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Is it possible to eat your way to a better mood? Can foods really impact how the brain makes you think and feel? The “Happy Eating Podcast” was created after we couldn’t find the information that we needed for ourselves and our families. Join us as we break down the connection between food and mental wellness as we explore how food, diet, supplements, and daily habits can make for truly Happy Eating.
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Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Let’s talk alcohol; balancing the risk and benefits of drinking is constantly being discussed in the media. In today’s episode we look at how alcohol may affect your mental health. Is drinking a glass of wine while cooking dinner helpful or harmful? Could your girls night out be impacting your mental wellness over the following few days? And how much really is too much when it comes to mental health? We’ll also share our “mom truth moment” and tell you what we actually do.
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Does Alcohol Affect Your Mental Wellness?
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Studies Mentioned:
1.) Alcohol Intake, Wine Consumption, and the Development of Depression: the PREDIMED Study
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-11-192
2.) Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Function in Women
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041152
3.) The Benefit of Moderate Alcohol Use on Mood and Functional Ability in Later Life: Due to Beers or Frequent Cheers?
https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/60/1/80/5144392
4.) Social Anxiety and the Quality of Everyday Social Interactions: The Moderating Influence of Alcohol Consumption
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789417301156?via%3Dihub
5.) Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxiety
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6927748/
6.) Association of Low to Moderate Alcohol Drinking with Cognitive Functions from Middle to Older Age Among US Adults
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324954/
7.) The Triangular Association of ADH1B Genetic Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption, and the Risk of Depression in Older Men
https://www.nature.com/articles/mp2013117
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