Mind Body Connection – Mental Health and Nutrition

Here’s a startling statistic—studies show that people who consume a healthy diet are 40% to 50% less likely to develop depression.
What are the absolutely best nutrients—and most nutrient-packed foods—to protect your brain from depression and other ailments?

Eat Complete author Drew Ramsey, MD, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an expert on nutrition and the brain, went on a scholarly quest to find out.
The good news is that what protects mood also protects against dementia and other brain-related conditions. “We used depression in our research because that’s where all the data is,” explained Dr. Ramsey, “but depression can be considered a proxy for brain health.”

So he developed a “Brain Food Scale” and presented his early findings to a packed crowd at the American Psychiatric Association’s 2016 annual meeting. He is preparing the scale for submission to an academic journal, but he has agreed to share its essential elements with Bottom Line readers here. “The brain is the biggest asset we have,” said Dr. Ramsey, “so we should be selecting foods that specifically nourish the brain.”


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9 Foods to Ditch if You Have Candida

As you probably know by now, Candida or yeast overgrowth is an incredibly common condition among those with autoimmune disease, gut issues, fatigue, brain fog, and other chronic health problems.

It occurs when Candida, a form of fungus that lives in your digestive tract, colonizes your gut, overpowering the good bacteria that usually keep it in check. This wreaks havoc on your gut, causing it to become leaky and leading to a huge variety of symptoms, including digestive issues, fatigue, brain fog, recurring fungal infections, skin problems, seasonal allergies, and mood swings.



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Tantric Practices that Create Intimacy & Connection in Your Relationship

Tantra is the practice of being in a full-relationship with life.
An alive connection with what is.
Opening yourself – your senses, your awareness, your emotions – to the present moment and experiencing reality from that place of openness.
Tantra drops us deeper into the felt experience who we really are. It creates an active merging of body and spirit. When we practice tantra, life turns on.
And so do we.
Before I go any further, I’ll answer the question I know you’re wondering: “What exactly is a tantric relationship?”
To me, it’s an intimate relationship that’s grounded-in and guided-by Truth.
Meaning, it’s a partnership where our purpose (as a couple) is to be as awake as we possibly can be. To be real, to confront our fears, and to grow in Love.
And it’s this practice of realness, truth, devotion and love that’ll create a deeper connection with a man; more than you’ve ever had in your life.

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Stimulate Neuroplasticity Of The Brain To Rewire Lost Connections

Structural and functional plasticity of the brain refers to its ability to retain new info and reassign lost function to its different regions. These neuron repair and regeneration properties can be exploited to cure diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Solving crossword and Sudoku puzzles initiate new neural connections. Meditation, rehabilitation and physical therapy can stimulate inactive neurons.

Until recently, the common scientific belief was that the brain was plastic (or changeable) only during childhood and young adulthood — the period when a person grows to maturity. However, as far back as in the 1890s, psychologist William James observed in his book The Principles of Psychology, “Organic matter, especially nervous tissue, seems endowed with a very extraordinary degree of plasticity.”


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