Linking Nutrition to Mental Health

To truly live well-to feel good engagein productive activities enjoy fulfillingrelationships with other people and beable to adapt to change and cope withadversity-Americans must start addressingmental health with the same urgency asphysical health. With that in mind registereddietitian Dr. Ruth Leyse-Wallace gathersbreakthrough scientific research from aroundthe world to demonstrate how powerfullynutrition can affect our mental well-beingas much as our physical well-being.<P>Dr. Leyse-Wallace reports on the latestand most compelling findings about theways in which diet supplements geneticsand health conditions can make a differencein mental health. She explores how theshort-term and long-term intake of vitaminsminerals essential fatty acids proteinscarbohydrates medications alcohol andcaffeine can potentially influence mentalfunctioning and she explains her emergingTheory of PsychoNutriologic Person.<P>Far greater than an evidentiary summary<I>Linking Nutrition to Mental Health</I> givestailored recommendations to individualshealthcare providers and scientists forputting these groundbreaking researchdiscoveries into practice to achieve avastly improved quality of life.