Food & Mood
Food & Mood

Author: Elizabeth Somer

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 1999-12-15

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1429941561

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Food and Mood will help you balance your moods, boost your energy level, and take back your life now! Why do you feel tired after eating a full meal? Why do you have so much trouble concentrating? Why do you crave chocolate? Can diet affect depression? Is there a natural cure for insomnia? Nutrition expert Elizabeth Somer answers all these questions and more in this completely updated and revised second edition to her nutritional guide Food and Mood. The result of research encompassing thousands of the most up-to-date scientific studies, Somer explains how what we eat has a direct influence on how we feel, think, sleep, look, and act. She addresses specific food-related issues including health conditions, food cravings, diet struggles, stress, PMS, winter blues, energy levels, depression, memory, and sleep patterns, as well as tackling the issue of supplements and providing the real story on those you need and those you don't. This entirely new edition covers the latest information on how to: - naturally fight fatigue and stress - boost brain power and improve memory with the latest supplements - fight depression with exercise and special dietary fats called omega-3 fatty acids - satisfy your cravings for chocolate, ice cream, potato chips, and steak without sacrificing your waistline - sleep better naturally - and much more! Included is Somer's revolutionary Feeling Good Diet, a program that shows you how to take control of your eating habits to benefit mood and mental functioning now.

Food, Mood, and More
Food, Mood, and More

Author: Kathleen D Zamperini

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-01-08

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13:

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Would you like to feel better? Have you ever wondered how real, lasting change happens? Food, Mood, and More reveals how nutrition can be a powerful tool in the quest for improved emotional health. What we eat is one of the most important decisions we make each day. The author brings a unique perspective as a licensed professional counselor, with a degree in nutrition and certification with the Mental Health Integrative Medical Institute. She also shares her tool kit of effective strategies therapists teach to improve emotional health. In this book you will learn: The connection between stimulants, anxiety and sleep - including effective strategies for calming your mind Key nutrients to support emotional health 7 practical steps to improve mood How you can tune up your brain and neurotransmitters How to identify mood boosters and mood busters How to stock your kitchen with healthy feel-good food How to make lasting, effective changes Food, Mood, and More also includes a brief food assessment to help you determine where to begin on your journey to improved emotional health, a sample three-day menu plan, and recipes to utilize mood boosters.

The Food-Mood-Body Connection
The Food-Mood-Body Connection

Author: Gary Null

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Published: 2001-12-04

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9781583222577

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h and Physical Well-Being Health expert and best-selling author Gary Null here reveals how nutritional and environmental approaches can effectively treat many health problems. Exploring the effects of food allergies, vitamin deficiencies and environmental toxins on mental and emotional health, he also covers disorders in children and lists current articles linking nutritional factors with health concerns.

Good Mood Food
Good Mood Food

Author: Natalie Savona

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2018-12-25

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1848993617

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The ultimate guide to using the power of food to improve your mood, energy and mental wellbeing, with over 70 specially selected recipes. This brilliantly accessible diet book explains how you can use simple steps in your nutrition to manage any mood disorder. Each chapter explains how to use diet to combat the most common issues that affect people of all ages. Looking at all the ways in which disordered mood can manifest, Good Mood Food discusses specific body mechanisms, underlying causes, symptoms, nutrient needs and recipes that support these for each category: improve your energy levels, focus, resist cravings, reduce anxiety, get more sleep, tackle depression and achieve balanced hormones. Each chapter also features 6-8 recipes that are perfect to combat each issue and ends with diet plans to help you work mood-boosting ingredients into your diet every day. Drawing on the latest research into the human microbiome, mental health, and links between the gut and the brain, this book will be the perfect companion for anyone who wants to understand a little more about how what they eat affects how they feel - and what to do about it.

