Vegans report less stress and anxiety than omnivores

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 289-296

  Beezhold, Bonnie ^a   Radnitz, Cynthia ^b   Rinne, Amy ^a   Di Matteo, Julie ^b  

^a BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DASS 21; Plant based diet; Stress and diet; Vegan diet; Vegan mental health; Vegan mood; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE 21; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OMNIVORE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VEGAN; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; AFFECT; BODY MASS; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; VEGAN DIET;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, VEGAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VEGANS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84942241042     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000164     Document Type: Article

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