We all know that as a nation our mental health is in crisis<\/b>. But what most don’t know is that a critical ingredient in this debate, and a crucial part of the solution – what we eat<\/b> – is being ignored.<\/p>\n
Nutrition has more influence on what we feel, who we become and how we behave than we could ever have imagined<\/b>. It affects everything from our decision-making to aggression and violence. Yet mental health disorders are overwhelmingly treated as ‘mind’ problems as if the physical brain – and how we feed it – is irrelevant. Someone suffering from depression is more likely to be asked about their relationship with their mother than their relationship with food.<\/p>\n
In this eye-opening and impassioned book, psychologist Kimberley Wilson draws on startling new research – as well as her own work in prisons, schools and hospitals around the country – to reveal the role of food and nutrients in brain development and mental health<\/b>: from how the food a woman eats during pregnancy influences the size of her baby’s brain, and hunger makes you mean; to how nutrient deficiencies change your personality.<\/p>\n
We must also recognise poor nutrition as a social injustice, with the poorest and most vulnerable being systematically ignored.<\/b> We need to talk about what our food is doing to our brains. And we need decisive action, not over rehearsed soundbites and empty promises, from those in power – because if we don’t, things can only get worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We all know that as a nation our mental health is in crisis. But what most don’t know is that a critical ingredient in this debate, and a crucial part of the solution – what we eat – is being ignored. Nutrition has more influence on what we feel, who we become and how we behave than we could ever have imagined. It affects everything from our decision-making to aggression and violence. Yet mental health disorders are overwhelmingly treated as ‘mind’ problems as if the physical brain – and how we feed it – is irrelevant. Someone suffering from depression is more likely to be asked about their relationship with their mother than their relationship with food. Psychologist Kimberley Wilson draws on startling new research – as well as her own work in prisons, schools and hospitals around the country – to reveal the role of food and nutrients in brain development and mental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[911],"product_tag":[1775,2352,2563],"class_list":["post-101852","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-health","product_tag-dietetics-nutrition","product_tag-health-psychology","product_tag-personal-public-health","pa_book_author-wilson-kimberley","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-616-89-edition23","pa_imprint-wh-allen","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8634","pa_publisher-wh-allen","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n