Preliminary Data

 

Our preliminary data reveal that men's and women's mood responds differently to different dietary patterns which could be potentially due to the difference in brain morphology. Men have larger cortices which may take slightly longer period of time to be affected by an unhleathy diet, whereas women tend to have a denser brain connectivity which has a higher turnover. This means that women are more sensitive to variations in diet and may require a spectrum of a healthy food to achieve a mental wellbeing.

Begdache et al. (2018). Principal component analysis identifies differential gender-specific dietary patterns that may be linked to mental distress in human adults. Nutr Neurosc. 1-14. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1500198.