Tara Parker Hope recently published an article in the New York Times on the best brain foods you are not eating with the overall theme that it is time to start feeding your brain. |
Nutritional psychiatry studies how foods can make us feel. Hope quotes Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo: |
“Many people think about food in terms of their waistlines, but it also impacts our mental health. It’s a missing part of the conversation.” |
The stomach and the brain have a strong connection. "One of the significant ways the brain and gut are connected is through the vagus nerve, a two-way chemical messaging system that explains why stress can trigger feelings of anxiety in your mind and butterflies in your stomach." |
Dr. Naidoo, who wrote “This Is Your Brain on Food" describes food as something that influences your microbiome. Some species of gut microbes have been linked to higher rates of depression. "The ... |
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