How Diet Can Save Your Mental Health with Professor Felice Jacka
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We all know that a poor diet negatively impacts our physical health. In fact, it is now the leading cause of early death in men and number two in women. But it’s not only our physical health that is affected – the effects on our mental health can also be devastating.
This week, I am joined by world-leading expert in the field of nutritional psychiatry, Professor Felice Jacka, to discuss her ground-breaking research into the link between food and our mental health. We discuss why lifestyle medicine should be the starting point for many mental health conditions and why there is an urgent need to train medical practitioners to give such lifestyle advice.<
Watch the video version of this interview in full below:
Watch the full video interview here
Further Learning:
SMILEs trial – A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression
Articles:
- The Guardian – Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier?
- New York Times – Can What We Eat Affect How We Feel?
- Forbes – Healthy Food Makes You Happy: Research Shows A Healthy Diet Improves Your Mental Health
- BBC – How your belly could heal your brain
Dr Chatterjee’s resources:
- Blog – How To Eat To Boost Your Mood
- RCGP accredited Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine Course
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Dr Rangan Chatterjee
MbChB, BSc (Hons), MRCP, MRCGP
