The food-mood solution: all-natural ways to banish anxiety, depression, anger, stress, overeating, and alcohol and drug problems--and feel good again

In this eye-opening expose of the food-mood connection, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem isolates the nutritional triggers of bad moods such as anger, tension, fatigue, impatience, and anxiety, providing solutions that will help readers stabilize their moods, gain energy, sleep better, handle stress, andbe more focused. Drawing upon 30 years of nutrition research, Challem lays out a clear-cut, four-step plan for feeding the brain the right nutrition, presenting advice on choosing the right foods and supplements as well as improving lifestyle habits to help regulate mood swings. INDICE: Foreword by Melvyn R. Werbach, M.D. Acknowledgments. Introduction.PART I The Food-Mood Connection. 1 How Food Affects Your Mood. 2 How Lifes Stresses Do a Number on Your Moods. 3 Neuronutrients, Moods, and Your Mind. PARTII How to Improve Your Moods. 4 The First Step: Take Your Supplements. 5 The Second Step: Eat Mood-Enhancing Foods. 6 The Third Step: Be More Active. 7 TheFourth Step: Begin Changing Your Life Habits. PART III Improving Your Specific Mood and Behavior Concerns. 8 Dealing with Irritability, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Violent Behavior. 9 Reducing Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. 10 Reducing Distractible and Impulsive ADHD-like Behavior. 11 The Overweight-Prediabetes Connection to Mood Swings. 12 Dealing with Down Days, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder. 13 Dealing with Alcohol and Drug Abuse.Afterword. Appendix. Selected References. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-22877-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés