Professor Tim Spector, who sells a £300 personalised nutrition program, said following a diet such as the one he promotes could boost mood more effectively than antidepressants.
READ MORE:Eating kimchi, kefir and beans could be more effective for treating depression and anxiety than taking antidepressants.
Failing to eat a diet rich in 'gut-friendly' food could also make antidepressants less effective, he said. 'It is mind blowing but if you think about what microbes do, they are basically chemical factories they produce thousands of chemicals and some of them affect the brain,' he added. ‘A lot of our mental health issues, and there’s an epidemic of them at the moment, is because we have an abnormal amount of gut microbes producing the wrong chemicals and our brain is misinterpreting these signals and thinks we are more ill then we really are.’
Going 'cold turkey' from antidepressants can trigger debilitating withdrawal symptoms including stomach problems, anxiety, restlessness and trouble sleeping.
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