Flashback Friday: Plant Based Diets for Improved Mood and Productivity

The most comprehensive controlled trial of diet and mood finds that a plant-based nutrition program in a workplace setting across ten corporate sites significantly improves depression, anxiety, and productivity.

This is part of our Flashback Friday series, and originally aired in 2015.

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Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[plantlife]

Wholefood vegan. The best 'happy pill' on the market👍

[jakeandsarahhealthnuts]

Those thumbs down 👎 people just don’t want to give up the taste of flesh to be a happier person

[bigbunny]

I'd be interested in information related to childhood cancers. Some patients are so, so young - is there any correlation between the child and mother's diet before and during pregnancy? Thank you!

[craigbrowne]

Vegans stronger healthiest longest life  Fact

[craigbrowne]

Vegans healthiest people on the planet scientific fact

[redauwg]

404111   Works for the meat industry  TROLL alert

[gallectee]

Unsurprisingly whole foods plant based diets come out on top again. Great video and research one again Dr. Greger :)!!

[papayama]

If this is true then why does fried chicken make me so happy?

[positivekarolina]

Got to love these flash back fridays:)!
P.s any future videos on phytoplankton?;)

[dmitryrachmaninoff]

Doc please make a video explaining whether sauerkraut is healthy or not. Maybe there are some risks due to a fermentation process.
And thanks a lot for all your work, it's really great and so helpful!

[jilalazemi]

Organic fruits and vegetables are not available everywhere, and mostly are genetically modified so might actually do more harm than good. Also, how about the chemical are injected to the fruits?!

[ericsb]

People feel better when they think they are eating well, i.e., the diet you proclaim. I am not a paleo guy or vegan, but you forgot that placebo effect.

[Anarcath]

I’ve been on a plant based diet for years, and let me tell you, my bowel movements are like a religious experience... And I’m an

[DrDesHarrington]

Dietary improvements have since been more directly put to the test against depression in the randomised, controlled 'SMILES' trial, with some very promising results! I talked about it in one of my own videos in case anyone's interested. :)

[aliarsenal]

I'm not vegetarian but I find myself eating less meat nowadays. I don't want to go 100% vege. So I would want to limit myself when eating meat. If I eat two chicken wings every 3 days(say 6 chicken wings / week). Is it enough to be healthy level?

[Barnesyrasta]

Aye shoutout to Ellen G. White one time 🤷🏿‍♂️😂

[sooooooooDark]

this video is the absolute opposite of the truth
xD
look at all the ex vegans who get anxiety and depression after >3 years of eating starch based diets and lose the ability to digest any plants

buh wher is teh wesearch?

[silviolettra]

Does the egg have omega 6 or is it your way of preparation that makes it so?

[marisac.l.]

What a disappointment! I've been following you weekly about a year. And some people comment that you do everything to prove that only vegetarianism is healthy. Very well, I am a trained person and I am currently researching Ayurveda. I know the studies you has presented and so many others similar with the inverse results. Doctor, we know very well that veganism is not the food for all the people on this planet earth. For multiple contexts! I was sad with this exhibition!