From Importance of a balanced diet for mental health Science Daily
Omega-3, essential amino acids, B-group vitamins (B12 and folate), vitamin D and minerals like zinc, magnesium and iron.
A balanced and high-quality diet, such as the Mediterranean, provides all of these, the researchers note.
Jerome Sarris, Alan C Logan, Tasnime N Akbaraly, G Paul Amminger, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Marlene P Freeman, Joseph Hibbeln, Yutaka Matsuoka, David Mischoulon, Tetsuya Mizoue, Akiko Nanri, Daisuke Nishi, Drew Ramsey, Julia J Rucklidge, Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Andrew Scholey, Kuan-Pin Su, Felice N Jacka. Nutritional medicine as mainstream in psychiatry. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2015; 2 (3): 271 DOI:10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00051-0
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References include
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Authors are a part of International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR)
Which has an interesting set of publications online – with hyperlinks
- A randomized placebo-controlled trial of an omega-3 fatty acid and vitamins E+C in schizophrenia (Open Access)
- Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptoms over Time: Examining the Relationships with Socioeconomic Position, Health Behaviours and Cardiovascular Risk (Open Access)
- Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry (Open Access)
- Vitamin-mineral treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults: double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial
- Moving Towards a Population Health Approach to the Common Mental Disorders – (Open Access)
- Dietary patterns and suicide in Japanese adults: health center-based prospective study
- Fish Oil for Attenuating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Rescue Workers after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Open Access)
- Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women
- Serum folate and homocysteine and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women (Open Access)
- Green tea and coffee consumption is inversely associated with depressive symptoms in a Japanese working population
- PTSD and the attenuating effects of fish oils: Results of supplementation after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (Open Access)
- Are omega-3 fatty acids anti-depressants or just mood-improving agents? The effect depends upon diagnosis, supplement preparation, and severity of depression (Open Access)
- Long-Chain -3 Fatty Acids for Indicated Prevention of Psychotic Disorders (Open Access)
- Maternal and Early Postnatal Nutrition and Mental Health of Offspring by Age 5 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Depression, diet and exercise (Open Access)
- Preventative strategies in depression: gathering evidence for risk factors and potential interventions (Open Access)
- Therapeutic use of omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar disorder
- Association of Western and Traditional Diets With Depression and Anxiety in Women (Open Access)
- A prospective study of diet quality and mental health in adolescents (Open Access)
- The association between habitual diet quality and the common mental disorders in community-dwelling adults: The Hordaland Health Study (Open Access)
- Dietary selenium and major depression
- Red Meat Consumption and Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- The dietary intake of fish, PUFAs and clinical depressive and anxiety disorders in population-based women
- Diet quality and mental health problems in adolescents from East London: a prospective study
- The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and mental health disorders: evidence from four waves of a national survey of Canadians
- Nutrients and the common mental disorders
- A Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating an Annual High Dose Vitamin D3 and Mental Well-Being: Vital D Study (Open Access)
- Diet quality in bipolar disorder in a population-based sample of women
- Diet and depressed mood in adolescents: Results from the Healthy Neighbourhoods study
- The association between magnesium intake and depression and anxiety in community-dwelling adults: The Hordaland Health Study
- Diet, exercise, lifestyle modification and complementary medicine for anxiety disorders: A review of current evidence (Open Access)
- A randomised, controlled trial of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the SMILES trial): study protocol (Open Access)
- Broad-spectrum micronutrient formulas for the treatment psychiatric symptoms: A systematic review
- Shaken but unstirred? Effects of micronutrients on stress and trauma after an earthquake: RCT evidence comparing formulas and doses
- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for major depressive disorder
- Phospholipase A2 and cyclo-oxygenase 2 genes influence the risk of interferon-alpha-induced depression by regulating polyunsaturated fatty acids levels (Open Access)
- Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part II – contemporary contextual research (Open Access)
- Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part III – convergence toward clinical trials (Open Access)
- Clinical implications of lipid peroxidation in acne vulgaris: old wine in new bottles
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation in Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder and Ultra-High Risk Criteria for Psychosis: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids in emerging psychosis
- Decreased nervonic acid levels in erythrocyte membranes predict psychosis in help-seeking ultra-high-risk individuals
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation changes intracellular phospholipase A2 activity and membrane fatty acid profiles in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis
- Dietary intake of folate, other B vitamins, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to depressive symptoms in Japanese adults
- Serum pyridoxal concentrations and depressive symptoms among Japanese adults: results from a prospective study
- Fish consumption and cardiovascular response during mental stress (Open Access)
- Potential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in omega-3 fatty acid supplementation to prevent posttraumatic distress after accidental injury: An open-label pilot study (Open Access)
- Clearance of fear memory from the hippocampus through neurogenesis by omega-3 fatty acids: A novel preventive strategy for posttraumatic stress disorder? (Open Access)
- Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depressive symptoms in Japanese: analysis by survey season