Anti-inflammatory diets and mental health: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and systematic evidence syntheses (opens in new tab)

BackgroundInflammation has been proposed as a biological pathway linking diet to mental health. Anti-inflammatory dietary patterns, including the Mediterranean and DASH diets, may reduce systemic inflammation and thereby influence mental health outcomes. However, evidence across study designs has not been comprehensively synthesized.ObjectiveThis scoping review aimed to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic evidence syntheses to summarize the effects of anti-inflammatory...