Food, hunger, and diet play a much larger role when it comes to our mental health than we might think. Here are two research-backed examples of how our food habits impact mental health.There are as many types of diets and food restrictions in the world today as there are types of food. There’s veganism, vegetarianism, pescetarianism, dairy-free, and gluten-free diets, just to name a few.
The researchers report that the relationship between food restriction and loneliness is equivalent in magnitude to the association between being unmarried and loneliness, which they also measured in the study. Orthorexia is a condition associated with significant dietary restrictions including the omission of entire food groups. Orthorectics tend not to consume food that has been processed with pesticides, herbicides, or artificial substances, which seems reasonable. But they are highly worried about the techniques and materials involved in food preparation.