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> We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression... > ...that greater fat and carbohydrate intake

> We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression... > ...that greater fat and carbohydrate intake is directly associated with anxiety and depression and inversely correlated with gut microbiome diversity. So which is it when it comes to fat? My experience says fat and fiber make me feel good. Carbohydrates bad. Protein, neither good nor bad.

saurik 3y ago
I didn't see how to get the actual paper off this website. I got it off of ResearchGate, though. Maybe this inconsistency can be figured out there (I ran out of the time I was able to allocate towards figuring this out just now). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369458140_The_Role_of_Diet_on_the_Gut_Microbiome_Mood_and_Happiness https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369458140_The_Role_...
syl_sau 3y ago
The last paragraph of the Discussion section makes it clear that fat on its own isn't to blame: > This pilot study examined correlations between diet composition, mental health, mood and happiness, and the gut microbiome to find that fat and protein reduce anxiety and depression while carbohydrates have the opposite effect. As I'm understanding it, this is funded by a public health institution in the USA. Health institutions all around the world have been especially sensible to the idea that cholesterol and saturated fat are absolutely bad, even if we know now that it's probably not the case. I guess they kept it politically correct in the Abstract to save face, even though their study says the opposite. Now it should be noted, as others' have, that it's just a n=22 study. Full paper available for free here : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10055576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10055576/

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> We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression... > ...that greater fat and carbohydrate intake

by jaredhallen 3y ago

saurik 3y ago
I didn't see how to get the actual paper off this website. I got it off of ResearchGate, though. Maybe this inconsistency can be figured out there (I ran out of the time I was able to allocate towards figuring this out just now). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369458140_The_Role_of_Diet_on_the_Gut_Microbiome_Mood_and_Happiness https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369458140_The_Role_...
syl_sau 3y ago
The last paragraph of the Discussion section makes it clear that fat on its own isn't to blame: > This pilot study examined correlations between diet composition, mental health, mood and happiness, and the gut microbiome to find that fat and protein reduce anxiety and depression while carbohydrates have the opposite effect. As I'm understanding it, this is funded by a public health institution in the USA. Health institutions all around the world have been especially sensible to the idea that cholesterol and saturated fat are absolutely bad, even if we know now that it's probably not the case. I guess they kept it politically correct in the Abstract to save face, even though their study says the opposite. Now it should be noted, as others' have, that it's just a n=22 study. Full paper available for free here : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10055576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10055576/