@article{ref1,
title="The effects of dietary cholesterol-lowering on psychological symptoms: a randomised controlled study",
journal="Psychology, health and medicine",
year="2009",
author="Weidner, Gerdi and Connor, Sonja L. and Gerhard, Glenn T. and Duell, P. Barton and Connor, William E.",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="255-261",
abstract="The relationship of plasma cholesterol-reducing interventions to emotional states, such as depression and hostility, remains a topic of debate. The present study employed a randomised, controlled design, and was conducted at a clinical research center to test the effect of dietary cholesterol-lowering on psychological symptoms. Ten women and eight men were randomly assigned to one of two counterbalanced diet cycles (low-fat versus high-fat diet; isocaloric; 6 weeks each; separated by a washout period). Analyses for repeated measures revealed that the low-fat diet significantly reduced total, LDL and HDL cholesterol, when compared with baseline and the high-fat diet. As expected, weight remained unchanged. Ratings of depression, hostility and global severity of psychological symptoms as measured by the SCL-90-R also improved significantly on the low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diet when compared with baseline. These results suggest that plasma cholesterol-lowering in the context of a low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diet may have a beneficial effect on psychological symptoms.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1354-8506",
doi="10.1080/13548500902730101",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548500902730101"
}