Nutrition Psychiatry **** Food for Mood

Food for Mood

It’s widely known that nutrition directly impacts your physical health. The benefits of a nutrient-dense eating approach go well beyond the physical, however. What and how you eat can also influence your mental, emotional, and even spiritual wellness. The field of nutritional psychiatry makes the connection between healthy food and a healthy mindset. Understanding the foundations of nutrition and being able to make informed choices around your eating approach can positively affect every aspect of your life and promote overall well-being.

Let's support your mental health with eating the right food. What's the nutrient density of your diet? How many calories doesn't tell us anything. How many nutrients are we getting per calorie? How does food get used to help promote neuroplasticity and to decrease processes liek inflammation?

Let's talk about what you eat..

Really determines a lot about brain health. 

List of nutrients of what is most important for mental health. Which foods are highest in them? 

Watercress and oysters - "Anti depressant foods" 

For those 60 calories in oysters- 500% daily zinc, 1/3 of iron, 245% of vitamin b-12, 500 mg of long chained omega 3 fatty acids

Sardines, wild salmon, oysters or another food that has long chain fatty acids promotes brain growth and they sit in membrane of neuron they help sodium potassium channels that are under every electrical signal in your brain and they add to flexibility of those neuronal membranes and help with inflammation within the membranes. Every time you have a neuronal transition you have a synapse with releases vesicles and when those have omega 3s function better in the brain. Omega 3s help with brain growth, fight inflammation, help with overall construction and function of braincells.