A nutritional program that focused on increased intake of prebiotics and probiotics improved cardiometabolic health in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.
Evidence indicates that patients with psychiatric disorders, particularly long-term mental disorders, have higher rates of disability, morbidity and mortality — all of which can exacerbate the risk for cardiometabolic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, Alfonso Sevillano-Jiménez, of Reina Sofia University Hospital in Spain, and colleagues wrote. Lifestyle