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The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by kevviiinn »

RugnirViking wrote: post #2

Interesting. Note this has not yet been peer-reviewed, so findings must be taken with an especially large pinch of salt even compared to your average paper. In this case, they only looked at 20 adults over 2 weeks, so I feel that any conclusions drawn here are circumstancial at best. Apparently the reseach was funded by NIH and therefore at least partly the taxpayer. Seems like a bit of a strange study to fund, in my…

Most grants fund large projects out of which smaller papers are written. I don't think any grant is funding individual papers like you seem to imply

Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by twobitshifter »

runlaszlorun wrote: post #12

I’ll confess that I’ve only read the abstract, but was totally confused by this apparent contradiction… > We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression vs > We have shown that changing diet affects mood and happiness, that greater fat and carbohydrate intake is directly associated with anxiety and depression The first says fat reduces anxiety and depressio…

I guess directly associated doesn’t indicate the direction of the correlation. The paper could use another round of edits, there are several confusing phrases.

Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by runlaszlorun »

blakesterz wrote: post #13

"After the diet change, we observed significant changes in measures of anxiety, well-being and happiness, and without changes in gut microbiome diversity. We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression, while consuming higher percentages of carbohydrates was associated with increased stress, anxiety, and depression." I think most of us would agree that make…

> I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap?

I’m just an average joe trying to figure out how to improve a diet, but I haven’t found much of a consensus regarding fats vs proteins vs carbohydrates.

Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by JPws_Prntr_Fngr »

nimbius wrote: post #8

I believe the study is onto something pretty conclusive. Speaking anecdotally, ive never eaten anything from Chipotle that didnt leave me with a haunting sensation of fear and remorse.

Chipotlaway can take care of the bloodstains, if not the fear and remorse.

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Post by samstave »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #11

This doesn’t seem to be worded very well: > greater fat and carbohydrate intake is directly associated with anxiety and depression Carbohydrate was positively correlated, and fat was negatively correlated with anxiety and depression.

Your brain needs fats. Your muscles need carbs. You need to exercise both.

Ill never forget the comment of my grandmother, a life-long surgical nurse to one of the top neurosurgeons in California.

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My daughter was opening the fridge and eating handfuls of butter when she was tall enough to do so (abt 3 years old)

I called my grandmother and asked her about this

She said to me :

"let her do it, the brain needs fats to grow"

my daughter is smart as heck. She is 18 now and is wicked smart.

--

Also we benefit from the Norwegian gut biom... we can handle any lactose.

I think that gut biome transfers are actually a new genre of biomedical science... (recall the ulcer guy? he proved that ulcers were a bad bacteria.)

I really think that we should pursue gut biome treatments

Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by runlaszlorun »

volleygman180 wrote: post #14

I'm glad to see more studies on this, as it's long been misunderstood how strong of a connection there is between the gut microbiome and mental health. Some go as far to referring to the gut as our second-brain, due to its critical role. Serotonin (the moood-regulating neurotransmitter), for instance, is produced _primarily_ in the gut (up to 95% of it). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469458/#:~:tex...…

That serotonin study was an eye opener for me. As a non-professional it sure seems like we have only half a clue how the body works.

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Post by stronglikedan »

runlaszlorun wrote: post #23
blakesterz wrote: post #13

"After the diet change, we observed significant changes in measures of anxiety, well-being and happiness, and without changes in gut microbiome diversity. We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression, while consuming higher percentages of carbohydrates was associated with increased stress, anxiety, and depression." I think most of us would agree that make…

> I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap? I’m just an average joe trying to figure out how to improve a diet, but I haven’t found much of a consensus regarding fats vs proteins vs carbohydrates.

I improved mine significantly by just cutting out processed foods. Almost everything I eat is made from whole ingredients, and no artificial or "diet" anything. I'm in much better shape, both mentally and physically, because of it. It also helps with portion control, since I'm getting the maximum amount of nutrients from my food, so I don't "feel hungry later".

Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by nawgz »

runlaszlorun wrote: post #23
blakesterz wrote: post #13

"After the diet change, we observed significant changes in measures of anxiety, well-being and happiness, and without changes in gut microbiome diversity. We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression, while consuming higher percentages of carbohydrates was associated with increased stress, anxiety, and depression." I think most of us would agree that make…

> I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap? I’m just an average joe trying to figure out how to improve a diet, but I haven’t found much of a consensus regarding fats vs proteins vs carbohydrates.

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Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by aszantu »

that's literally me... I've observed that it takes about 4 days between carb consumption and mental breakdown. Also before the mental breakdown appears, the smell changes from nice to sour. The sour smell seems to be connected to high stress, it's really hard to remove from clothes.
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