Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Abstract
In “Gut Feeling: Good Food, Good Mood,” Asia Battle describes the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry. Her essay explains why psychotropic medications can be unreliable and, over time, even counter-productive for treating ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, and other disorders with which children are being increasingly diagnosed. Battle explains some of the science linking proper nutrition with relief from mental/emotional distress and offers suggestions for transitioning from poor diets (including the treats that we may use to placate children) to diets that promote physical and emotional well-being.
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Recommended Citation
Battle, Asia, "Gut Feeling: Good Food, Good Mood" (2019). The Diana McDonald Writer's Challenge. 10.
https://spark.parkland.edu/mcdonald_award/10
