Rationale
Introduction
At a very young age, we’re taught that eating well helps us look and
feel our physical best. What we’re not always told is that good
nutritional diet significantly affects our mental health, too. A
healthy, well-balanced nutritional diet can help us think clearly and
feel more alert. It can also improve concentration and attention
span. (sutterhealth.org). As defined by (medlineplus.gov) Nutrition
is about eating a healthy and balanced diet, while diet is a regimen
of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one’s weight.
Several studies showed that an inadequate diet can lead to fatigue,
impaired decision-making, and can slow down reaction time. In
fact, a poor diet can actually aggravate, and may even lead to
mental health risks such as stress and depression.
(sutterhealth.org) Mental health is the over all status of our
emotional, psychological and social well-being.
The field of nutritional psychiatry suggests that our diet can affect
our mental and emotional health status. Food we eat directly
affects our gastrointestinal systems, gastrointestinal tract is lined
with a hundred million nerve cells, or neurons(Health.Harvard.Edu),
it makes sense that the inner workings of your digestive system
don’t just help you digest food but also guide your emotion
affecting your mental health stability.
As of today most of the literature authored by several health
sources evidently shows the link between nutrition and depression
while they easily show the connection between nutritional
deficiencies and physical illness. On the contrary the correlation
between nutritional diet and mental health status has
Yet to be fully elucidated. Therefore, the goal of this study is to
clarify the relationship between the nutritional diet and mental
health.
Research Objectives:
This study aims to show the relationship between nutritional diet
and mental health
