Dr. Sarah Berry

What we know is that diet's playing a really big role. So when we look at the association between overall healthy dietary patterns, And symptoms, we see that that has a large role. We see that physical activity has some role, not as big as I thought it would have. We see that living with obesity has a role. We see that smoking has a role as well.

What we know is that diet's playing a really big role. So when we look at the association between overall healthy dietary patterns, And symptoms, we see that that has a large role. We see that physical activity has some role, not as big as I thought it would have. We see that living with obesity has a role. We see that smoking has a role as well.

What we know is that diet's playing a really big role. So when we look at the association between overall healthy dietary patterns, And symptoms, we see that that has a large role. We see that physical activity has some role, not as big as I thought it would have. We see that living with obesity has a role. We see that smoking has a role as well.

But out of those, our current analysis, although we're still kind of crunching some of the numbers, we showed that having a healthier diet is the single biggest change outside of taking HRT that you can do to reduce your symptoms. But we do need to point out that this is data from what we call longitudinal data, where we follow people up over a period of time. We don't have a control group.

But out of those, our current analysis, although we're still kind of crunching some of the numbers, we showed that having a healthier diet is the single biggest change outside of taking HRT that you can do to reduce your symptoms. But we do need to point out that this is data from what we call longitudinal data, where we follow people up over a period of time. We don't have a control group.

But out of those, our current analysis, although we're still kind of crunching some of the numbers, we showed that having a healthier diet is the single biggest change outside of taking HRT that you can do to reduce your symptoms. But we do need to point out that this is data from what we call longitudinal data, where we follow people up over a period of time. We don't have a control group.

It's not a kind of randomized control trial. So we can't say that this is conclusively causal evidence that changing your diet absolutely causes this amount of change.

It's not a kind of randomized control trial. So we can't say that this is conclusively causal evidence that changing your diet absolutely causes this amount of change.

It's not a kind of randomized control trial. So we can't say that this is conclusively causal evidence that changing your diet absolutely causes this amount of change.

So we looked at diet in a number of ways. We first calculated an overall diet score. And this is what we often do as nutritional scientists just to see, is there something going on? And there's different diet scores out there. There's scores like the Mediterranean diet score. There's scores like the PDI, which is the plant dietary index score.

So we looked at diet in a number of ways. We first calculated an overall diet score. And this is what we often do as nutritional scientists just to see, is there something going on? And there's different diet scores out there. There's scores like the Mediterranean diet score. There's scores like the PDI, which is the plant dietary index score.

So we looked at diet in a number of ways. We first calculated an overall diet score. And this is what we often do as nutritional scientists just to see, is there something going on? And there's different diet scores out there. There's scores like the Mediterranean diet score. There's scores like the PDI, which is the plant dietary index score.

And there's a score called the HEI, the healthy eating index, which is basically a measure of how well we're adhering to kind of dietary guidelines, for example, in the US. So we looked at a few different scores.

And there's a score called the HEI, the healthy eating index, which is basically a measure of how well we're adhering to kind of dietary guidelines, for example, in the US. So we looked at a few different scores.

And there's a score called the HEI, the healthy eating index, which is basically a measure of how well we're adhering to kind of dietary guidelines, for example, in the US. So we looked at a few different scores.

They're all kind of the same in terms of that they are roughly encouraging, you know, very much high fiber, plant based, whole foods, low in ultra processed foods, low in refined carbohydrates in general. And what we found was that for every few point increase in these diet scores, you were seeing a reduction in symptoms.

They're all kind of the same in terms of that they are roughly encouraging, you know, very much high fiber, plant based, whole foods, low in ultra processed foods, low in refined carbohydrates in general. And what we found was that for every few point increase in these diet scores, you were seeing a reduction in symptoms.

They're all kind of the same in terms of that they are roughly encouraging, you know, very much high fiber, plant based, whole foods, low in ultra processed foods, low in refined carbohydrates in general. And what we found was that for every few point increase in these diet scores, you were seeing a reduction in symptoms.

Now, some of the symptoms were reduced to a greater extent than other symptoms. So there's some symptoms that diet seemed to have a bigger impact. So particularly the psychological symptoms, diet seem to have the biggest impact. So these symptoms are, for example, the mood swings, the irritability, the anxiety, as well as some of the other cognitive conditions like memory loss.

Now, some of the symptoms were reduced to a greater extent than other symptoms. So there's some symptoms that diet seemed to have a bigger impact. So particularly the psychological symptoms, diet seem to have the biggest impact. So these symptoms are, for example, the mood swings, the irritability, the anxiety, as well as some of the other cognitive conditions like memory loss.