Nutrition’s Role in Mental Health

Growing evidence suggests that consuming healthy foods and micronutrients fosters better mental health, while poor-quality diets diminish it. Depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have the best evidence so far to support this link. This article discusses how the right or wrong foods and nutrients affect mental health, the biology behind good nutritional choices, and what the research in this area is showing. Copyright 2023.

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• Explain how the right—or wrong—foods and nutrients affect mental health.
• Discuss the biology behind good nutritional choices.
• Describe which mental health conditions have the best research base and what that research is showing.

Tori Deangelis

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