Nutrition

When I started this blog, knowledge about the effects of nutrition on brain function and mood was getting its first tentative foothold in mainstream healthcare. Meanwhile, I had been studying it formally and informally for over 30 years, with two university theses on the subject and a job in food-focussed biopsychiatry research.

So I’m an enthusiast.

I am dismayed by the ignorance of the powerful therapeutic potential of nutrition in medical spheres, but in equal measure buoyed by the escalating interest. The body of research is expanding apace and knowledge is finally starting to be utilised with patients, albeit still by only a tiny minority of practitioners.

The articles on this page (below) make reference to nutritional psychology.

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Why your stress response can feel like it’s hijacking your personality, and what to do about it

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Do you ever feel stressed, anxious, angry or shutdown? Or perhaps you have physical ailments that you suspect are stress-related.

Well, it could be your Vagus Nerve. This article teaches you how to be a better steward of your mind-body, informed by Stephen Porges‘ Polyvagal Theory.

Read more…

You should just let your anger out (or not)

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If you are prone to angry feelings, which is the better strategy? Let it out, or hold it in?

The answer is neither, because there’s a far superior option. It’s much more effective than that old favourite “You must releeeease your anger” – usually by pummelling a pillow, taking a boxing class, or sealing your doors and windows and yelling at the top of your lungs.

Welcome to the second post in the Self-help Hooey series that myth-busts some of the more damaging beliefs of popular psychology. Read more…

Healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

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Studying health instead of disease. That was the motto of an informal but far reaching 2006 study into the devastating illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME). With the cause of the disease eluding scientists, this study sought instead to uncover how those who had successfully recovered from CFS had done so. Read more…