Nutritional Psychiatry: How Dietary Patterns Impact Mental Health & Preventive Care

Nutritional psychiatry explores how dietary patterns —especially high diet quality, omega‑3 fats, fiber, and gut‑healthy foods—can support mental health and elevate preventive care . Emerging evidence links whole‑food nutrition with improved mood, reduced depression risk, and enhanced preventive wellbeing. Silhouette of head made from whole‑food ingredients illustrating nutritional psychiatry, mental health, and preventive care. Read also: Top AI Trends in Healthcare From Diagnostics to Drug Discovery Understanding Nutritional Psychiatry: Core Concepts & Evidence Nutritional psychiatry is an emerging discipline exploring how diet and nutritional interventions influence mental health, including mood disorders like depression and anxiety . Research indicates that dietary patterns can influence the risk and management of mental disorders. Observational studies have shown that nutrient-dense, whole-food diets—such as the Mediterranean diet —are associated with a lower ...