Foods You Need For A Boost!

What we eat can affect our mental wellbeing for better or worse. Here are the foods you need for a boost.

We're used to the messages around healthy eating being about weight loss and improved physical health. But did you know what we eat can actually contribute to our mental health?

According to a study by Australian scientist and author of the Brain Changer: The Good Mental Health Diet, Professor Felice Jacka, women whose diets contain a higher level of vegetables, fruit, unprocessed red meats, fish and whole grains are less likely to have clinically significant depressive or anxiety disorders. While those with a more Western-type dietary pattern – higher in processed and unhealthy foods such as processed meats, pizza, chips, hamburgers, white bread and sugar – had more depressive symptoms.

So what should we be eating to keep our minds in peak condition? Professor Jacka tells all...

MEDITERRANEAN DIET DETERS DEPRESSION

A Spanish study of more than 10,000 Spanish university graduates studied the impact of the Mediterranean diet and how it supported mental health.