Feeling tired? Eat more ......

The Mental Health Foundation, a UK leading charity that carries out research on mental health problems, says that food has an immediate and lasting effect on our mental well-being. Common mood swings and feelings such as depression, insomnia, and stress are mainly a result of eating deficiencies. The Mental Health feeding minds’ web-page takes you through a user friendly interactive journey where you can specify what you are suffering from, and they will give you the exact vitamin or mineral supplements you need and the foods they can be found in. Lethargy for example can be overcome by eating Zinc rich foods such as fish, seafood, nuts and seeds.

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Well-being to take-away

Uscreates is part of a team that has devised a project to design a healthy take-away service and interactive tools encouraging better food habits for people using mental health services.

Evidence shows people with long-term mental illness also suffer from poor physical health. A causing factor is unhealthy nutrition caused by lack of cooking and budgeting skills; inadequate cooking facilities; difficulties in obtaining food; and side effects of medication. As a result many people with long-term mental illness rely heavily on take-away food, which may not promote good nutrition or be the best use of a limited income. A healthy alternative to take-away food could benefit both mental and physical health and provide education and employment opportunities.

Uscreates is currently working with three mental health trusts in London and the University of East London to source funding for this work.

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