What’s the connection between diet and anxiety symptoms?

Compared to typically less-healthy diets such as the Western diet, Mediterranean-style and vegan diets have some evidence for their ability to improve mood, although more research is necessary to confirm this.^[1] Drinking plenty of water, limiting alcohol and caffeine, avoiding any trigger foods, eating balanced meals, eating complex carbs, and having protein at breakfast may also assist with anxiety symptoms by improving mood and increasing the sense of well-being.^[2]