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Consider Enhancing

your Nutrition Plan

A well-balanced diet helps our bodies

and brains perform at our highest
level. It’s important to maintain your

current healthy diet or get on track to
begin a balanced diet.

Remember, making changes to your

diet does not have to be drastic.

Introducing a few modest changes
over time can lead to improvement.

There is a growing body of evidence

that nutritional imbalances can make
one prone to depression and anxiety, Please consult with your physician for any dietary questions or concerns.

and may even plays a key role in
Serotonin produced in your stomach. Food with Beneficial Effects vs Foods

We recommend that you consider You Should Try and Avoid
start or continue to take a

multivitamin (unless your physician Beneficial Effects Food to Try and Avoid
prohibits it). We also recommend • High quality protein foods such as eggs, • Refined sugar and high glycemic index

taking one to two grams of Omega-3 milk, yogurt, beans, meat, chicken, and fish carbohydrates like white bread, pasta and
rice etc.
etc.
Fatty Acid (or Fish Oil) supplements • Omega-3 Fatty acids which are highest in • If you are sensitive to gluten, foods high
daily. oily fish like salmon, sardines, herring and in gluten such as wheat, rye, and barley

trout. containing this protein.
Common diets with positive • Probiotics may be bought in capsule or • Trans fats or partially hydrogenated oils

influence for mental health include: liquid form but are also found in foods like of any kind. These are mostly found in
• The Mediterranean Diet yogurt, kefir, aged cheese, milk and soy processed foods like cookies, margarine,

• The MIND Diet products. shortening, crackers, chips, salad
dressings, and other snack foods.
• The DASH Diet • Fiber in natural plant food such as leafy • Sugar-sweetened drinks like soda have
green vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts,
(Ask your provider about information and grains are also important all of the blood-spiking sugar of fruit juice

on these diets) • Zinc sources include oysters, beef, crab, with none of the nutrition.
cereal, beans, chicken, pork etc.
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