We like Elizabeth Gilbert, and wish to take her thoughts a step further - to discuss protective effects of proper nutrition on the brain of the young and the creative. Much self-destructive behavior stems from problems caused by poor nutrition. Video at link
Relevant article - Orthomolecular Nutrition to the Rescue
Showing posts with label mental wellness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental wellness. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Mental health tied to income equality
"Evidence: Mental Health
Until recently it was hard to compare levels of mental illness between different countries because nobody had collected strictly comparable data, but recently the World Health Organisation has established world mental health surveys that are starting to provide data. They show that different societies have very different levels of mental illness. In some countries only 5 or 10% of the adult population has suffered from any mental illness in the past year, but in the USA more than 25% have.
We first showed a relationship between mental illness and income inequality in eight developed countries with WHO data - the USA, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Since then we've been able to add data for New Zealand and for some other countries whose surveys of mental illness, although not strictly comparable, use very similar methods - Australia, the UK and Canada. As the graph below shows, mental illness is much more common in more unequal countries. Among these countries, mental illness is also more common in the richer ones."
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We think one factor in this may be nutrition....
Until recently it was hard to compare levels of mental illness between different countries because nobody had collected strictly comparable data, but recently the World Health Organisation has established world mental health surveys that are starting to provide data. They show that different societies have very different levels of mental illness. In some countries only 5 or 10% of the adult population has suffered from any mental illness in the past year, but in the USA more than 25% have.
We first showed a relationship between mental illness and income inequality in eight developed countries with WHO data - the USA, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Since then we've been able to add data for New Zealand and for some other countries whose surveys of mental illness, although not strictly comparable, use very similar methods - Australia, the UK and Canada. As the graph below shows, mental illness is much more common in more unequal countries. Among these countries, mental illness is also more common in the richer ones."
Link
We think one factor in this may be nutrition....
Monday, March 17, 2008
For Anxiety: Try Niacin, not Valium
Image: Edvard Munsch, famous for his painting THE SCREAM, might have had his inner turmoil reduced with nutrition.
Niacin can improve your mood, aid with sobriety, lower cholesterol, heip the heart, reduce arthritis, and add to longevity.
Orthomolcular treatment of anxiety disorders
Dr. Andrew Saul on How to tell if you are getting enough Niacin
Linus Pauling Institute on Niacin
Technical information about Niacin
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