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

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

Jack Challem

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Subjects
Mental health > Nutritional aspects.
Mood (Psychology) > Nutritional aspects.
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Depression, Mental > Diet therapy.
Anxiety > Diet therapy.
Depression, Mental > Alternative treatment.
Anxiety > Alternative treatment.
Published
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley [2007]
Language
English
Main Author
Jack Challem (-)
Physical Description
273 pages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780471756101
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Food-Mood Connection
  • Chapter 1. How Food Affects Your Moods
  • Chapter 2. How Lifea's Stresses Do a Number on Your Moods
  • Chapter 3. Neuronutrients, Moods, and Your Mind
  • Part II. How to Improve your Moods
  • Chapter 4. The First Step: Take Your Supplements
  • Chapter 5. The Second Step: Eat Mood-Enhancing Foods
  • Chapter 6. The Third Step; be More Active
  • Chapter 7. The Forth Step: begin Changing Your Life Habits
  • Part III. Improving your Specific Mood and Behavior Concerns
  • Chapter 8. Dealing with Irritability, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Violent Behavior
  • Chapter 9. Reducing Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
  • Chapter 10. Reducing Distractible and Impulsive ADHD-like Behavior
  • Chapter 11. The Overweight-Prediabetes Connection to Mood Swings
  • Chapter 12. Dealing with Down Days, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder
  • Chapter 13. Dealing with Alcohol and Drug Abuse
  • Afterword
  • Appendix
  • Selected References
  • Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Best known as the "Nutrition Reporter" for consumer health publications (Alternative Medicine; Body & Soul; etc.), Challem (The Inflammation Syndrome) describes a familiar scenario: rising levels of anger, impatience, frustration, fatigue and anxiety due to minor daily irritations. Citing studies of increased violence traced to mood disorders, Challem contends that basic but highly specific diet and lifestyle modifications can lower stress levels and radically improve behavior and health. While the effects of poor nutrition on health take years to manifest, he says, such effects on mood are readily apparent, and he urges readers to notice how certain foods and beverages lead to headaches, fatigue, poor sleep, depression, compulsive behavior, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and other increasingly common conditions. His plan targets neuronutrients (vitamins and minerals needed to make critical brain chemicals) and nutrisocial factors (family, workload, environment, advertising, etc.) to boost mood. After taking a few quizzes, readers will be guided through a four-part program: supplements, diet, exercise and lifestyle. While the information is not entirely new, Challem does solidly address the hardest part of his equation-and that's the lifestyle change itself. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Library Journal Review

It is obvious that what we eat may affect our moods and mental functioning-anyone who gets cranky when hungry or sleepy after a big meal has experienced this connection firsthand. However, specific recommendations, such as using B vitamins to treat depression or omega-3 fish oils to treat adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are more questionable. This book, for which health reporter Challem has drawn on 30 years of nutrition research, is an uncomfortable combination of truisms and general advice (e.g., modern life is stressful, physical activity can improve your mood) that often recommends using nutritional supplements to treat specific disorders. Although the general advice may be useful, it is available elsewhere; the specific advice may be dangerous if it replaces consultation with a medical or psychiatric professional. Nonetheless, some people want this kind of information, so the volume may be relevant to public libraries collecting popular health books of uncertain scientific credibility.-Sarah Boslaugh, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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