Nutrition, Your Brain and Mental Health – The Latest Amazing Findings
\Did you know that what you eat has a direct impact on your mental health, and can even contribute to disorders such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD? ( Note: This blog is for educational purposes only. Please consult a specialist to determine your individual nutritional/dietary needs .) We’ve known for some time that exercise has a positive effect on mental health. Now there’s equally convincing proof that what we eat can in large part contribute to how we feel, too. A growing field of study called Nutritional Psychiatry is making some amazing discoveries regarding the link between nutrition and mental health. Brain Size Responds to Nutrition One of the most surprising discoveries is that what you eat directly impacts the size of your brain. An Australian study used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to measure the hippocampal volume size of older adults (ages 60-64) who either followed healthy eating patterns or unhealthy eating patterns. After only four years, the group th...