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Diet and Depression - Clinical Trials

Mengist B et al 2025 - The risk associated with ultra-processed food intake on depressive symptoms and mental health in older adults: a target trial emulation
Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
Healthy pregnancy diet boosts kids' emotional regulation - Clinical trial
Krzeczkowski et al 2024 - Adaptive changes in multiple aspects of emotion regulation in the offspring of pregnant persons receiving a diet-and-exercise intervention relative to usual pregnancy care: a randomized controlled trial
Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist
O'Neill et al 2024 - Clinical and cost-effectiveness of remote-delivered, online lifestyle therapy versus psychotherapy for reducing depression: results from the CALM non-inferiority, randomised trial
For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study
Bradley et al 2024 - Efficacy and safety of a mineral and vitamin treatment on symptoms of antenatal depression: 12-week fully blinded randomised placebo-controlled trial (NUTRIMUM)
Baynham R et al 2023 - Fat intake impairs the recovery of endothelial function following mental stress in young healthy adults
Omega-3 may be an “effective add-on therapeutic” for depression
Lu Y et al 2023 - Clinical impacts of n-3 fatty acids supplementation on depression symptoms: an umbrella review of meta-analyses
Romano et al 2023 - The gut microbiome in children with mood, anxiety, and neurodevelopmental disorders: An umbrella review
Baynham R et al 2023 - Fat Consumption Attenuates Cortical Oxygenation during Mental Stress in Young Healthy Adults
Critical Brain Nutrients: Evidence that Current Dietary Advice Harms Mental Health – and Potential Solutions
Berding K et al 2022 - Feed your microbes to deal with stress: a psychobiotic diet impacts microbial stability and perceived stress in a healthy adult population
Vitamin D could alleviate depression and support women’s health
Nutritional Treatments: The Next Frontier in Psychiatry
Food for thought: nutrition as a treatment for mental health conditions
Study finds Mediterranean diet improves depression symptoms in young men
Johnstone J et al 2022 - Micronutrients for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Youths: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial
Bayes J et al 2022 - The effect of a Mediterranean diet on the symptoms of depression in young males (the "AMMEND: A Mediterranean Diet in MEN with Depression" study): a randomized controlled trial
O’Neill S et al 2022 - Depression, Is It Treatable in Adults Utilising Dietary Interventions? A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
How small changes to prison food drastically cut inmate violence
Adjusting fatty acid intake may help with mood variability in bipolar disorders
Bozzatello P et al 2021 - Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence: The Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Saunders E et al 2021 - Adjunctive dietary intervention for bipolar disorder: a randomized, controlled, parallel-group, modified double-blinded trial of a high n-3 plus low n-6 diet
Firth J et al 2020 - Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing?
Zhang et al 2020 - The efficacy and safety of omega-3 fatty acids on depressive symptoms in perinatal women: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials
Psychology Today - Feel Better with Food
Adan et al 2019 - Nutritional psychiatry: Towards improving mental health by what you eat
Should We Use Food to Treat Depression?
Randomized controlled trial suggests healthier diet may directly reduce depression
Marotta et al 2019 - Effects of Probiotics on Cognitive Reactivity, Mood, and Sleep Quality
Micronutrients in Psychiatry: Sound Science or Just Hype?
Healthy diet can ease symptoms of depression
Firth et al 2019 - The effects of dietary improvement on symptoms of depression and anxiety
Marx et al 2017 - Nutritional psychiatry: the present state of the evidence.
Nutritional upgrade: Changes to diet may address depression: Study
Conner et al 2017 - Let them eat fruit! The effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on psychological well-being in young adult
Jacka et al 2017 - A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression
Antidepressants Plus Nutritional Supplements, Like Omega 3 And Vitamin D, May Treat Depression More Effectively
Do Vitamins and Supplements Make Antidepressants More Effective?
Hallahan et al 2016 - Efficacy of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in the treatment of depression
Raine et al, 2015 - Reduction in behavior problems with omega-3 supplementation in children aged 8-16 years
Omega-3 reduces anti-social behaviour in kids: Long term study
Aliev et al 2013 - Nutritional and Nonnutritional Factors in the Preservation of Cognitive Performance in Dementia/Depression and Alzheimer's Disease
Gomez-Pinilla & Nguyen 2012 - Natural mood foods: the actions of polyphenols against psychiatric and cognitive disorders
Corsica & Spring 2008 - Carbohydrate craving: a double-blind, placebo-controlled test of the self-medication hypothesis
Freeman et al. 2006 - Omega-3 fatty acids: evidence basis for treatment and future research in psychiatry
The Guardian - Why it's time we faced fats

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