diet and mental health, Felice Jacka, gut microbiome, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, Sonal Shah, wellbeing

Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

Author: Editorial 11th December 2019 0 Comments

This free, online course is offered by FutureLearn (owned by the Open University) and explores the relationship between nutrition and brain health, why it matters, and how to work towards positive food changes. “Poor diet and poor mental health are leading causes of…
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diet, Food & Mood Centre, FutureLearn, gut microbiome, immune system, inflammation, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, wellbeing

Brain Changer: How diet can save your mental health – cutting-edge science from an expert

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2019 1 Comment

This book has been written by Prof. Felice Jacka. The publisher says: “A combination of Professor Felice Jacka’s love of food and her own experience of depression and anxiety as a young woman led her to question whether what we put…
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anxiety, books, depression, diet, Felice Jacka, food, gut microbiome, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry

Gut Feelings Study

Author: Editorial 21st October 2019 0 Comments

The Food and Mood Centre (Deakin University, Australia) is conducting research into ‘psychobiotics’. The researchers say: “The term ‘psychobiotics’ has recently been coined to refer to treatments for mental and neurological conditions that act via the gut microbiome. Specifically, these could…
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depression, diet, Food and Mood Centre, gut microbiome, mood, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, prebiotics, probiotics, psychobiotics, Research, synbiotics