Nutritional psychiatrists say food shouldn’t replace other treatments for mental health, including therapy and prescription drugs, but it shouldn’t be ignored either. A number of studies have suggested that dietary changes can lead to meaningful improvements in mood and mental well-being.
New York Times — Jan 24, 2022
It’s encouraging that western medicine is studying the link between diet and health, both mental and physical. But this sentence shows how much farther we need to go before we see as living healthfully as the primary goal, and prescription drugs as a last resort, to be used sparingly. Even in a story titled “The Best Brain Foods You’re Not Eating”, the best they can do is say that eating for health should not be ignored, as a secondary benefit after meds.