Food and nutrient intake in relation to mental wellbeing

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Baseline daily food consumption and nutrient intake of subjects self-reporting depression, anxiety or insomnia, and all three or none of the symptoms.

	Depressed mood (n = 4314)		Anxiety (n = 6498)		Insomnia (n = 5550)		All three symptoms (n = 1670)		No symptoms (n = 19116)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Fish (g)	39.3	30.2	39.9	30.2	40.1	30.3	40.3	32.9	39.3	29.8
Milk (g)	212	315	203	316	226	321	219	325	220	322
Coffee (ml)	595	374	601	372	567	364	583	382	609	349
Meat (g)	78.0	38.4	80.2	38.8	77.6	38.6	78.0	37.8	78.6	37.2
Vegetables (g)	256	103	264	104	253	104	255	106	263	101
Margarine (g)	11.5	21.1	11.5	20.8	10.7	20.3	11.8	21.3	10.2	19.8
Carbohydrate (g)	308	97.7	309	96.8	300	96.7	304	97.6	303	94.0
Protein (g)	105	30.6	105	30.2	103	31.2	105	31.6	103	28.9
Fat (g)	125	41.8	125	41.8	123	42.2	125	43.4	122	40.6
Sugar (g)	38.5	27.5	38.3	28.0	36.9	26.7	37.7	27.6	38.1	26.5
Lysine (g)	6.42	1.97	6.44	1.95	6.37	2.01	6.44	2.04	6.30	1.86
Serine (g)	4.12	1.31	4.27	1.30	4.22	1.33	4.28	1.35	4.18	1.24
Tryptophan (g)	1.28	0.38	1.29	0.38	1.27	0.39	1.29	0.40	1.26	0.36
Omega-3 fatty acids (total) (g)	2.21	0.93	2.24	0.92	2.16	0.92	2.23	0.97	2.14	0.87
Omega-3 fatty acids (from fish) (g)	0.47	0.28	0.48	0.29	0.48	2.89	0.49	0.30	0.46	0.28
Omega-3 fatty acids (from vegetables) (g)	1.77	0.82	1.79	0.80	1.70	0.80	1.77	0.86	1.70	0.77
Omega-6 fatty acids (g)	10.12	6.82	10.14	6.70	9.70	6.65	10.17	7.05	9.44	6.31
Omega-6/omega-3 ratio	4.47	2.00	4.45	2.01	4.41	2.03	4.50	2.30	4.34	1.85
Folic acid (μg)	342	106	344	105	335	106	340	107	336	103
Vitamin D (μg)	5.59	3.21	5.65	3.18	5.60	3.18	5.72	3.23	5.45	3.08

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