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Pass it on: New research shows nourishing food might save your brain

9/26/2017

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Worry wakes up before you do. It must, or it wouldn't be so ready to greet you before you wake. That unsettled flutter in the chest. The reluctance to face anyone, least of all your own mind. It can feel like this at a funky time like 4 AM or when the alarm goes off for work. The edginess can return in force in the afternoon, with that crashed-out, craving-a-pick-me-up feeling as the workday ends and before dinner appears.

Discovering the connection between food and mental health has been a revelation. It’s made a necessary difference in my sleep and chronic pain. Once perceived, it seems so clear. Yet not all doctors and therapists are making these connections yet. I'm passionate about letting you know how you can nourish your mood and give your brain health what it needs. I hope you will share this profoundly hopeful message with others.

I love geeking out on topics like the human microbiome, blood sugar and cortisol, microglia and inflammation, and the gut brain, our second brain. Not everyone wants to read dozens of books from my favorite teachers, like Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health by Leslie Korn and The Ultra Mind Solution: Healing Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First by Mark Hyman, MD. But the research is there, and it’s compelling.

Nutrition mental health research is slowly starting to come into more mainstream awareness, with review articles from the American Psychological Association; a collection of peer-reviewed articles in Clinical Psychological Science; and a review of the impact of food on neurotransmitters in Harvard Medical School's
blog. Just this week, the Harvard Medical School had an article about the impact of leaky gut -- which has been recognized and treated largely by the leaders in the field of naturopathic and functional medicine whom I follow --on autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, and mental illness.



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    Reba Connell teaches Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Eating classes in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland.

    She has completed several levels of study in teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, including a professional training program under the direction of Dr. Saki Santorelli and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and a training in teaching Mindful Eating, through UCSD.

    She is deeply engaged with science-based and traditional approaches to healing through food and self-care. Her trainings include Food As Medicine; The Gut Brain; and Preventing and Managing Chronic Inflammation: Special Focus: Nutritional Interventions.  She has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1999.

    Finding mindfulness, movement, and food to make big differences in her own healing from chronic pain, she feels called to share what she is learning with others and to help people make their own discoveries. She is committed to a feminist approach that honors all body shapes and sizes while collaborating in radiant wellness.

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