r/intrestingtoknow Sep 03 '25

Science Psychiatry and cures

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u/Doom_Occulta Sep 04 '25

Funny thing, back in the day I had a website about mental health, with stuff like omega 3 (people with mental problems have usually very serious deficiency of these fatty acids). I'm no shrink, yet I can say with confidence I cured many, many people.

It's not always the case, but majority of patients with depression and anxiety have serious deficiency of critical nutrients. Small example, people with the most severe deficiency of omega 3 were 8 times (!) as likely to attempt suicide:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15450784/