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>t's all about long-term vs short-term state of mind. I think the point is the "state of mind" is a product of everything else going on in the body. It will b
by throwaway_law 7y ago
>t's all about long-term vs short-term state of mind.
I think the point is the "state of mind" is a product of everything else going on in the body. It will be infinitely more difficult to have a positive state of mind while your body is contending with chronic inflammation and your unhealthy gut isn't producing serotonin. Your right 3 weeks isn't enough, but biomarkers can be dramatically improved in 3 weeks with change of diet, especially with respect to chronic inflammation.
- Merrill 7y agoThey did a 3-month followup: >Of the 33 individuals who were able to be contacted, 7 (21.2%) said they had maintained the diet, 19 (57.6%) reported they had maintained some aspects of the diet and 7 (21.2%) reported they had not maintained the diet. There was no difference in depression outcomes between these 3 groups (chi-square >.05). They don't seem to have done the 3-month follow up with the control group.
- AstralStorm 7y agoIt's super tiny group anyway - the experiment is highly underpowered even if they did check control group. Most importantly it is not a cross design, and even that would need in excess of hundred patients to be meaningful. As is they can be measuring the effect of attention and any kind of change on depression, given some genetic, phenotypical or environmental susceptibilities incidentally found in their treatment group. Meaning the conclusion is not possible to generalize. These tiny studies, especially of low quality and poor design are an annoying waste of time and money.
- CreepGin 7y agoArgument can be made that the mind can change the body just as the body can change the mind. But yes, the notion that "state of mind is a product of everything else going on in the body" does make it easier for empirical studies.