<story><title>The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness</title><url>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36993403/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>runlaszlorun</author><text>&amp;gt; I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap?&lt;p&gt;I’m just an average joe trying to figure out how to improve a diet, but I haven’t found much of a consensus regarding fats vs proteins vs carbohydrates.</text></item><item><author>blakesterz</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;After the diet change, we observed significant changes in measures of anxiety, well-being and happiness, and without changes in gut microbiome diversity. We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression, while consuming higher percentages of carbohydrates was associated with increased stress, anxiety, and depression.&amp;quot; 
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I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap?&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;We also found strong negative correlations between total calories and total fiber intake with gut microbiome diversity without correlations to measures of mental health, mood or happiness.... inversely correlated with gut microbiome diversity.&amp;quot;
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I kept reading this second paragraph trying to understand the &amp;quot;without correlations&amp;quot; part. And also the  negative correlations part. And then the full-text has this, which helped I think:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   &amp;quot;Furthermore, total calories and fiber had a negative correlation with gut microbiome diversity, and anxiety and depression decrease as the gut diversity increases.&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hombre_fatal</author><text>Minimize saturated fat (by replacing it with unsaturated fat). Get enough protein. Eat healthy carbs*.&lt;p&gt;* On HN and other social media, &amp;quot;carbs&amp;quot; is a euphemism for sugar and cake rather than beans and vegetables, so people will talk about how carbs made them fat when you know they&amp;#x27;re not talking about slamming back-to-back cans of garbanzos.&lt;p&gt;And don&amp;#x27;t take any nutrition advice seriously that doesn&amp;#x27;t break fat apart into saturated and unsaturated.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness</title><url>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36993403/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>runlaszlorun</author><text>&amp;gt; I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap?&lt;p&gt;I’m just an average joe trying to figure out how to improve a diet, but I haven’t found much of a consensus regarding fats vs proteins vs carbohydrates.</text></item><item><author>blakesterz</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;After the diet change, we observed significant changes in measures of anxiety, well-being and happiness, and without changes in gut microbiome diversity. We found strong correlations between greater consumption of fat and protein to lower anxiety and depression, while consuming higher percentages of carbohydrates was associated with increased stress, anxiety, and depression.&amp;quot; 
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I think most of us would agree that makes sense? Eat like crap, feel like crap?&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;We also found strong negative correlations between total calories and total fiber intake with gut microbiome diversity without correlations to measures of mental health, mood or happiness.... inversely correlated with gut microbiome diversity.&amp;quot;
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I kept reading this second paragraph trying to understand the &amp;quot;without correlations&amp;quot; part. And also the  negative correlations part. And then the full-text has this, which helped I think:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   &amp;quot;Furthermore, total calories and fiber had a negative correlation with gut microbiome diversity, and anxiety and depression decrease as the gut diversity increases.&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stronglikedan</author><text>I improved mine significantly by just cutting out processed foods. Almost everything I eat is made from whole ingredients, and no artificial or &amp;quot;diet&amp;quot; anything. I&amp;#x27;m in much better shape, both mentally and physically, because of it. It also helps with portion control, since I&amp;#x27;m getting the maximum amount of nutrients from my food, so I don&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;feel hungry later&amp;quot;.</text></comment>