In my seemingly endless research of solutions to mental health issues, I've found that diet makes a much bigger difference than I used to think. I have anxiety and depression, both pretty bad though the depression is more in waves. I've found that a diet completely cutting sugar out 100% (except one small apple a day), along with no processed food or fried food, completely erased 90% of my anxiety, my mood swings stopped, and I was very patient all of the time rather than my usual add type of behavior. That along with being in bright sunlight drastically changed my mental health. I think my poor nutrition and overnight work shifts were the reason for the all-time-low I had with my mental health a year ago. Thankfully I now have day shifts and am learning about nutrition's relation to mental health. I was only able to stick to that diet for about 5 days unfortunately. I am a little obsessed with food haha.
I am going to do a Whole30 experiment soon to see how that affects my mental health. If I noticed drastic results in a few days, I'm excited to see how I'll feel after 30 days.
Is anyone else interested in nutrition's relation to mental health? What else can people with anxiety and depression try when it comes to diet and exercise? I was talking to an author of a book about gut health and he thinks I have a Candida overgrowth but I don't think there's a way for me to get tested. I do have symptoms of an unhealthy gut so I think he may be on to something...
I am going to do a Whole30 experiment soon to see how that affects my mental health. If I noticed drastic results in a few days, I'm excited to see how I'll feel after 30 days.
Is anyone else interested in nutrition's relation to mental health? What else can people with anxiety and depression try when it comes to diet and exercise? I was talking to an author of a book about gut health and he thinks I have a Candida overgrowth but I don't think there's a way for me to get tested. I do have symptoms of an unhealthy gut so I think he may be on to something...