#473: Diet & Depression (What Do We Actually Know?) – Nicole Lippman-Barile, PhD

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Introduction

Depression is a common disorder and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Depression results from a complex interaction of social, psychological, and biological factors.

Diet has been one area that has been suggested in playing a role; from potential for exacerbating symptoms to being a treatment. And while some associations have been noted, many claims far exceed what (little) evidence exists.

Online it is common to see people claiming certain diets can treat depression or that certain foods will improve outcomes. However, does the evidence match such claims?

In trials that have been published on diet-depression, there has been considerable media attention and fanfare around some results. For example, the SMILES trial published out of Australia. However, some have raised considerable concerns about the interpretation of such findings.

In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Nicole Lippman-Barile is on the podcast to discuss what we currently know about diet and depression, what issues exist with current studies, and why many nutrition-mental health studies are being incorrently interpreted.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sigmundutrition Radio. This is episode number 473. And as you can possibly tell by my voice, I am Dr. Alan Flanagan
0:25.9	in relief of much needed rest for Mr. Danny Lennon. And today, I think you're really going to enjoy
0:34.1	this episode. We'll be discussing diet and depression research, but specifically
0:39.8	really digging into some methodological aspects of doing research in this area.
0:46.2	And there'll be a nice overlap between nutrition and psychology, methodology, and research.
0:51.5	Today's guests on social media has been described as a more cheerful
0:55.7	version of me. That's not particularly a high bar. And given that she is a clinical psychologist
1:03.1	specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy, that is reassuring as well. I'm joined by Nicole
1:09.8	Lippman-Briel. Nicole, thank you for coming on to
1:12.9	Submen Nutrition Radio. How are you? Hi, thank you so much for having me. I am great. How are you?
1:19.6	I'm good. Yes, it's evening time here. So it's the end of my week. This is a good way to wrap it out.
1:26.4	I think for our listeners, I'm sure some of them now
1:30.7	are familiar with your work on social media, but if you might give them a little bit of who you
1:36.8	are, what you do, and a little bit of, yeah, your background. Yeah, sure. So I am a clinical psychologist.
1:45.2	I am technically trained in cognitive behavioral therapy.
1:49.2	And I do specialize in the treatment of OCD and other compulsive disorders along with anxiety disorders and depressive disorders.
1:57.3	So that's really what I do in my practice in terms of treatment.
2:07.6	And on the side, for fun and a slight obsession, I am really interested in like the psychology behind beliefs and misinformation and how that plays out on social media and how that kind of has
2:13.6	infiltrated our current culture.
2:16.6	So I spend a decent amount of time reading about it and then trying to make content about it,
2:22.3	to try to sort of help people think about this more broadly instead of just sort of person-to-person.
2:29.3	And I'm also still obsessed a little bit with the diet, mental health relationship and really
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