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Book

Calm your mind with food : a revolutionary guide to controlling your anxiety

Call Number

  • 616.8522 N155 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2023.

Physical Description

viii, 326 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

Based on cutting-edge research, a nutritional psychiatrist shows how to use food and nutrition to calm the mind, including the best diets for managing anxiety and depression, boosting immunity and enhancing overall mental well-being.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I: The problem. Fighting the global anxiety epidemic
  • Gut feelings
  • Immune to anxiety
  • Inflammation on the brain
  • Anxiety and leptin, the appetite hormone
  • The dangers of metabolic disruption
  • Part II: Solution. Macronutrients
  • Micronutrients
  • Bioactives and herbal medicine
  • An antianxiety shopping trip
  • Part III: The protocol. The six pillars to calm your mind
  • Building your antianxiety eating plan
  • Cooking tips for a calm kitchen
  • Recipes to calm your mind.

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