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Old Sat, May-19-18, 11:52
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705336/

This review from 2013 covers most of the stuff from that article, maybe it was the basis for their stance.

One study shows eating one salmon meal a week associated with a 50 percent decrease in death from heart disease. I think salmon's great. It's possible it does save lives, but I won't be convinced until the data comes in from fish diet interventions vs. epidemiology.

This is interesting;

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Reduced anxiety in forensic inpatients after a long-term intervention with Atlantic salmon.
Hansen AL1, Olson G2, Dahl L3, Thornton D4, Grung B5, Graff IE6, Frøyland L7, Thayer JF8.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Atlantic salmon consumption on underlying biological mechanisms associated with anxiety such as heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR) as well as a measure of self-reported anxiety. Moreover, these biological and self-reported outcome measures were investigated in relation to specific nutrients; vitamin D status, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Ninety-five male forensic inpatients were randomly assigned into a Fish (Atlantic salmon three times per week from September to February) or a Control group (alternative meal, e.g., chicken, pork, or beef three times per week during the same period). HRV measured as the root mean square of successive differences (rMSSD), HR, state- and trait-anxiety (STAI), were assessed before (pre-test) and at the end of the 23 weeks dietary intervention period (post-test). The Fish group showed significant improvements in both rMSSD and HR. The Fish group also showed significant decreases in state-anxiety. Finally, there was a positive relationship between rMSSD and vitamin D status. The findings suggest that Atlantic salmon consumption may have an impact on mental health related variables such as underlying mechanisms playing a key role in emotion-regulation and state-anxiety.


Anxiety/depression is a bit hard to study in people, placebo effects tend to be "strong." Are people answering mood questionaires to please the researchers, are they optimistic specifically when thinking about an intervention that it might help, putting them in a better state just exactly when it's being measured, etc. But a good point here I tend to forget, vitamin d, at something like 500 iu per 100 grams, salmon can be a major source. I'm suspicious when something in diet affects my own mood, it has to hold true a fair number of times before I'll say, okay, that's a thing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431880
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