Prep This Healthy Snack to Help Manage Schizophrenia Symptoms
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Make This Snack Part of Your Schizophrenia Care

Make This Snack Part of Your Schizophrenia Care
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Make This Snack Part of Your Schizophrenia Plan

You may not think of meal prep as part of managing schizophrenia, but it should be. Here’s why you should keep this healthy snack at the ready in your fridge.
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Today's Tip: Cut up some fresh fruit or veggies to snack on.

Today's Tip: Cut up some fresh fruit or veggies to snack on.

What You’ll Do

1. Take five minutes to slice up produce into snackable pieces.

2. Once you’ve selected and cut up your fruits and veggies for the week, place them in containers at eye level in the fridge. This way, you’ll be more inclined to reach for them when hunger strikes.

How It Helps Schizophrenia

Research suggests an anti-inflammatory diet (including foods rich in fiber, omega-3s, and vitamins C and D) may help reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia and negative side effects of antipsychotic medication.

 Eating lots of fruits and vegetables is a core part of an anti-inflammatory diet, and you can make it easier to incorporate them into your daily meals by slicing them up and storing them ahead of time.

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Resources
  1. Matrisciano F. Functional Nutrition as Integrated Intervention for In- and Outpatient With Schizophrenia. Current Neuropharmacology. July 31, 2023.
  2. Marshall M. Quick-Start Guide to an Anti-Inflammation Diet. Harvard Health Publishing. March 30, 2026.
  3. Piłat P et al. The Use of Ascorbic Acid in Adjunctive Treatment for Schizophrenia — Current State of Knowledge. Life (Basel). June 28, 2024.
  4. What fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamin C and dietary fibre? The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Department of Health.
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