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“Psychiatric medicine and mental healthcare have a serious problem. Experts around the globe—from the World Health Organization to the Pew Research Center—all agree: we are in the midst of a mental health epidemic. Diagnoses of depression and anxiety disorders have snowballed over the past decade, now occurring more frequently in teens and young children.”
― Drew Ramsey, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

“The DSM-5 defines depression as a person having multiple symptoms, which may include a depressed mood, loss of energy, diminished ability to concentrate, changes in appetite, and decreased interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities, for more than a two-week period. It also states that depression is disruptive, meaning that a person’s decreased mood is interfering with their ability to comfortably live their lives. A person with depression may have a lot of trouble getting out of bed in the morning, finishing basic tasks, or connecting with friends and family. One of my patients once described depression to me as what happens when life loses its color—and I think that’s a very illuminating description.”
― Drew Ramsey, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

“One of my colleagues, Scott A. Small, MD, a neurologist who heads the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, made headlines in 2014 after showing that drinking a dark-chocolate beverage high in cocoa flavanols could improve memory function in older adults. Small and colleagues recruited thirty-seven individuals, between the ages of fifty and sixty-nine, to drink a cocoa beverage each day over a period of three months. Tough sell, right? About half of those individuals were given a beverage high in flavanols. The others were given one with a lower dose of these healthy molecules. After the three-month period was over, Small and colleagues gave the study participants a memory test. Lo and behold, individuals who had consumed the higher flavanol beverage showed a 25 percent greater advantage on the memory task than those who didn’t.3 The researchers also”
― Drew Ramsey, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

“They are leafy greens; rainbow fruits and veggies; seafood; nuts, beans, and seeds; meat; eggs and dairy; fermented foods; and dark chocolate.”
― Drew Ramsey, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks