self help

Are we eating our way to poor mental health?

Are we eating our way to poor mental health?

There’s soooo much attention paid to the role poor nutrition plays in the global obesity epidemic, diabetes and heart disease, and so there should be it’s a serious issue. But very little attention is paid to the link between poor nutrition and depression, anxiety and suicide. Suicide rates are at an all-time with ‘the number of people who have taken their own lives in New Zealand [my home country] the highest since records began, with 668 dying by suicide in the past year(1). I myself have had a family member die of suicide and can attest to what devastating effects this has on the family left behind.