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Electrolytes for Mental Health and Overall Wellness!
I am a big proponent of attending to our basic needs to support mental health and wellness. Our foundational survival needs are air, water, food, shelter, and sleep. If our basic needs are not being met, we will suffer physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. When we are struggling, it’s important to address foundational needs as part of treatment.
There is newer science that supports drinking water alone may not be enough to stay hydrated. Especially more active folks or those on restricted diets may require water and electrolytes to hydrate.
My #1 Nutrition Tip for 2024
Annette Kutilek is an Intuitive Eating dietitian in based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and sees clients remotely in any part of the world. It is her passion and mission in life to journey alongside the many folks working to reclaim their here-and-now bodies from chronic dieting and food fears. She is honored to witness individuals finding joy in food, kicking dieting to the curb, and returning home to their bodies on a daily basis.
Anxiety: A Metabolic Disorder? Not a Psychiatric Disorder.
I thought this article was worth posting because my training background does not deem anxiety a psychiatric disorder, and philosophically, I believe there are ways to treat anxiety besides medications. I conceptualize anxiety as an overacting stress/threat response due to trauma or ongoing stress. I think dietary deficiencies can create stress in our bodies and that prolonged stress hormones wreak havoc in our bodies. Pointed supplementation can be a meaningful part of anxiety treatment along with psychotherapy. Anxiety: A Metabolic Disorder? The most basic symptoms may relate to energy use, and the most direct treatment may be dietary. By Hara Estroff Marano, September/October 2023/Psychology Today.
FOOD! How to Be Less Overwhelmed by Feeding Yourself and Others!
Like most things, being intentional creates change and benefit. If you are serious about feeling better. Get serious about caring for your basic needs and providing your body the nutrition it needs! Need support? Coriander Living is here for you. Let’s talk food!
Back to the Basics for Mental Health! Spotlight on NUTRITION!
If you are serious about feeling better. Get serious about caring for your basic needs and providing your body the nutrition it needs! Need support? Coriander Living is here for you.
We are Human Machines! Lifestyle Series Part III: FOOD
If you are not feeling well, access your nutritional input. How could you improve it? Do you need to educate yourself on nutrition? Do you need to seek the counsel of an expert? Should you purchase a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) membership?