Written by Laura Saslow:

Hi all! I’m a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, interested in better understanding the physical and mental health impacts of various diets. Although the gold-standard method of this research involves randomized controlled trials, a good first step can be to understand the effects of individuals already on particular diets. In other words, we might find that people on paleo diets have fewer mood swings or better sleep but that almost no one’s acne gets better. By doing this sort of survey research, we can better guide the targeted randomized controlled trials later on.

There’s SO little good research on how various diets impact our psychological and physical well-being. Please help change that by taking part in our surveys.If you are currently on a diet (low carb, paleo, etc.), please answer this survey: http://ucbpsych.qualtrics.com/ SE/?SID=SV_dfXAIcZzWtJN3Ks .If you are thinking of changing your diet, but haven’t yet, please first take our survey here: http://ucbpsych.qualtrics.com/ SE/?SID=SV_eaJSs3TEF8YrdHK

If you know others who are on a low carb diet, a paleo diet, a low fat diet, or some other kind of diet, please share the links with them.Help us do better research on how diets influence our psychological and physical health!!

Thanks!

– Laura Saslow