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The Food-Mood Solution
All-Natural Ways To Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress,
Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems Ð and Feel Good Again
(Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
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What is The Food-Mood Solution about?
You don't need a study to tell you the obvious: people's moods have gotten really awful in recent years. One study, published in a leading medical journal, estimated that 42 million American adults have mood disorders.
We see it all around us: The coworker who's always in a snit about something. Those folks who charge into the elevator before you get off. Impatient people in line at the supermarket. Aggressive and downright mean drivers. It all adds up to an epidemic of what I call "pissy mood syndrome."
Psychologists blame everything from our self-centered habits to the breakdown of traditional family structures. But could food also have something to do with our moods?
Nutrients form the building blocks of neurotransmitters, the brain chemicals that regulate our moods and thinking processes. When people get too stressed and eat too many nutrient-poor junk foods, their moods and ability to think clearly can become compromised. The result may include irritability, impatience, anger, anxiety, panic attacks, impulsivity, distractibility, depression, fuzzy thinking, addictive behaviors, and mood swings.
Jack Challem's book, The Food-Mood Solution, explores how too much stress, too little time, and too many junk foods set the stage for bad moods and behavior. His four-step program to improve moods focuses on natural nonproprietary mood-enhancing nutritional supplements, improved eating habits, increased physical activity, and lifestyle changes that buffer against stress.
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A Book Review of The Food-Mood Solution from Publishers Weekly, January 8, 2007 Best known as the "Nutrition Reporter" for consumer health publications (Alternative Medicine; Body & Soul; etc.), Challem (The Inflammation Syndrome) describes a familiar scenario: rising levels of anger, impatience, frustration, fatigue and anxiety due to minor daily irritations. Citing studies of increased violence traced to mood disorders, Challem contends that basic but highly specific diet and lifestyle modifications can lower stress levels and radically improve behavior and health. While the effects of poor nutrition on health take years to manifest, he says, such effects on mood are readily apparent, and he urges readers to notice how certain foods and beverages lead to headaches, fatigue, poor sleep, depression, compulsive behavior, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and other increasingly common conditions. His plan targets neuronutrients (vitamins and minerals needed to make critical brain chemicals) and nutrisocial factors (family, workload, environment, advertising, etc.) to boost mood. After taking a few quizzes, readers will be guided through a four-part program: supplements, diet, exercise and lifestyle. While the information is not entirely new, Challem does solidly address the hardest part of his equation -- and that's the lifestyle change itself. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. |
Who is Jack Challem?
Jack Challem, known as The Nutrition Reporter™, is one of America's most trusted nutrition and health writers. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Food-Mood Solution (Wiley, 2007), Feed Your Genes Right (Wiley, 2005), The Inflammation Syndrome (Wiley 2003) and the lead author of the best-selling Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance (Wiley, 2000).
Jack is also the series editor for the 50-volume User's Guide series of health paperback books (Basic Health Publications). He writes The Nutrition Reporter™ newsletter and contributes regularly to many magazines, including Alternative Medicine, Better Nutrition, Body & Soul, Experience Life, and Let's Live. His scientific articles have appeared in Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Medical Hypotheses, and other journals. In addition, he is a columnist for Alternative & Complementary Therapies. Jack is a frequent speaker at nutritional medicine conferences and to consumer health groups.
Unlike many self-styled nutrition experts, Jack does not sell vitamins or any other kind of nutritional supplement or food product.
Read free articles about food, supplements, and mood
• Download a pdf article on food and mood from Experience Life magazine
• Check out an article on "cell-phone syndrome" from Let's Live magazine
• Look at an article on anti-anxiety supplements from Alternative Medicine magazine
• Read about natural treatments for depression from GreatLife magazine
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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 |
Take a peek - explore free excerpts from The Food-Mood Solution
• Check out the Table of Contents
• Read the Introduction to The Food-Mood Solution
• Chapter 8: Dealing with Irritability, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Violent Behavior
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