Food & Mood

Food & Mood
Author: Elizabeth Somer
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 459
Release: 1999-12-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1429941561

Food and Mood will help you balance your moods, boost your energy level, and take back your life now! Why do you feel tired after eating a full meal? Why do you have so much trouble concentrating? Why do you crave chocolate? Can diet affect depression? Is there a natural cure for insomnia? Nutrition expert Elizabeth Somer answers all these questions and more in this completely updated and revised second edition to her nutritional guide Food and Mood. The result of research encompassing thousands of the most up-to-date scientific studies, Somer explains how what we eat has a direct influence on how we feel, think, sleep, look, and act. She addresses specific food-related issues including health conditions, food cravings, diet struggles, stress, PMS, winter blues, energy levels, depression, memory, and sleep patterns, as well as tackling the issue of supplements and providing the real story on those you need and those you don't. This entirely new edition covers the latest information on how to: - naturally fight fatigue and stress - boost brain power and improve memory with the latest supplements - fight depression with exercise and special dietary fats called omega-3 fatty acids - satisfy your cravings for chocolate, ice cream, potato chips, and steak without sacrificing your waistline - sleep better naturally - and much more! Included is Somer's revolutionary Feeling Good Diet, a program that shows you how to take control of your eating habits to benefit mood and mental functioning now.

Foods with Moods

Foods with Moods
Author: Saxton Freymann
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781338194418

How are you peeling? Happy? Silly? Worried? Excited? Whatever your mood, you'll delight in this fun book of food.

Good Mood Food

Good Mood Food
Author: Natalie Savona
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2018-12-25
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1848993617

The ultimate guide to using the power of food to improve your mood, energy and mental wellbeing, with over 70 specially selected recipes. This brilliantly accessible diet book explains how you can use simple steps in your nutrition to manage any mood disorder. Each chapter explains how to use diet to combat the most common issues that affect people of all ages. Looking at all the ways in which disordered mood can manifest, Good Mood Food discusses specific body mechanisms, underlying causes, symptoms, nutrient needs and recipes that support these for each category: improve your energy levels, focus, resist cravings, reduce anxiety, get more sleep, tackle depression and achieve balanced hormones. Each chapter also features 6-8 recipes that are perfect to combat each issue and ends with diet plans to help you work mood-boosting ingredients into your diet every day. Drawing on the latest research into the human microbiome, mental health, and links between the gut and the brain, this book will be the perfect companion for anyone who wants to understand a little more about how what they eat affects how they feel - and what to do about it.

How are You Peeling?

How are You Peeling?
Author: Saxton Freymann
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0439104319

"Who'd have dreamed that produce could be so expressive, so charming, so lively and funny'...Freymann and...Elffers have created sweet and feisty little beings with feelings, passions, fears and an emotional range that is, well, organic." - The New York Times Book Review. "Use this book to discuss different moods, to introduce the names of many fruits and vegetables, to identify colors, and to inspire young artists to create sculptures of their own." - School Library Journal, starred review

Eat Your Feelings

Eat Your Feelings
Author: Lindsey Smith
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2017-12-26
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1250139414

"The Food Mood Girl shows you how you can transform your lifestyle by learning form your cravings and using mood boosting ingredients every day in this humorous, lighthearted take on your typical diet book"--Back cover.

Fix Your Mood with Food

Fix Your Mood with Food
Author: Heather Lounsbury
Publisher: skirt!
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780762796397

More than sixty million Americans are affected with psychiatric disorders and few see improvement using prescribed medications. Fix Your Mood with Food uses the methods practiced in Chinese medicine to improve mood naturally. By focusing on the whole individual—rather than an isolated affliction—it is designed to cure the entire body. In this approachable book, Heather Lounsbury, one of Los Angeles’ most well-known acupuncturists, draws from her own personal and clinical experiences as well as her extensive studies in holistic and Chinese nutrition and Chinese medicine to help you achieve emotional and physical health. Readers will be empowered by natural options for mood improvement with dietary insight based on ancient healing practices. Whether you’re a constant worrier, easily agitated, stressed, suffer from panic attacks, or anything in between, you can take back control and return to emotional balance. Lounsbury guides readers to elevate mood naturally as they improve (and prevent) a variety of physical ailments, including heart conditions, high cholesterol, digestive issues, headaches, and energy problems. Includes comprehensive food charts and health tips.

Managing Your Mind and Mood Through Food

Managing Your Mind and Mood Through Food
Author: Judith Wurtman
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1988-01-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780060971380

Revolutionary and scientifically sound news about the food/mind/moodresponse from a renowned M.I.T. scientist who explains how to enhancedaily performance dramatically through diet In this breakthrough book, Dr. Judith Wurtman explains how what we eat and when we eat it affects our moods, minds, and lives. Translating her findings into practical programs, she reveals what foods can prevent afternoon slumps; increase productivity; help us carry on with activities after work or work through the night, calm stress and anxiety; and aid sleep. At the heart of the book are her guidelines about how carbohydrates and proteins interact in the body, and how to use this knowledge to set your own food/mood clock. In addition, Dr. Wurtman shatters many of the common myths about food, showing how to take advantage of caffeine, sugar, and carbohydrate snacks to increase productivity, and includes a test used at M.I.T which enables readers to explore their own food/mind/mood response. This book shows you how to eat to: Beat stress and fatigue at work Have a faster, more focused mind Avoid mood swings that lead to erratic, out-of-control eating Set your own food/mood clock to perform at your peak Boost energy for morning, afternoon, or evening activities Stay alert through marathon meetings or long evenings Fly through time zones and arrive feeling first-rate by using revolutionary anti-jet lag tactics...and much more

AARP The Food-Mood Solution

AARP The Food-Mood Solution
Author: Jack Challem
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1118245806

AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. In The Food-Mood Solution, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem isolates the nutritional triggers of bad moods, providing solutions that will help you stabilize your moods, gain energy, sleep better, handle stress, and be more focused. 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.

The Antianxiety Food Solution

The Antianxiety Food Solution
Author: Trudy Scott
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608824411

It’s remarkable how much the foods we eat can impact our brain chemistry and emotions. What and when we eat can make the difference between feeling anxious and staying calm and in control. But most of us don’t realize how much our diets influence our moods, thoughts, and feelings until we make a change. In The Antianxiety Food Solution, you’ll find four unique antianxiety diets designed to help you address nutritional deficiencies that may be at the root of your anxiety and enjoy the many foods that foster increased emotional balance. This helpful guide allows you to choose the best plan for you and incorporates effective anxiety-busting foods and nutrients. You’ll soon be on the path to freeing yourself from anxiety—and enjoying an improved overall mood, better sleep, fewer cravings, and optimal health—the natural way! The book also includes an easy-to-use index. In The Antianxiety Food Solution, you’ll discover: How to assess your diet for anxiety-causing and anxiety-calming foods and nutrients Foods and nutrients that balance your brain chemistry Which anxiety-triggering foods and drinks you may need to avoid Easy lifestyle changes that reduce anxiety and increase happiness