Feeding Minds - The impact of food on mental health

A new report from The Mental Health charity of the U.K. along with Sustain, the alliance for better farming and food, highlights the impact of nutrition poor diets on mental health. Basically, it goes back to we are what we eat, and this include the human brain. The human brain is made fromthe foods you eat. Is you brain made from carrots, asparagus, cashews and salmon, or lattes, Doritos, hamburgers and pizza?

The report blames highly processed, trans fat laden, nutrition poor convenience foods with the rise in mental health issues in the U.K. The authors of the report believe that modern diets have reduced the amounts of essential fatty acids, amino acids vitamins and minerals in our foods. Since the brain is basically made from particular types of fats and vitamins and minerals, a lack of these can result in poor brain function. The result can be disorders such as Add, depression, memory loss and anxiety.

If you have been reading alternative health books over the last ten years, this report has absolutely nothing new in it. What is significant is that one of the coauthors of the report is a leading mental health nonprofit in the UK, which means that the alternative health ideas are becoming more accepted by mainstream groups.