Entries tagged with: Mood
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Bloomington Brain Food Extravaganza
Bloomington Brain Food Extravaganza
I know I’m a little late in posting this, but in August, I made the ultimate brain food trip to Bloomington, Indiana. Read the Post →
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Eat More Curry for a Brain Boost
Eat More Curry for a Brain Boost
Curcumin, found in turmeric root, possesses serious brain boosting powers. Check out my most recent Farmacy Blog post for Psychology today co-written with my graduate student from the Institute for Human Nutrition, Mala Nimalasuriya. Read the Post →
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INTRODUCING 50 SHADES OF KALE: Slim Your Waistline and Entice Your Tastebuds
INTRODUCING 50 SHADES OF KALE: Slim Your Waistline and Entice Your Tastebuds
What’s the sexiest handful of foliage? A fistful of Kale battles cancer, inflammation, and low moods. Get ready to trim your waistline, boost your sex drive, and banish your brain fog — it’s your turn to become intimate with kale. Read the Post →
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Mussels Diablo: Cooking with Skinny Chef Jennifer Iserloh
Mussels Diablo: Cooking with Skinny Chef Jennifer Iserloh
A delicious recipe by my friend and the Skinny Chef Jennifer Iserloh after the jump! Read the Post →
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Musselution! Mussels are the Brain Food to Fight Brain Deterioration
Musselution! Mussels are the Brain Food to Fight Brain Deterioration
Mussels are an almost-perfect brain food because they are packed with two key nutrients -- DHA and vitamin B-12 – that are vital to protecting your brain health and preserving your memory as you age. Read the Post →
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A Reader Speaks About the Happiness of a Good Diet
A Reader Speaks About the Happiness of a Good Diet
Every household has its own "nutritional gatekeeper." It's the one person who does most of food shopping and makes the critical choices that help determine the physical and mental health of everyone in the house. To get more brain food into each American's diet, we need to reach the gatekeepers. That's why I love the email below, sent by a mom in Ohio who used The Happiness Diet to improve her whole family's eating habits. Read the Post →
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Happiness Diet Reader Sheds 26 Pounds in 8 Weeks!
Happiness Diet Reader Sheds 26 Pounds in 8 Weeks!
Weight loss is one of the happy side effects of the Happiness Diet. When you wean yourself off fake processed foods overloaded with simple sugars and unhealthy fats, it’s good for every part of your body, not just your brain. You will have more stable moods, better focus, more energy and you will also lose weight. A recent email from a Colorado woman we’ll call Rachel (excerpted below) shows how a simple Happiness Diet approach to your food can improve your life in the New Year, and give you a new, leaner physique! Read the Post →
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Can Plastic Damage Your Baby’s Brain?
Can Plastic Damage Your Baby’s Brain?
Emerging science indicates that infant brain development is negatively affected by exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical widely used in plastic food containers, in the plastic lining of metal food cans, and even in the paper used for cash register receipts. Europe and Canada have already banned BPA for use in making baby bottles. In the U.S., the FDA is expected to rule by March 31, 2012, on a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council to ban BPA from all food containers. Read the Post →
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Exercise and Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Major Depression: One-Year Follow-Up of the SMILE Study
Exercise and Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Major Depression: One-Year Follow-Up of the SMILE Study
Let’s review the health benefits of an antidepressant I think everyone should start taking: exercise Read the abstract →
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Dietary Intake of N-3 and N-6 Fatty Acids and the Risk of Clinical Depression in Women: a 10-y prospective follow-up study
Dietary Intake of N-3 and N-6 Fatty Acids and the Risk of Clinical Depression in Women: a 10-y prospective follow-up study
I love a Walter Willett study. But this one is bittersweet for me. A victory for omega-3s. Another strike against excess omega-6s. But no noted benefits from fish, one of my top brain foods?! That is hard to digest. Read the abstract →
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Effects of a Restricted Elimination Diet on the Behaviour of Children with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INCA study)
Effects of a Restricted Elimination Diet on the Behaviour of Children with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INCA study)
If you've ever wondered whether junk foods really do affect your kid's behavior, then this is a study designed for you. Read the abstract →
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Long-chain Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake is Associated Positively with Corticolimbic Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Adults
Long-chain Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake is Associated Positively with Corticolimbic Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Adults
These researchers looked at very specific regions of the brain and found more gray matter (which represents brain cells, and thus brain "strength" and health) in people who ate more fish. Read the abstract →
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A Meta-analytic Review of Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trials of Antidepressant Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
A Meta-analytic Review of Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trials of Antidepressant Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
This study concludes that more comprehensive trials looking at the anti-depressant efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids were needed. Subsequent research continues to support the use of these fats to augment and enhance the treatment of patients with clinical depression. Read the abstract →
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Vegetarian Diets are Associated with Healthy Mood States: a Cross-sectional Study in Seventh Day Adventist Adults
Vegetarian Diets are Associated with Healthy Mood States: a Cross-sectional Study in Seventh Day Adventist Adults
Given my opinion that meat, when done right, is brainfood, the title of this study kept me up at night. Maybe I shouldn’t worry too much. This is a small sample of a specialized population: 138 Seventh Day Adventists, just 60 of whom are vegetarian. Read the abstract →
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Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression: the SUN Project
Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression: the SUN Project
Less reported is the link between trans fat and depression. Published in Feb 2011, this study nicely connects these industrial fats and depression: those who ate the most trans fats were 42 percent more likely to get depressed. The results were also linear, which meant that even eating lower levels of trans fat increased a person’s risk. Read the abstract →
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Dietary Linoleic and Oleic Fatty Acids in Relation to Severe Depressed Mood: 10 Years Follow-up of a National Cohort
Dietary Linoleic and Oleic Fatty Acids in Relation to Severe Depressed Mood: 10 Years Follow-up of a National Cohort
I want you to get to know oleic acid as it is a great fat for the brain and body and one that pretty much everyone agrees is good for your health. Read the abstract →
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Association of Western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women
Association of Western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women
There’s been a lot of talk about how “traditional” diets (i.e., what your grandmother served for dinner) are better for you. I’ve generally taken issue with this precept; I wanted to believe it was true, but where’s the science supporting it? Read the abstract →