How to use food to help your mental health

Published May 8, 2020 | By Sheryl Loucks

The NFHT has a Clinical Nutrition Program that can provide evidence-based advice and counselling about diet, food and nutrition. 
Below are 5 great articles about the connections between food, diet and nutrition and mental health:

  1. FAQs on nutrition and it’s impact on mental health:  https://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Mental-Health/Mental-Health-FAQs.aspx
  2. STRESSED and all I want to do is eat:  https://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Mental-Health/Mental-Health-FAQs.aspx#stress
  3. DEMENTIA’S impact on meal time habits and tips for improvement:  https://alzheimer.ca/en/Home/Living-with-dementia/Day-to-day-living/Meal-time
  4. AUTISM and food for kids: https://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Childrens-Nutrition/Health-Conditions/Autism-and-Nutrition.aspx
  5. COVID-19 and food handling, nutrition and breastfeeding: https://www.dietitians.ca/News/2020/Advice-for-the-general-public-about-COVID-19

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