EAT AND BE HAPPY

Dr Archana Batra details why you need to eat in a well-balanced manner to avoid impacts to your mental health

It's easy to get caught up in the chaos of daily life and forget about the most important component of our health: nutrition. Many people mistakenly correlate healthy eating with bland food and feeling deprived, which makes them choose fast fixes or severe diets that promise immediate results. The reality is that not giving your body access to nutritional foods can harm both your physical and emotional health, which will inevitably result in misery and unhappiness.

While it might be alluring to turn to harsh diets or severe calorie restrictions in order to lose weight quickly, doing so can have a detrimental effect on your mental health. In addition to depriving your body of vital nutrients, deprivation diets cause feelings of irritation, impatience, and unhappiness.