Abstract
A study from Australia in 2016 found improvements in psychological well‐being after increases in fruit and vegetable consumption, The Conversation reported Feb. 7. Researchers of a new study said they wanted to know if this finding held true using a larger sample (more than 40,000 participants) from the U.K. Household Longitudinal Study. Their analysis showed that increases in the consumption of fruit and vegetables are linked to increases in self‐reported mental well‐being and life satisfaction in data that spans a five‐year period, even after accounting for other determinants of mental well‐being such as physical health, income and consumption of other foods. The estimates from their work suggest that adding one portion to your diet per day could be as beneficial to mental well‐being as going for a walk on an extra seven to eight days a month. This result is encouraging, as it means that one possible way to improve your mental health could be something as simple as eating an extra piece of fruit every day or having a salad with a meal, researchers stated. Large trials are needed to provide robust evidence that the link is causal, they said.
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