As someone with a colourful history of anxiety disorders, including spells of debilitating panic attacks, I'm somewhat sceptical whenever there's a headline suggesting a new approach to overcoming the issue.
I've tried them all, doc; precious few actually move the needle.
Nutritional approaches are particularly suspect if you ask me. It’s not that eating your way to better mental health is all that fanciful. What’s difficult is proving it.
Linking a specific diet or nutrient to reduced anxiety is extremely complicated, because how do you design a study that zeroes in on cause and effect when there’s so much background noise in a person’s diet, lifestyle or genetics?
I said I’m a sceptic and that’s true. But when it comes to anxiety, I’m also game for trying anything that’ll lower the volume of symptoms that too often get in the way of everyday living.
