The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again - Hardcover

Challem, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471756105 ISBN 13: 9780471756101

Publisher: Trade Paper Press, 2007

Synopsis

Renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem isolates the nutritional triggers of bad moods, providing solutions that will help you stabilize your moods, gain energy, sleep better, handle stress, and be more focused. He lays out a clear-cut, four-step plan for feeding the brain the right nutrition, presenting advice on choosing the right foods and supplements as well as improving lifestyle habits to help regulate mood swings.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Do you often feel irritable, anxious, depressed, disconnected, or moody for no apparent reason? Do you have sleeping problems? These problems might well have something to do with what you eat, and The Food-Mood Solution shows you what you can do about it.

The latest research shows that what you eat and drink undeniably affects your mood. In this eye-opening exploration of the food-mood connection, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem isolates the nutritional triggers of anger, tension, fatigue, impatience, anxiety, and depression, providing solutions that will help you stabilize your moods and be more focused. Drawing upon thirty years of nutrition research, including the latest scientific findings, Challem lays out a clear and practical four-step plan for feeding your brain the right nutrition. His mood-enhancing plan includes cutting-edge advice on choosing the foods and supplements that are right for you as well as tips on improving your lifestyle and habits to help you improve your particular mood issues.

With Jack Challem's easy-to-follow, all-natural program, you'll learn how to combine feel-good foods with dietary supplements and modest lifestyle changes to:

• Reduce the frequency and intensity of bad moods
• Be less irritable and impatient
• Have more energy
• Sleep better
• Increase your concentration
• Stress-proof your life
• Reduce the risk of illnesses like diabetes and heart disease
• Decrease your susceptibility to panic attacks, aggressiveness, obsessive-compulsive behavior, depression, or other mood concerns

Complete with simple recipes and delicious meal plans, The Food-Mood Solution presents a fast, easy, and dependable way to feel emotionally positive, physically fresh, and mentally sharp every day.

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Praise for The Food-Mood Solution

"Jack Challem makes the connection between food and mood clearly, simply, and practically. He shows us how we can use food, supplements, and herbs to help relieve our distressing psychological symptoms, improve our mental performance, and enhance our well-being."
—James S. Gordon, M.D., founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and author of Manifesto for a New Medicine

"This wonderful book explores and explains the connection between specific foods, nutrients, and our moods while clearly spelling out the do's and don'ts. This is timely information that just about everybody can make use of."
—Mark Liponis, M.D., Corporate Medical Director, Canyon Ranch

"The Food-Mood Solution provides a fresh and effective approach to conquering major issues in moodiness, weight control, and prediabetes."
—Jason Theodosakis, M.D., author of The Arthritis Cure

"This book offers us the true solution to overcoming our addictions to food, letting us control what we eat and not allowing food, alcohol, or drugs control us."
—Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of The Hamptons Diet, The Allergy and Asthma Cure, Feed Your Kids Well, and The Hamptons Diet Cookbook

About this edition

• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0471756105
• ISBN 13: 9780471756101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288