Breakfast and Mental Health
If you’ve worked with me, you’ll know that I ask people about their usual eating habits and one important one in particular - breakfast!
Mental health – Let’s Talk
It’s Bell Let’s Talk day. A day to break stigma and have conversations about mental health. I want to give a big shout out to a recent Netflix documentary, Stutz, for doing just that.
Mind Your Melon Podcast Interview
Listen to my recent podcast interview on food and mental health
Why inflammation is depressing
A recent quote in the Journal of the American Medical Association said the following: “Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders are being thought of more and more as systemic illnesses in which inflammation is involved.”
Nutritional Psychiatry
If you have a heart attack, your cardiologist is very likely to speak to you (at least briefly) about what you eat. This is a good thing! The food you eat has a significant impact on your future heart disease risk. If you have an episode of depression, its fairly unlikely that your psychiatrist will talk to you about food. But there is a significant movement aiming to change this.
Kale Pesto Recipe
This summer my garden is bursting with kale and my husband and daughter aren't crazy about it so I have to be a bit sneaky getting it in. They gobbled this up!
BBQ Grilled Vegetables with Herbs Recipe
At my house we’ve been doing a fair bit of outdoor cooking. Most people think of putting meat on the grill but why not add your veggies too? This mix has been a huge hit – it makes eating your veggies a treat!
Do your part to stop the spread of COVID-19
Have you downloaded the COVID-19 app on your phone?
Meal Planning
Did you make some changes with the new year? In my house we made a few. The one that I’m most excited about is meal planning.
Canada’s Fabulous New Food Guide
Did you hear? Canada got a new food guide and it’s awesome! You probably didn’t know this, although it shouldn’t be surprising – one of the lead scientists who developed it trained as a naturopathic doctor.
