Discover the powerful, growing evidence base between diet and mental health (nutritional psychiatry). We explore the benefits of the Mediterranean diet for Depression, the evidence for supplements and mental health, why inflammation, the gut microbiome and neurogenesis may be key mechanisms involved in diet and mental health, how our eating patterns affect the environment and much, much more...
Dr. Lais Bhering Martins is aDietitian and Researcher in the field of Nutritional Psychiatry. Lais is a Scientific Collaborator at the Geneva School of Health Science.
Chapters
0:00 Show Intro
3:30 Lais’ Journey in Nutritional Psychiatry
6:45 Nutritional Psychiatry
14:55 Mediterranean Diet
28:50 Ketogenic Diet
32:25 Vegetarian Diet
35:40 Diet for Mental Health in Clinical Practice
41:00 Supplements and Gut Health
53:35 Diet and Neurogenesis
1:00:05 Sustainable Food Systems
1:09:05 Changing Dietary Behaviours
Show Notes
"Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) addition in migraine acute treatment" by Martins et al. (2019)
"Nutritional Psychiatry: Where to Next?" by Jacka (2017)
"A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial)" by Jacka et al. (2017)
"Food and Mood Centre" https://foodandmoodcentre.com.au/
"Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies" by Lane et al. (2022)
"NOVA Food Classification System" https://ecuphysicians.ecu.edu/wp-cont...
"Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence" by Sarnyai & Palmer (2020)
"Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial" by Sethi et al. (2024)
"Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence" by Jain et al. (2022)
"Exploring the role of dietitians in mental health services and the perceived barriers and enablers to service delivery: A cross-sectional study" by Teasdale et al. (2023)
"A Mediterranean-style dietary intervention supplemented with fish oil improves diet quality and mental health in people with depression: A randomized controlled trial (HELFIMED)" by Parletta et al. (2019)
"A review of the nutritional challenges experienced by people living with severe mental illness: a role for dietitians in addressing physical health gaps" by Teasdale et al. (2017)
"Oxidative Stress and Inflammation: What Polyphenols Can Do for Us?" by Hussain et al. (2016)
"Nutrition, adult hippocampal neurogenesis and mental health" by Zainuddin et al (2012)
"Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: a longitudinal investigation" by Jacka et al. (2015)
"EAT-Lancet Diet Report" https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21633/8/
"EAT-Lancet Diet Video" https://eatforum.org/learn-and-discover/eat-lancet-explained/
"Seven Countries study" https://www.sevencountriesstudy.com/