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Your diet can affect your mental health; here’s how |
Q. I’ve been working with my doctor and therapist on improving my mental health, and I’m wondering how nutrition plays into it. Are there foods that are better for mental health or ones to stay away from? A: More than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The good news is, nutrition can have a positive effect on your mood and mental health. Studies have found that people with depression often lack proper nutrition and are deficient in neurotransmitters like serotonin, which helps regulate mood, sleep, and appetite. Around 95% of a person’s…
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‘Western style’ diet high in fat and sugar can negatively affect breast milk and baby’s health
A diet high in sugar and fat such as burgers, fries and fizzy drinks can negatively affect a new mother’s breast milk and baby’s health even before the child is conceived. The new study using lab mice has found that even relatively short-term consumption of a fast food diet impacts women’s health, reducing their ability to produce nutritional breast milk after giving birth. This can affect the newborn’s wellbeing, as well as increasing the risk of both mother and child developing potentially fatal conditions such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes in later life. Even mothers who appear to be a healthy weight can be suffering from hidden issues such…
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Amazon-One Medical deal could affect the future of primary care
Amazon’s announcement this week that it would acquire One Medical, a primary care provider, for $3.9 billion — its largest health care acquisition to date — was for many Americans likely just another item on the ever-expanding news ticker tape. But an acquisition of a primary care company of this size by a tech giant like Amazon should be taken seriously because of its massive implications for the future of primary care, health care delivery, and health equity. One Medical is a membership-based (members pay $199/year) primary care company that currently cares for nearly 800,000 people. The company’s medical offices are strategically placed near where people work, and members can…
