title: Nutrition and Bipolar Depression.
abstract: As with physical conditions, bipolar disorder is likely to be impacted by diet and nutrition. Patients with bipolar disorder have been noted to have relatively unhealthy diets, which may in part be the reason they also have an elevated risk of metabolic syndrome and obesity. An improvement in the quality of the diet should improve a bipolar patient's overall health risk profile, but it may also improve their psychiatric outcomes. New insights into biological dysfunctions that may be present in bipolar disorder have presented new theoretic frameworks for understanding the relationship between diet and bipolar disorder.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Box 3519 DUMC, Room 4082B, Yellow Zone, Duke South Clinics, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: john.beyer@dm.duke.edu.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.affiliation: Office of Research Development, Duke University School of Medicine, Davison Building/Green Zone, Suite 410, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
authors.forename: Martha E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3
keywords: Bipolar depression; Diet; Mediterranean diet; N-acetylcysteine; Nutrition; Omega-3 fatty acids; Vitamin D