Mental wellbeing refers to how we feel about ourselves and our ability to cope with daily life. For most of us, the quality of our relationships with friends, family and colleagues is fundamentally important to our state of mind, but there are so many other things that can affect this: debt, a traumatic experience, a long-term physical health condition, being overweight, etc.
Wanting to look after our mental health is a positive intention that itself can be a marker of our wellbeing. Also, putting that intention into action means doing things for helping protect our mental and physical health. Eating well, and being moderately physically active on most days, can do just that. We are what we eat and an inadequate intake of particular nutrients might affect our mood and subsequently impact on our wellbeing.
Most of us generally know what eating well is about, but sometimes areas of confusion lead us to food or drink choices that do not contribute to our mental or physical health - and in some instances those foods or nutrients may possibly harm it. Nutrients that might help improve mood in some people, if there is a deficiency in these nutrients, include vitamin D, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids.
Eating well and getting enough exposure to summer sun makes deficiency in these particular nutrients unlikely, but it is a risk for people who do not consume a sufficient amount of foods containing vitamin D (e.g. oily fish), magnesium (e.g. nuts and seeds) or omega-3 fatty acids (e.g. oily fish, seeds).
Personalised healthy living goals will give you the assurance that your diet provides you with the range and amount of nutrients for supporting good mental and physical health.
Wanting to look after our mental health is a positive intention that itself can be a marker of our wellbeing. Also, putting that intention into action means doing things for helping protect our mental and physical health. Eating well, and being moderately physically active on most days, can do just that. We are what we eat and an inadequate intake of particular nutrients might affect our mood and subsequently impact on our wellbeing.
Most of us generally know what eating well is about, but sometimes areas of confusion lead us to food or drink choices that do not contribute to our mental or physical health - and in some instances those foods or nutrients may possibly harm it. Nutrients that might help improve mood in some people, if there is a deficiency in these nutrients, include vitamin D, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids.
Eating well and getting enough exposure to summer sun makes deficiency in these particular nutrients unlikely, but it is a risk for people who do not consume a sufficient amount of foods containing vitamin D (e.g. oily fish), magnesium (e.g. nuts and seeds) or omega-3 fatty acids (e.g. oily fish, seeds).
Personalised healthy living goals will give you the assurance that your diet provides you with the range and amount of nutrients for supporting good mental and physical health.