The Food Mood Connection
The Food Mood Connection

Author: Dr Uma Naidoo

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1780724497

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Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the after-effects of trauma? That salami can cause depression, or that boosting Vitamin D intake can help treat anxiety? When it comes to diet, most people's concerns involve weight loss, fitness, cardiac health, and longevity. But what we eat affects more than our bodies; it also affects our brains. And recent studies have shown that diet can have a profound impact on mental health conditions ranging from ADHD to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, OCD, dementia and beyond. Dr. Uma Naidoo is a board-certified psychiatrist, nutrition specialist, and professionally trained chef. In The Food-Mood Connection, she draws on cutting-edge research to explain the many ways in which food contributes to our mental health, and shows how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues. Packed with fascinating science, actionable nutritional recommendations, and delicious, brain-healthy recipes, The Food-Mood Connection is the go-to guide to optimizing your mental health with food.

Food Mood
Food Mood

Author: Stefano Maffei

Publisher: Mondadori Electa

Published: 2011-08-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788837078263

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Food as research, ritual and art, spanning spaces, objects, tools, raw materials and experiences. Food in its broadest sense, interpreted as the protagonist of a journey touching a range of realities, from the fanciful creations of celebrity chefs - such

Good Food, Good Mood
Good Food, Good Mood

Author: Gary Null

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-12-31

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780312299989

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Renowned nutrition expert Gary Null reveals groundbreaking information that the food we eat may be linked with many common ailments and shows that allergic responses are easily identifiable and treatable. Offering 95 recipes, Null outlines a workable diet regimen that offers tangible results.

Fix Your Mood with Food
Fix Your Mood with Food

Author: Heather Lounsbury

Publisher: skirt!

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762796397

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More than sixty million Americans are affected with psychiatric disorders and few see improvement using prescribed medications. Fix Your Mood with Food uses the methods practiced in Chinese medicine to improve mood naturally. By focusing on the whole individual—rather than an isolated affliction—it is designed to cure the entire body. In this approachable book, Heather Lounsbury, one of Los Angeles’ most well-known acupuncturists, draws from her own personal and clinical experiences as well as her extensive studies in holistic and Chinese nutrition and Chinese medicine to help you achieve emotional and physical health. Readers will be empowered by natural options for mood improvement with dietary insight based on ancient healing practices. Whether you’re a constant worrier, easily agitated, stressed, suffer from panic attacks, or anything in between, you can take back control and return to emotional balance. Lounsbury guides readers to elevate mood naturally as they improve (and prevent) a variety of physical ailments, including heart conditions, high cholesterol, digestive issues, headaches, and energy problems. Includes comprehensive food charts and health tips.

Eat Your Feelings
Eat Your Feelings

Author: Lindsey Smith

Publisher: Wednesday Books

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1250139414

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"The Food Mood Girl shows you how you can transform your lifestyle by learning form your cravings and using mood boosting ingredients every day in this humorous, lighthearted take on your typical diet book"--Back cover.

Managing Your Mind and Mood Through Food
Managing Your Mind and Mood Through Food

Author: Judith Wurtman

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: 1988-01-26

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780060971380

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Revolutionary and scientifically sound news about the food/mind/moodresponse from a renowned M.I.T. scientist who explains how to enhancedaily performance dramatically through diet In this breakthrough book, Dr. Judith Wurtman explains how what we eat and when we eat it affects our moods, minds, and lives. Translating her findings into practical programs, she reveals what foods can prevent afternoon slumps; increase productivity; help us carry on with activities after work or work through the night, calm stress and anxiety; and aid sleep. At the heart of the book are her guidelines about how carbohydrates and proteins interact in the body, and how to use this knowledge to set your own food/mood clock. In addition, Dr. Wurtman shatters many of the common myths about food, showing how to take advantage of caffeine, sugar, and carbohydrate snacks to increase productivity, and includes a test used at M.I.T which enables readers to explore their own food/mind/mood response. This book shows you how to eat to: Beat stress and fatigue at work Have a faster, more focused mind Avoid mood swings that lead to erratic, out-of-control eating Set your own food/mood clock to perform at your peak Boost energy for morning, afternoon, or evening activities Stay alert through marathon meetings or long evenings Fly through time zones and arrive feeling first-rate by using revolutionary anti-jet lag tactics...and much more