Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks
Explore a revolutionary prescription for healing depression and anxiety and optimizing brain health through food, including a six-week plan to get your clients eating for better mental health. Depression and anxiety disorders are risinga, affecting more than 58 million people in the United States alone. Scientific advances in neuroscience and nutrition, with an understanding of the mind-gut connection, have proven that nutrition greatly affects how we feel—physically, cognitively, and emotionally. Deep dive into the relationship between food and mental health by understanding the science of nutritional psychiatry and neurophysiology. Examine evidence-based and pragmatic solutions to improve brain-cell health and growth, reduce inflammation, and cultivate a healthy microbiome, all of which contribute to mental well-being. Identify the twelve essential vitamins and minerals most critical to the brain and body and which anti-inflammatory foods feed the gut. Help your clients assess barriers to self-nourishment and offer techniques for enhancing motivation. Harness kick-starter six-week mental health food plan designed to mitigate depression and anxiety, incorporating key food categories like leafy greens and seafood, along with simple, delicious, brain nutrient–rich recipes.