Stephanie J Moore Eat Your Brain Happy

EAT YOUR BRAIN HAPPY explores the fascinating, emerging fields of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry. The book provides explanations and strategies for improving mental wellness through physical wellness, addressing what we eat and how we live. According to the World Health Organisation anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental health conditions and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Clearly a new approach to our mental health is more essential than ever before and that starts with our physical health. The modern world forces us to encounter countless daily challenges that can disrupt our ability to have a calm, happy, resilient brain and body. As such, we need to¿be more conscientious and proactive than ever in the way we choose to eat, live, sleep and connect, to help prevent these disruptors get the better of our mental and physical wellness. This is true whether or not you identify as someone with a mental health condition - we are all vulnerable to being thrown off kilter. EAT YOUR BRAIN HAPPY provides at-home, safe solutions that can offer real and lasting change, paying particular attention to the intricate relationship between our food, the gut microbiome, and the profound impact this has on our mental and physical status. Digestive health, metabolic health, mental health - they are all one and the same.