Why inflammation is depressing
A recent quote in the Journal of the American Medical Association said the following: “Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders are being thought of more and more as systemic illnesses in which inflammation is involved.”
Nutritional Psychiatry
If you have a heart attack, your cardiologist is very likely to speak to you (at least briefly) about what you eat. This is a good thing! The food you eat has a significant impact on your future heart disease risk. If you have an episode of depression, its fairly unlikely that your psychiatrist will talk to you about food. But there is a significant movement aiming to change this.