Book Review: Nutritional Essentials for Mental Health

As the old phrase goes, “you are what you eat.” Following a recovery from autoimmune disease, thyroid disorder, and several other health issues, I learned the hard way that what you put into your body has a direct impact on each and every cell. In the comprehensive work, Nutritional Essentials for Mental Health: A Complete Guide to the Food-Mood Connection, Leslie Korn, PhD, explains not only why the food we eat has the specific impact it does, but also how to address a client’s specific mental health challenges through prescriptive diet and nutrition. For the student or professional clinician, Nutritional Essentials for Mental Health is an exhaustive guide to understanding, prescribing and treating mental health through nutrition; for the lay reader recovering from chronic illness, this book is an invaluable resource that answered more questions than I realized I had. Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health begins with a scientific explanation of the “food-mood” connection, as well as examples of the way this connection impacts the health of the patient, how the standard American diet versus traditional diets affect mental health, and the vital role gut health plays in inflammation levels. The author emphasizes the link between digestive disorders and mental distress, both of which can be positively impacted by the nutritional therapy recommended in later chapters and the appendices. The text is sprinkled with first-hand case studies and samples of client/patient c...
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