Food + Mood Quiz: does consuming too much caffeine negatively impact mood and exacerbate symptoms of anxiety and depression?
Food + Mood Quiz: Sadly, it’s true – too much caffeine can affect your mood – and worsen the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Its important to know how food can impact mood, so we can regulate our eating and drinking habits… This is especially important if you’re prone to low mood – or if you’re particularly sensitive to caffeine. In fact, caffeine …
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The Food Mood Connection: are you missing out on some powerful mental health tools?
The numbers of people in the UK with anxiety and depression are increasing – and figures also show that British diets are lacking in crucial mood health nutrients. This presents a useful opportunity to consider the mood impact of what we’re consuming. Research demonstrates there are many specific mechanisms where food affects mood, including sugar intake, common nutrient deficiencies, suboptimal …
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What’s IN my water and how can I drink the healthiest water?
OK so you’ve made your new nutrition habit to drink more water. So what’s IN it…? Well sadly, despite decades of investment by water companies in replacing old Victorian pipes, our water can collect contaminants en route to our kitchen sink. Substances like heavy metals, chlorine, hormones, antibiotics, plastics, pesticides and bacteria can be present – whilst present at reportedly …
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