Food For Thought: Nutrition and Its Impact on Mental Health

At this point we’ve all heard the saying, “You are what you eat," right? Typically this refers to the impact our food choices have on our physical well-being. Donuts, cookies, potato chips, and fruit punch every day can’t be good for our health, and we all seem to agree with that. But what about our mental health? Can the food we consume have any profound effects on our cognitive abilities and mood?

The short answer is, yes, it can! Research, to date, has continued to show major correlations between what we eat and how we feel.