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This honors thesis examines the relationship between nutrition and mental well-being by investigating nutrition’s relationship with mood, cognition, mental dexterity, chronic disease, mental health, and treatment plans. The author of the thesis researched and investigated the following questions: 1. Is diet and mood intertwined? 2. How does nutrition impact cognition and mental dexterity? 3. How does nutrition impact chronic disease? 4. What is the correlation between nutrition and mental health, and is nutrition being addressed in mental health treatment? The author found six key components to a healthy diet through a literature review. These six components include complex carbohydrates, EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids), amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and water. These six components are essential in mood, cognition, mental dexterity, chronic disease, and mental health. Implementing these six components into treatment plans could help alleviate and reduce mental health problems. Unfortunately, humans can only produce some of these components; the rest must come from external sources. These components help replenish and restore nerve cells and neurotransmitters, which in turn help our bodies function to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find these specific nutrients being implemented into treatment plans

Publication Date

7-23-2022

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