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Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood
Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of diet quality and physical fitness on saliva cortisol, mood, and mental distress. These relationships were compared between a peak weekday (Wednesday) and a weekend day (Saturday) when mood may fluctuate. Methods: Forty-eight healthy co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742250 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127001 |
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author | Begdache, Lina Sadeghzadeh, Saloumeh Pearlmutter, Paul Derose, Gia Krishnamurthy, Pragna Koh, Ahyeon |
author_facet | Begdache, Lina Sadeghzadeh, Saloumeh Pearlmutter, Paul Derose, Gia Krishnamurthy, Pragna Koh, Ahyeon |
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description | Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of diet quality and physical fitness on saliva cortisol, mood, and mental distress. These relationships were compared between a peak weekday (Wednesday) and a weekend day (Saturday) when mood may fluctuate. Methods: Forty-eight healthy college students participated in the study. Participants completed the Mood and Anxiety Symptom (MASQ) and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale 10 questionnaires on Wednesday and Saturday and recorded their diet for three days. Saliva was collected before and after a workout for cortisol extraction. Results: SA had significantly higher saliva cortisol levels post-workout but lower MASQ scores on Saturday (p < 0.05). There was a very significant association between MASQ scores on Wednesday (p = 0.005), which became less significant on Saturday. In addition, lower BMI values and high-fat consumption were associated with higher cortisol levels after exercise (p < 0.05). Conclusions: There is a strong link between dietary factors, cortisol levels, mood, and time of the week. In addition, our results suggest that saliva cortisol levels may not be directly linked to negative affect but are influenced by diet quality when mental distress exists. In addition, physical fitness may play a role in improving mood during weekends. |
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spelling | pubmed-92223872022-06-24 Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood Begdache, Lina Sadeghzadeh, Saloumeh Pearlmutter, Paul Derose, Gia Krishnamurthy, Pragna Koh, Ahyeon Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of diet quality and physical fitness on saliva cortisol, mood, and mental distress. These relationships were compared between a peak weekday (Wednesday) and a weekend day (Saturday) when mood may fluctuate. Methods: Forty-eight healthy college students participated in the study. Participants completed the Mood and Anxiety Symptom (MASQ) and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale 10 questionnaires on Wednesday and Saturday and recorded their diet for three days. Saliva was collected before and after a workout for cortisol extraction. Results: SA had significantly higher saliva cortisol levels post-workout but lower MASQ scores on Saturday (p < 0.05). There was a very significant association between MASQ scores on Wednesday (p = 0.005), which became less significant on Saturday. In addition, lower BMI values and high-fat consumption were associated with higher cortisol levels after exercise (p < 0.05). Conclusions: There is a strong link between dietary factors, cortisol levels, mood, and time of the week. In addition, our results suggest that saliva cortisol levels may not be directly linked to negative affect but are influenced by diet quality when mental distress exists. In addition, physical fitness may play a role in improving mood during weekends. MDPI 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9222387/ /pubmed/35742250 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127001 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Begdache, Lina Sadeghzadeh, Saloumeh Pearlmutter, Paul Derose, Gia Krishnamurthy, Pragna Koh, Ahyeon Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title | Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title_full | Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title_fullStr | Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title_full_unstemmed | Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title_short | Dietary Factors, Time of the Week, Physical Fitness and Saliva Cortisol: Their Modulatory Effect on Mental Distress and Mood |
title_sort | dietary factors, time of the week, physical fitness and saliva cortisol: their modulatory effect on mental distress and mood |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742250 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127001 |
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