Food for the Mind, Body and Soul: Healthy Eating for Holistic Health

Note: To enable members to join, we give members ten (10) minutes to join meetings. To prepare for the meeting, we encourage members to read the resources provided and bring a journal notebook for note-taking purposes. We will complete a journal session during the discussion.

According to research conducted by reputable institutions such as Harvard University and the National Institute of Health, the key to improving mental health and emotional well-being rests on embracing a plant-based diet and engaging in physical activity. Join us as we discuss strategies on how to incorporate healthy eating habits and physical activity into our daily lives in order to optimize physical, mental and emotional health.

• How to motivate ourselves to sustain healthy eating habits and physical activity
• How to embrace healthy habits when we lack a support system
• The Importance of implementing an integrative and holistic approach to health
• Complete a journal session

Resources

• Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health
• Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing? - PMC
• [Psychiatry.org - How What You Eat Can Affect Your Mental Health](https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/how-what-you-eat-can-affect-your-mental-health)
• Healthy foods for a healthy mind | Blue Cross NC
• How 30-Minutes of Exercise a Day Can Benefit your Mental Health
• Perceived Social Support from Friends and Parents for Eating Behavior and Diet Quality among Low-income, Urban, Minority Youth - PMC