Nutrition & Your Mental Health INTRODUCING AMINO ACIDS BY ASHLEY CARTER YOUNGBLOOD
FOOD IS NO LONGER ENOUGH
Due to the depletion of The Earth’s soil health, sources like The American Society for Horticultural Science and the Journal of American College of Nutrition report a reduction in the percentage of nutrition in our food by a median of 5-40%. Even the Journal of the American Medical Association determined in 2002 that diet alone can no longer supply adequate amounts of nutrition. This change in nutrient density means that someone would have to eat eight oranges to equal the same amount of vitamins that our grandparents would have gotten from just one orange. And, to consume that amount of fruit as “one serving” would cause another whole set of problems with caloric excess during our current obesity epidemic. As a country, we may be overfed. But, we (including our brains!) remain undernourished. This means that, separate from any trendy “diet” that touts itself as the “perfect” way of eating, even if we ate the “perfect human diet” (whatever that is!) every day, we simply cannot get as many nutrients to the brain that are needed to prevent mental health symptoms. So, while food is no longer enough, there is a straightforward and powerful option to help provide your brain with the nutrition it needs to be happy and stable: amino acids!
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March 2022
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