Posts by Bliss Lewis (Page 45)
Folate: A Secret Weapon Against Depression?
Folate is the naturally occurring form of vitamin B9 found in foods such as asparagus, eggs, and leafy greens. People with depression t...
The Benefits and Risks of Caffeine
Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world, and after millennia of use we are now discovering that tea and ...
Healing Your Brain by Healing Your Gut
The Gut and the Brain
Rates of chronic disease, including depression, anxiety, attention problems, and autism, continue to rise. Much ...
Kids Who Eat Breakfast Perform Better at School, Studies Show
Children are sensitive to environmental factors, and changes in food and diet can have dramatic effects on their behavior and moods. B...
Fat Fads: Changes in Fat Consumption
Fat: Friend or Foe?
We have a complicated relationship with fat. Experts demonized fat in the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, and now we are en...
Food and Mental Health
Nutrition in Context
How does what you eat affect how you think and feel?This question is ancient, and each of us tests it every day w...
The High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet
There are countless types of diets trending today: weight loss, crash, detox, low-fat , high-fat, low-carb and many more! It seems like...
Can Food Help You Fight Depression?
The Link Between Food and Mood
The adage "you are what you eat" may be one of the most profound truths of our existence. So it should ...
To Eat or Not to Eat: Does Dairy Make the Grade for Mental Health?
You hear it all the time—got milk?For over twenty years the “Got Milk” campaign contributed to the increase in milk consumption amo...
To Eat or Not to Eat: Meat and Mental Health
There are so many fad diets and recommendations for what and what not to eat that it can easily become overwhelming trying to decide wh...