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ArticleAmerican journal of lifestyle medicine2025

Connections Between Diet and Mental Health: Comparing Participants Randomized to Vegan and Omnivorous Diets in the Nutritious Eating With Soul (NEW Soul) Study.

Enid A Keseko, Gabrielle M Turner-McGrievy, John A Bernhart, Alexis Bell, Shiba Bailey, Ye S Kim, Nkechi Okpara, Sara Wilcox, Edward A Frongillo

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Enid A KesekoDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-4500
Gabrielle M Turner-McGrievyDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).
John A BernhartDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-4195
Alexis BellDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).
Shiba BaileyDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).
Ye S KimPrevention Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (YK, SW).
Nkechi OkparaDepartment of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University, CA, USA (NO).
Sara WilcoxDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (SW).
Edward A FrongilloDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (EK, GM, JB, AB, SB, EF).

Funding

A nutrition-based approach to reduce heart disease risk among overweight African Americans: Use of soul food plant-based or omnivorous diets to address cardiovascular diseaseR01HL135220 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI TURNER-MCGRIEVY, GABRIELLE MICHELLE · 2017 to 2021
$3.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL135220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on vegan diets and mental health shows mixed results but most of the studies have been cross-sectional and among white populations. This study examined changes in perceived stress and mental wellbeing among African American adults aged 18-65 years (N = 159) with overweight/obesity, who were randomized to vegan or omnivorous diets in a 2-year nutrition intervention. Changes in outcomes were assessed using intent-to-treat analysis with mixed model repeated measures. Both groups experienced decreased stress from baseline, seen at 6, 12, and 24 months for the omnivorous group and at 12 and 24 months for the vegan group. The omnivorous group showed improved mental wellbeing at 24 months. There were no differences in changes between the groups at any timepoint (P > 0.05) for stress and mental wellbeing. There were no differences between adherent vegan vs adherent omnivorous participants in changes in either outcome at any timepoint (P > 0.05). Prior research suggests increased stress and reduced mental wellbeing or reduced stress and increased mental wellbeing among individuals following a vegan diet, but this study found no difference in changes in stress and mental wellbeing between participants randomized to vegan or omnivorous diets.

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African Americansdietmental healthstressvegan

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PMID40937322
PMCPMC12420652

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