Category Archives: High Quality Diet

A Fixation On Calories

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Many individuals are fixated with the energy (calorie) content of foods. Often this fixation results from a desire to lose weight. Many diet companies take advantage of this energy fixation, and offer a range of low energy foods to the … Continue reading →

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Can You Overeat High Quality Food?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Robert Barrington

One problem encountered by those who wish to lose weight is that they cannot stop overeating. This is based on the assumption that to lose weight, an individual must eat less. However, this premise is erroneous. Firstly, low quality food, … Continue reading →

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Diet Versus Exercise: Their Role in Health

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Diet and exercise have quite different roles in health, but people often misunderstand them. The role of diet in health is to provide essential nutrients and energy to allow normal metabolic regulation. The role of exercise beyond daily activities is … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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Poor Diet: Making You Dumb And Sad?

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Poor diet is associated with a number of detrimental health effects. To date, most of the focus on the health effects of poor diet has been on the physical effects. These include weight gain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. However, … Continue reading →

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What are the Best and Worst Foods For Mood Disorders?

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Robert Barrington

Stress is the trigger that causes mental health problems. However, a large body of research now supports the role of diet in mental health. Certain diets appear to be protective of mental health, while other seem to facilitate mental health … Continue reading →

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What Diet Patterns are Beneficial Against Anxiety?

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Robert Barrington

Diet has been shown to play an important role in the development of mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. A poor diet can facilitate a lack of resistance to stress, which can further develop into mood disorders. Studies have … Continue reading →

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Dietary Ingredients for Mental Health

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Robert Barrington

There is now strong evidence that diet is one of the main factors that can lead to poor mental health. In particular, poor diet has been linked to anxiety and depression. Therefore, it stands to reason that a healthy high … Continue reading →

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Knowledge of Nutrition Improves Eating Patterns

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Does improving your nutritional knowledge improve the quality of the diet you will consume? Is nutritional education effective at improving the quality of an individual’s diet? These are important questions that are of interest to health professionals. A number of … Continue reading →

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The Plant Food Hypothesis of Mood Disorders

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Robert Barrington
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