Vitamins have dozens of positive studies in mental health, but is it better to give one single vitamin or a broad variety? Or should you just stick with a healthy diet? In this interview, Dr. Julia Rucklidge explains the difference, and how micronutrients can help people with ADHD, irritability, emotional...

A healthy diet is associated with an approximately 30% reduction in the risk for depression and a 40% improvement in cognition. That’s after controlling for education, income, other health behaviors, and body weight. This podcast discusses a recent interview with Felice Jacka, MD, Professor at Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

We have a decade of observational evidence linking the quality of people’s diets to their risk for depression. Those findings were pretty consistent across countries, cultures, and age groups: A healthy diet is associated with an approximately 30% reduction in the risk for depression and a 40% improvement in cognition.