Discussion Diet and Mental health

[grapevoid]

Has anyone here really delved into food additives and preservatives and their effect on mental health?

I'm linking an article here- I've over the years done quite a bit of reading on this and just curious what other have learned.

Connections Between Food Additives and Psychiatric Disorders

What are the connections between what we eat and disorders such as anxiety and depression?

www.psychiatrictimes.com

Side note: if you have not read the book "this is your brain on food" I highly recommended. I'm happy to share the PDFs from the book that include a chart of vitamins, which mental health disorders they help and common ways to get them through food if anyone is interested!

 

[timf]

I have heard that fish oil (omeg3) helps with bipolar.

 

[grapevoid]

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I have heard that fish oil (omeg3) helps with bipolar.

I dont think I saw that one on this list specifically, but I have heard that before! I posted the list pdfs from the book

 

[사람이 없어]

Many people including me have had great success with ketogenic diets, or a combination of an elimination diet that's also ketogenic.
Doesn't work for everyone, and atm it isn't helping me as much either, sadly, but that's because of life circumstances constantly triggering me and bringing me down which diet obviously won't help on, but beyond that it does help regulating my emotions, mood swings and focus to a certain extent.
It's not a 100% miracle cure for 100% of the people, but depending on the symptoms I look at for myself, and assuming I can isolate for factors out of my control, it helps me somewhere between 25% and 75% compared to eating a mixed diet, even if that mixed diet is still really restrictive with me avoiding a lot of foods I don't tolerate well.

I've toyed with EPA and DHA before as well but never found any significant effect from that and with all the negative research surrounding them as well I stopped taking it for now. Took it on and off for 3 years prior to that to try and see if I'd notice anything but there was no effect for me whatsoever. Mainly saw a sharp decrease in triglycerides on my labs when I had them checked, but that was the most significant and almost only change I saw. I might've seen better cognitive performance but that might've been complete placebo for all I know.

I also take creatine, which might help based on some studies, but I don't want to stop it and do some more thorough science on this so I have no idea if it works like that on me or not. My primary reason for taking it is exercise, though, where I know it has an effect.

 

[deadbidaylight]

Many people including me have had great success with ketogenic diets, or a combination of an elimination diet that's also ketogenic.
Doesn't work for everyone, and atm it isn't helping me as much either, sadly, but that's because of life circumstances constantly triggering me and bringing me down which diet obviously won't help on, but beyond that it does help regulating my emotions, mood swings and focus to a certain extent.
It's not a 100% miracle cure for 100% of the people, but depending on the symptoms I look at for myself, and assuming I can isolate for factors out of my control, it helps me somewhere between 25% and 75% compared to eating a mixed diet, even if that mixed diet is still really restrictive with me avoiding a lot of foods I don't tolerate well.

I've toyed with EPA and DHA before as well but never found any significant effect from that and with all the negative research surrounding them as well I stopped taking it for now. Took it on and off for 3 years prior to that to try and see if I'd notice anything but there was no effect for me whatsoever. Mainly saw a sharp decrease in triglycerides on my labs when I had them checked, but that was the most significant and almost only change I saw. I might've seen better cognitive performance but that might've been complete placebo for all I know.

I also take creatine, which might help based on some studies, but I don't want to stop it and do some more thorough science on this so I have no idea if it works like that on me or not. My primary reason for taking it is exercise, though, where I know it has an effect.

I am also on the keto diet. I find I kind of spiral when I'm not actively on it. I'm bloated, my mood swings are awful and I'm lethargic. I also sleep horribly.

Keto turns me into a different person. I feel great, I have much more patience and I don't get the energy crash. I sleep well, and the food is great. I originally went on it to lose weight which is a huge plus that it works and I've found success in it. I am still losing weight because I've got more to go, but I'm more into the diet now due to how it makes me feel rather than just the weight loss.