The Food Mood Connection


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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.




The Food Connection


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The Food Connection will show you: How to balance your hormonal system to positively affect weight, motivation, sleep patterns and cognitive abilities How to jump start your health with the seven-day "World's Best Diet" The 17 bioenergetic foods to eat daily How food affects your mood at breakfast, lunch and dinner Why men and women must take different approaches to ensure their hormonal health How to assess your Biological Age — and take quick steps to improve your health.




The Food-Mood-Body Connection


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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.




The Food God: Food's Connection to Our Creator, Community, and Personal Health


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WE VALUE OUR HEALTH ABOVE ALL. We want to feel good, perform well, and live a life of fullness and satisfaction. Whether that is spiritual health, emotional health, or physical health, we long to find optimal balance and well-being. It's not as far off or as complicated as many make it seem. The answer could be as close as your refrigerator, pantry, or dinner plate. - In the Food god you will learn how food was pivotal in establishing a relation between God and the crowning achievement of His creation - us! and how food also played a role in breaking that relationship. - You will learn how to develop a true re-connection to God through a healthy understanding of the purpose and function of food in your life. - You will see how food connects us to our community and develops our relationships, while developing your own healthy relationship with food. - You will learn practical ways to use food to enhance your own physical help to live and feel "super-human". And, finally, you will be impacted by Trent Holbert's own battle with life, and how he overcame all obstacles to become a worldwide influencer in holistic health and human performance.




This Is Your Brain on Food


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Eat for your mental health and learn the fascinating science behind nutrition with this "must-read" guide from an expert psychiatrist (Amy Myers, MD). Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the aftereffects 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. A triple threat in the food space, Dr. Uma Naidoo is a board-certified psychiatrist, nutrition specialist, and professionally trained chef. In This Is Your Brain on Food, 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, This Is Your Brain on Food is the go-to guide to optimizing your mental health with food.







Mind Body Food: Redefining Your Relationship with Food


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A refreshingly candid and vulnerable journey into our link with food, Madison Madden takes us on a pilgrimage from childhood dietary lessons to our deepest culinary desires and beyond. Its audacious yet compassionate tone, inspired by the author's personal triumphs over an eating disorder and chronic digestive issues, ignites hope for those looking to create new habits and shatter old belief systems. Madden offers insights to transform our most intimate relationship - the one we have with ourselves, and what we choose to eat."Mind Body Food is an excellent resource for personalized nutrition, mindful eating and an empowered lifestyle. Madison Madden presents a perfect solution to the modern day health care crises. Nutrigenomics and Metabolic Health are cornerstones for optimum well being. Radical Self Care is indeed the need of the hour. Read it!"Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, Author of The Hot Belly Diet and Change Your Schedule Change Your LifeMadison is an Ayurvedic Doctor (A.D.) member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and an expert yoga and somatic practitioner. She is the founder of LiveWise, an Ayurveda and integrative health organization that helps people around the world heal and transform through natural methods.




Functional Foods


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This new book presents a variety of important research on functional foods—foods that have another role related to disease prevention or health. The first section of the book includes chapters on the complicated relationships between nutrition, physical and mental health, and disease. Section two focuses on the connection between health science and food, and presents a number of case studies on the possible uses of functional foods. The book discusses important methods for nutritional interventions in relation to diseases such as obesity and other prominent health concerns in modern society. Topics include: Nutrigenetics and metabolic diseases Nutrition intervention strategies to improve health Nutrition consumption timing around exercise sessions Nutritional therapies for mental disorders Health benefits of particular foods, such as eggs, milk, cereal, garlic, cinnamon, nuts, blueberries, etc. Mineral- and protein-enriched foods




Full Moon Feast


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Full Moon Feast invites us to a table brimming with locally grown foods, radical wisdom, and communal nourishment. In Full Moon Feast, accomplished chef and passionate food activist Jessica Prentice champions locally grown, humanely raised, nutrient-rich foods and traditional cooking methods. The book follows the thirteen lunar cycles of an agrarian year, from the midwinter Hunger Moon and the springtime sweetness of the Sap Moon to the bounty of the Moon When Salmon Return to Earth in autumn. Each chapter includes recipes that display the richly satisfying flavors of foods tied to the ancient rhythm of the seasons. Prentice decries our modern food culture: megafarms and factories, the chemically processed ghosts of real foods in our diets, and the suffering--physical, emotional, cultural, communal, and spiritual--born of a disconnect from our food sources. She laments the system that is poisoning our bodies and our communities. But Full Moon Feast is a celebration, not a dirge. Prentice has emerged from her own early struggles with food to offer health, nourishment, and fulfillment to her readers. She recounts her relationships with local farmers alongside ancient harvest legends and methods of food preparation from indigenous cultures around the world. Combining the radical nutrition of Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions, keen agri-political acumen, and a spiritual sensibility that draws from indigenous as well as Western traditions, Full Moon Feast is a call to reconnect to our food, our land, and each other.




Cure Your Child with Food


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Why treat your child with drugs when you can cure your child with nutrition? Grounded in cutting-edge science and filled with case studies that read like medical thrillers, this is a book for every parent whose child suffers from mood swings, stomachaches, ear infections, eczema, anxiety, tantrums, ADD/ADHD, picky eating, asthma, lack of growth, and a host of other physical, behavioral, and developmental problems. Previously published as What’s Eating Your Child? and now with a new chapter on the unexpected connection between gluten and insatiable appetite, Cure Your Child with Food shows parents how to uncover the clues behind their children’s surprisingly nutrition-based health issues and implement simple treatments—immediately. You’ll discover how zinc deficiency can cause picky eating and affect growth. The panoply of problems caused by gluten and dairy. How ear infections and mood disorders, such as anxiety and bipolar disorder, can be a sign of food intolerance. Plus, how to get your child to sleep, soothe hyperactivity, and deal with reflux using simple nutritional strategies. Ms. Dorfman, a nutritionist whose typical family arrives at her practice after seeing three or more specialists, gives parents the tools they need to become nutrition detectives; to recalibrate their children’s diets through the easy E.A.T. program; and, finally, to get their children off drugs—antibiotics, laxatives, Prozac, Ritalin—and back to a natural state of well-being.