Food Builds Your Body And Mind While Convenience Processed Foods - mood and food
The relationship between the foods we eat and mental health is complex but often referred to as mood and food, the premise being that healthy eating determines mental health. This LIFTu article explores a root cause of mental health disorders - nutrient deficiencies caused by eating a diet high in junk food. A brief history of food. The first step in understanding the rich difference between fresh live food and processed foods is understanding a brief history of food. For most of history, people didn’t have access to the variety of foods we have today. Food was seasonal and local, and people generally ate what was available. Their diets varied depending on where they lived and the time of year. Over time, as transportation and storage technology improved, people had access to more types of food from more places. This led to the development of the processed food industry, mass-produced food for a global market. Processed foods are typically high in sugar, fat, and salt and low in...