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> For me, if I stray into a problematic food, I am intensely depressed for at least a day or more, reminding me of what I worked to 'cure'. Out of curiosity, d
by intro-b 6y ago
> For me, if I stray into a problematic food, I am intensely depressed for at least a day or more, reminding me of what I worked to 'cure'.
Out of curiosity, do you believe there's a possibility of this effect being mostly (or purely) psychological? I understand that there's a robust and growing body of research linking nutrition, inflammation, gut health, and mental health, but they seem to be either over long timeframes or meta-analysis of other studies. When I read people's reviews of how keto/carnivore/low-carb/vegan impacted their mental health, I'm always wary of statements that link a one or two-time ingestion of a certain food type with a complete relapse of symptoms, although maybe I haven't been properly paying attention to my own body.
- spacephysics 6y agoI agree the research isn’t there to the same rigor as other fields. Thus I too don’t like to rely too heavily on it. My experience is N=1, anecdotal, but the subjective difference is astonishing. And although correlation != causation, it can imply it. It took a few months of eating consistently to see results, and taking detailed logs daily with subjective rating system made it as close to “scientific” for myself, to review change over time. Alas that isn’t true science, and I’m not sure how we can truly test nutrition, ethically. Studies in other animals have similar effects as epidemiological studies: they point to variables we should casually test.