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Listen "How the Standard American Diet is Impacting Mental Health: How the SAD is Making Us Sad"
Episode Synopsis
Join Emily as she explores the impact that the Standard American Diet, otherwise known as highly refined sugar, ultraprocessed foods, fast food, and more, is impacting our mental health. She discusses a number of reasons that taking time to choose better quality foods can have a profound impact on how we feel emotionally, and what the state of our current food system is doing to the mental health epidemic nationwide.
Emily is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and a Certified Dietary Supplement Professional with a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Emily is also a Functional Nutrition Expert, certified through MindBody Green. Emily owns and operates Whole with Emily LLC, wherein she works with clients one on one within the space of holistic wellness, to support optimal physical and mental health. She believes that true health and feeling better means examining the intersection between physical and mental health and look at one's experience through this lens. Integration of nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management and self care, gut health, mindset and more is the formula for a better quality life. Emily marries mindset with behavioral change in order to create the ultimate mind body connection and promote sustained change and a healthful balance within her work with clients.
She explores
- the definition of processed and ultra-processed foods
- how blood sugar is connected to mental health
- how we've normalized foods in our culture
- the impact of processed food on gut health
- sugar, sugar, and more sugar!
- how dietary trends influence us and cause more stress
Interested in 1:1 holistic health coaching? Learn more here!
FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU:
Check out my website to join my weekly newsletter and stay up to date on all things wellness, recipes, and more!
31 Tips for Daily Mental Wellness: explore 31 different lifestyle habits to support your mental health daily
Getting Started Wellness Guide: head back to the basics, build a solid foundation to get started on your wellness journey!
FREE Workshop on the five pillars to uplevel your daily wellness
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- The Anatomy of Anxiety, Dr. Ellen Vora
- This is Your Brain on Food, Dr. Uma Naidoo
- Calm Your Mind with Food, Dr. Uma Naidoo
- Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, Dr. Drew Ramsey
Grocery Guides
Support the Show:
Please subscribe, rate, and review to help support the show! Share to your IG stories and tag @_wholewithemily.
Connect with me on IG: @_wholewithemily
Connect with me on Tiktok: @wholewithemily
Let's eat together! To sponsor our show or to become a guest, email: [email protected]
For further mental health support, click here.
Emily is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and a Certified Dietary Supplement Professional with a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Emily is also a Functional Nutrition Expert, certified through MindBody Green. Emily owns and operates Whole with Emily LLC, wherein she works with clients one on one within the space of holistic wellness, to support optimal physical and mental health. She believes that true health and feeling better means examining the intersection between physical and mental health and look at one's experience through this lens. Integration of nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management and self care, gut health, mindset and more is the formula for a better quality life. Emily marries mindset with behavioral change in order to create the ultimate mind body connection and promote sustained change and a healthful balance within her work with clients.
She explores
- the definition of processed and ultra-processed foods
- how blood sugar is connected to mental health
- how we've normalized foods in our culture
- the impact of processed food on gut health
- sugar, sugar, and more sugar!
- how dietary trends influence us and cause more stress
Interested in 1:1 holistic health coaching? Learn more here!
FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU:
Check out my website to join my weekly newsletter and stay up to date on all things wellness, recipes, and more!
31 Tips for Daily Mental Wellness: explore 31 different lifestyle habits to support your mental health daily
Getting Started Wellness Guide: head back to the basics, build a solid foundation to get started on your wellness journey!
FREE Workshop on the five pillars to uplevel your daily wellness
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- The Anatomy of Anxiety, Dr. Ellen Vora
- This is Your Brain on Food, Dr. Uma Naidoo
- Calm Your Mind with Food, Dr. Uma Naidoo
- Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, Dr. Drew Ramsey
Grocery Guides
Support the Show:
Please subscribe, rate, and review to help support the show! Share to your IG stories and tag @_wholewithemily.
Connect with me on IG: @_wholewithemily
Connect with me on Tiktok: @wholewithemily
Let's eat together! To sponsor our show or to become a guest, email: [email protected]
For further mental health support, click here.
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