tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post1809898644564619722..comments2023-08-08T00:53:58.434-07:00Comments on Garth Kroeker: More evidence about the impact of nutrition on moodGKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14714377295981745087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post-74859946746742578962009-11-06T14:31:52.490-08:002009-11-06T14:31:52.490-08:00It is certainly true that most people have less he...It is certainly true that most people have less healthy nutrition, for a variety of reasons, during depressive episodes. But here is why this study goes further, to show nutritional behaviour directly affects future mood:<br /><br />The authors found no association between a previous report (past history) of depression, and dietary patterns 6 years later. This shows that, in their sample, a history of depression does not predict future negative dietary habits.<br /><br />The following is more directly pertinent to your question, though: part of the analysis looked at dietary habits in 1997-1999 among only those subjects who were NOT depressed at this 1997-1999 time point. Among these originally non-depressed subjects, a strong association remained between unhealthy dietary habits and developing depression by 2002-2004. <br /><br />These two components of their analysis support the conclusion that unhealthy diet directly increases the risk of becoming depressed in the future, and that the association found was not merely due to current active depression causing a less healthy diet.GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714377295981745087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post-53803633172987908132009-11-06T13:55:10.462-08:002009-11-06T13:55:10.462-08:00Hi Dr. K.,
How do they know the diet is causal and...Hi Dr. K.,<br />How do they know the diet is causal and not that those who are depressed have diets high in processed food for whatever reason...i.e.too tired to cook from scratch, craving certain foods because of meds or mood disorder etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com