Isn’t the placebo effect strong here? It’s hard to have any kind of sham Mediterranean diet for the control participants. The dieters know they are dieters, doesn’t that knowledge- “I’m doing something for my health” influence the depression as much as nutrition?
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I don't doubt the benefits of a good diet, I've seen it myself, but having been depressed enough to where I couldn't even eat, there was no way munching on some whole grains or kale was going to bring me out of it. Only a more put-together person can start thinking about improving their diet. Which I eventually did, but that was long after I escaped the worst of my depression.
Yeah, I'm never too impressed by these. Once I have control over my depressive states, I can start looking at things like exercise or diet. But if I'm highly depressed, those things end up on the back burner and I'm much more interested in solutions to _that_.