Mental Health Nutrition

Diet is an essential component of a client's clinical profile. Few therapists, however, have any nutritional training, and many don't know where to begin. In Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health, Leslie Korn provides clinicians with a practical guide to the complex relationship between what we eat and the way we think, feel, and interact with the world. Where there is mental illness there is frequently a history of digestive and nutritional problems. Digestive problems in turn exacerbate mental distress.

Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food obsession, or depression? Whatever the issue, you have far more control than you realize. In Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr Georgia Ede reveals that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is with food - because that's where brain chemicals come from in the first place. In this provocative, illuminating guide, Dr Ede explains why nearly everything we think we know about brain-healthy diets is wrong. The truth is that meat is not dangerous, vegan diets are not healthier, and antioxidants are not the answer.

If you regularly eat when you're not truly hungry, choose unhealthy comfort foods, or eat beyond fullness, something is out of balance. The good news is that the brain can be rewired for optimal emotional health. When Food Is Comfort presents a breakthrough mindfulness practice called inner nurturing, a comprehensive, step-by-step program developed by an author who was herself an emotional eater.

There's no other book like this. Longtime running writer Scott Douglas marshals expert advice (including his own, cultivated from more than 100,000 miles of personal experience), and a growing body of scientific research to show how running can make us happier. How? Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart; science now shows it also helps develop a healthier brain. For those struggling with depression and anxiety, a consistent running routine can enhance the mental-health benefits of talk therapy, antidepressants, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Having a child with "extreme" picky eating is frustrating and sometimes scary. Children with feeding disorders, food aversions, or selective eating often experience anxiety around food, and the power struggles can negatively impact your relationship with your child. Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating offers hope. After gaining a foundation of understanding of your child's challenges and the dynamics at play, you'll be ready for the five steps that transform feeding and meals, so your child can learn to enjoy a variety of foods in the right amounts for healthy growth.

Inspiring strategies from a wellness expert for keeping fit, relieving stress, and strengthening emotional well-being.

Discover the vital connection between diet and top athletic performance with Mental Toughness for Teen Athletes - Nutrition. This comprehensive resource, specifically designed for the nutritional needs of teen athletes, reveals how a well-planned diet enhances mental resilience and drives sports success.

With plenty of expert tips & easy-to-follow techniques that you can effortlessly implement into your life, the DBT Workbook for Emotional Eating reveals how you can finally break free from compulsive overeating and recover from your food addiction.

Among the various treatments for trauma, trauma-informed yoga stands out, rooted in an ancient practice, offering a safe, compassionate, and empowering path to recovery. This book, authored by a seasoned yoga practitioner, serves as a compassionate guide towards empowered healing, resilience, and personal growth.

A combination of Professor Felice Jacka's love of food and her own experience of depression and anxiety as a young woman led her to question whether what we put in our mouths every day affects more than our waistline. Felice set out on a journey of discovery to change the status quo and uncover the truth through rigorous science. Beginning her PhD in 2005, she examined the association between women's diets and their mental health, focusing on depression and anxiety. She soon discovered - you feel how you eat.

Change the way you think about aging: Discover how YOU can rejuvenate your life and experience vibrant energy and clarity with intermittent fasting, even if you’ve tried everything before. Imagine discovering a lively, energetic, wiser, and more fulfilled version of yourself. This book invites you to that new story through intermittent fasting in a way that revitalizes your life. Understand your body anew – master hormonal balance, manage weight post-menopause, and find inner well-being.

A disordered brain function can be the result of an unhealthy gut. The latter is caused by chemical imbalances triggered by an unhealthy diet. Chemical imbalances can disrupt how your digestive system works in absorbing the nutrients needed to boost your immunity and your brain. When this continues, the brain-gut connection will become toxic, resulting in a weak immune system and poor mental health. So, to help your kid overcome emotional and behavioral problems, you need to be mindful of their diet.

Over the years, the importance of proper nutrition has been highlighted time and time again. From preventing chronic diseases to maintaining a healthy weight, we know that what we eat can significantly impact our physical health. But what about our mental health? Can food really affect our mood, behavior, and emotions? This audiobook will serve as your guide to the connection between nutrition and mental health.

A famous Hippocratic saying goes: The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well. This healing force rests on two important pillars–your mental health and your physical health. Unfortunately, in today's busy world, achieving a healthy mind and body appears to be a fleeting dream. What you really need is a simple, accessible approach…one that supercharges your two pillars of power, and only takes seven days for you to get started. And that’s what this guide is all about.

In The Binge Code, UK nutritional therapist and best-selling author of The Bulimia Help Method Alison Kerr will show you how to end your struggle with binge eating, food cravings, and yo-yo diets and shed excess weight - and never put it back on! The Binge Code is a bold new audiobook based on hard science and over 10 years of helping people end their binge eating issues and lose excess weight.

If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, or if you repeatedly manage to lose weight only to gain it all back, you may be approaching things with the wrong mindset. From his perspective as a formerly food-obsessed psychologist - and previous consultant to major food manufacturers - Dr. Livingston shares specific techniques for isolating and permanently dis-empowering your “fat thinking self”.

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia.

Are you tired of the stubborn pounds that refuse to drop off as you age? Well, intermittent fasting is a solution to get your body back to feeling great again! As we breach the 50-age mark, our bodies lose the ability to shred fat as quickly as we used to, even if we are always active and fit. This means we need new solutions to stay slim. You don’t have to continue being unhappy with your body and simply accepting the weight gain that has happened over the years. You can gradually take back your body and feel slim and healthy once more.

A fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addictions doctor who draws on many patients' stories of recovery. Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia - Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspective of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors.

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk.