Does Nutrition really affect our Mental Health & Psychology?

Nutritional Psychiatry:

Nutrition psychiatry offers a case study for the diseases associated with Mental Health & psychology. Consistent evidence from many literatures shown that, quality of individual’s diets may cause the common mental illnesses.

Nutritional Psychiatric disorders

•          Depression
•          Bipolar disorder,
•          Schizophrenia and anxiety disorders,
•          Eating disorders,
•          Attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD),
•          Addiction
•          Autism

New intervention studies are being implemented to reduce these mental health diseases like depression with perfect dietary plans & medications. Some selected nutraceuticals are acting as adjunctive treatments & a major alternative of pharmaceutical medicines for the mental health diseases by claiming psychological benefits.

Nutraceuticals are having extra health benefits including the basic nutritional value found in foods. They can be considered as the non-specific biological therapies used to promote general well-being, control symptoms and prevent malignant processes.