FAB Research are a bloody Good Thing.
That's Food and Behaviour Research. And that's exactly what they do.
We're pretty used to being told which foods are Good, which are Bad, which are somewhere in the middle. We know about obesity and fried chicken and that a good breakfast is an essential start to the day.
But FAB aren't your run-of-the-mill nutrition info service.
They produce and compile research that is at the forefront of how we really are what we eat, moreso than we may realise.
This is what they say:
"Diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning.
Nutrition can play an important role in the prevention and management of many kinds of difficulties in behaviour, learning and mood. These include:
Science is starting to tell us more than simply to shove them full of anti-depressants, a dubious solution at best [read this book] and a net with many holes for the dispossessed, diet has a rather large part to play.
It's not just mental health either.
Our obesity epidemic could be helped in a way you might not expect - not eating less, but eating differently. It's starting to become clear that certain nutrients affect your sense of fullness. So rather than taking a pill that makes you 'shit oil' you might want to just up your omegas.
It's all there on FAB's site where they have a list of 968 resources and counting.You can also search by condition - say Alzheimer's or Antisocial Behaviour, letting you find out what cutting edge dietary science there is on that subject.
It's worth a look, if only to appreciate the volume of research coming out about this. It makes you realise how simple changes to a child's diet could bring dividends in their later life.
Homelessness mental health stats here
That's Food and Behaviour Research. And that's exactly what they do.
We're pretty used to being told which foods are Good, which are Bad, which are somewhere in the middle. We know about obesity and fried chicken and that a good breakfast is an essential start to the day.
But FAB aren't your run-of-the-mill nutrition info service.
They produce and compile research that is at the forefront of how we really are what we eat, moreso than we may realise.
This is what they say:
"Diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning.
Nutrition can play an important role in the prevention and management of many kinds of difficulties in behaviour, learning and mood. These include:
- Everyday difficulties in behaviour, learning or mood that can affect children and adults - at home, at school or in the workplace.
- Developmental conditions - such as ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and autistic spectrum disorders.
- Mental health conditions - such as anxiety, depression, bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder and schizophrenia."
Science is starting to tell us more than simply to shove them full of anti-depressants, a dubious solution at best [read this book] and a net with many holes for the dispossessed, diet has a rather large part to play.
It's not just mental health either.
Our obesity epidemic could be helped in a way you might not expect - not eating less, but eating differently. It's starting to become clear that certain nutrients affect your sense of fullness. So rather than taking a pill that makes you 'shit oil' you might want to just up your omegas.
It's all there on FAB's site where they have a list of 968 resources and counting.You can also search by condition - say Alzheimer's or Antisocial Behaviour, letting you find out what cutting edge dietary science there is on that subject.
It's worth a look, if only to appreciate the volume of research coming out about this. It makes you realise how simple changes to a child's diet could bring dividends in their later life.
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Sources:Homelessness mental health stats here
