Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Depression
If depression can be induced with pro-inflammatory drugs, might an anti-inflammatory diet be effective in preventing and treating mood disorders?
Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression
Aerobic exercise interventions found comparable to antidepressant medication in the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder.
Antioxidants & Depression
Neither antioxidant or folic acid supplements seem to help with mood, but the consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables and folate-rich beans and greens may lower the risk for depression.
Fish Consumption & Suicide
The mercury content in fish may help explain links found between fish intake and mental disorders, depression, and suicide.
Plant-Based Diets for Improved Mood & Productivity
The most comprehensive controlled trial of diet and mood finds that a plant-based nutrition program in a workplace setting across ten corporate sites significantly improves depression, anxiety, and productivity.
Aspartame & the Brain
The reason artificially sweetened beverages have been associated with depression may be because of psychological disturbances recently tied to aspartame (“Equal” or “NutraSweet”).
Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work?
Freedom of Information Act documents show drug companies hid critical findings from doctors and the public.
Best Food for Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction
The spice saffron may not only work as well as SSRI antidepressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft without the side effects; they may be able to even treat the adverse sexual side effects that occur in up to 70% of people taking them.
Fighting the Blues with Greens?
Natural monoamine oxidase enzyme inhibitors in fruits and vegetables may help explain the improvement in mood associated with switching to a plant-based diet.
Saffron vs. Prozac
A head-to-head test of the spice saffron versus Prozac for the treatment of clinical depression.
Gut Feelings: Probiotics & Mental Health
We’ve known our mental state can affect our gut flora, but might our good bacteria be affecting our mental state?
HOW NOT TO DIE: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, & Reversing Our Top 15 Killers
In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.
Is Fish “Brain Food” for Older Adults?
Why has fish consumption been associated with cognitive impairment and loss of executive function?
Fibromyalgia vs. Mostly Raw & Mostly Vegetarian Diets
How plant-based does one’s diet need to be in order to effectively treat fibromyalgia?
How to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection
Slow-paced breathing at the right frequency can result in a vagal nerve activation, which may have a variety of beneficial effects.
Lead Contamination in Bone Broth
Popular with paleo diet advocates, organic chicken broth is tested for the presence of the toxic heavy metal lead.