- Editorial:
- VIRGIN BOOKS
- Año de edición:
- 2023
- Materia
- Science/social sciences
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7535-5974-1
- Páginas:
- 304
- Encuadernación:
- Hardback
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HOW THE FOOD WE EAT IS FUELLING OUR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
KIMBERLEY WILSON
u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Explores the profound link between the food we eat and the way we think and feel' u003ciu003eRadio 4 Start the Weeku003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'A powerful book that breaks down the dangerous beliefs that food is just fuel and delivers an important message we can all get behind... the evidence Kimberley presents in this book will change lives and hopefully policy' - u003ciu003eProfessor Tim Spectoru003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e We all know that u003cbu003eas a nation our mental health is in crisisu003c/bu003e. But what most don't know is that a critical ingredient in this debate, and a crucial part of the solution - u003cbu003ewhat we eatu003c/bu003e - is being ignored.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNutrition has more influence on what we feel, who we become and how we behave than we could ever have imaginedu003c/bu003e. 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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 u003cbu003ethe role of food and nutrients in brain development and mental healthu003c/bu003e: 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eWe must also recognise poor nutrition as a social injustice, with the poorest and most vulnerable being systematically ignored.u003c/bu003e 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.u003c/pu003e