Can food really lower your risk of depression or anxiety? More and more nutrition studies suggest that including certain mood-boosting foods in your diet may be beneficial for long-term mental health.

This National Nutrition Month, Keystone Health explores the link between diet and mental health.

To maintain your mental health and mood daily, certain dietary and lifestyle choices can be beneficial. While we know getting enough sleep and exercising can be helpful mood boosters, diet can also ...

The proverbial “sugar high” that follows the ingestion of a sweet treat is a familiar example of the potentially positive effects of food on mood. On the flip side, feeling “hangry” — the phenomenon ...

The connection between what we eat and how we feel extends far beyond physical energy levels. Our growing understanding of the gut-brain axis reveals how dietary choices directly influence ...

Still, human data is more nuanced. “While the evidence that the gut microbiome affects mood is relatively strong, evidence that changing the gut microbiome improves mood is not as strong,” Ziegelstein ...

Understanding that food impacts our mood is something we all intuitively grasp. Think about why you drink that coffee or tea in the morning. Or why you reached for that sweet treat in the afternoon.

New research reveals that UPFs may be consumed more out of emotional distress and addiction than pleasure, challenging assumptions about why we reach for processed snacks. Study: Factors Affecting ...

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