https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/27/1227062...
I've resolved most of my diabetes type 2 with diet, and nobody should be surprised that this came with improved mental clarity and emotional stability.
I've been a health junky my whole life, very in shape, and I eat well.
Of course that helps my mental health a lot.
However, I still get depressed. I suffer from chronic sleep apnea (it's related to my anatomy, so I can't exercise out of it, it's around 79 AHI). I take zoloft for anxiety and it has helped me to calm down and enjoy my life more.
And finally, I recently got diagnosed with ADHD. I'm fairly high functioning without meds, but with meds I can finally do all the things I've wanted to. My todo list, those things I used to forget or put off, I just do them now.
So yes, take care of yourself, but don't feel bad if it doesn't solve everything. Some of us need extra help, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. I understand you weren't shaming folks, but I really want to share this in case folks think they're broken for needing medication.
And sometimes you need the help from medication to kick-start being more healthy physically, don't be ashamed! We are all different.
This is because sadly diet, fitness and weight loss are some of the topics this otherwise very lucid website literally loses its mind over. Another is natality.
This happens a lot in a different context when people talk about AI and try to reduce human intelligence and creativity to just brain function.
The main intervention there is ketogenic dieting. Ketosis is required for brain healing, as a sick brain is an overexcited brain, to the point of toxicity.
Of course, optimal nutrient intake, particularly brain related nutrients (which is most of them, really, but omega-3 fatty acids, and, yes, cholesterol are particularly important).
We have an overwhelming mountain of evidence that saturated fat intake from animal sources above a certain threshold percent of one's caloric intake causally increases risk of heart disease through well-characterized mechanisms and that reducing one's intake below that threshold causally improves health.
https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/a-basic-guide-to-choles...
Likewise the benefits of a high fiber diet are also overwhelmingly documented, and it's a rare person for whom it isn't beneficial. Your doctor can tell you if you're one of these unlucky people.
You can eat a keto diet that's low in saturated fats from animals and high in fiber, but that's rarely done and most of the health benefits from keto is from the increased rate of adherence to a diet that makes it easier to stay in a caloric deficit.
But yet putting those facts together leads significant resistance.