Good-mood food Joining the dots between what we eat and mental wellbeing.
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f you served up last night’s dinner to a hunter-gatherer ancestor, would they recognise it as food? If they did the same to you, would you be willing to take a bite? Our diets have changed considerably over the course of history, with much of what
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we eat now coming from a factory rather than a farm. And while it’s plain to see the impact it’s having on our physical health – fuelling rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease – what effect is it having on our mental health?
The food-mood link The aptly named Food & Mood Centre, a world-leading research hub based in Victoria, is dedicated to exploring how diet may impact mental health. Centre researcher Dr Hajara Aslam says a consistent body of evidence shows that people
