EAN: 9780753559765

UNPROCESSED - KIMBERLEY WILSON KARTONIERT (TB)

We all know that as a nation our mental health is in crisis. But what most don't know is that a
critical ingredient in this debate  and a crucial part of the solution - what we eat - is being
ignored. Nutrition has more influence on what we feel  who we become and how we behave than we
could ever have imagined. It affects everything from our decision-making to aggression and
violence. Yet mental health disorders are overwhelmingly treated as 'mind' problems as if the
physical brain - and how we feed it - is irrelevant. Someone suffering from depression is more
likely to be asked about their relationship with their mother than their relationship with
food. In this eye-opening and impassioned book  psychologist Kimberley Wilson draws on
startling new research - as well as her own work in prisons  schools and hospitals around the
country - to reveal the role of food and nutrients in brain development and mental health: from
how the food a woman eats during pregnancy influences the size of her baby's brain  and hunger
makes you mean  to how nutrient deficiencies change your personality. We must also recognise
poor nutrition as a social injustice  with the poorest and most vulnerable being systematically
ignored. We need to talk about what our food is doing to our brains. And we need decisive
action  not over rehearsed soundbites and empty promises  from those in power - because if we
don't  things can only get worse.

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