What it boils down to is that what we eat matters for every aspect of our health, but especially our mental health. Mind-body medicine specialist Eva Selhub, MD has written a superb summary of what nutritional psychiatry is and what it means for you right here on this blog, and it’s worth reading. Diet and emotional well-beingĭiet is such an important component of mental health that it has inspired an entire field of medicine called nutritional psychiatry. I am passionate about diet and lifestyle measures for good health, because there is overwhelming evidence supporting the benefits of a healthy diet and lifestyle for, oh, just about everything: preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, and mental health disorders, including depression. In counseling my patients about self-care, I always feel like we don’t have enough time to get into diet. Self-care includes things like sleep, physical activity, and diet, and is just as important as meds and therapy - sometimes more so. Treatment options include medications, therapy, and self-care. Just this week, I have seen three patients with depression requiring treatment.
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