Food for thought from our community partner Matone Counseling and Testing sharing how what we eat and drink plays a role in our mood and mental health. See their helpful tips on being in touch with what you consume and how it impacts your mind and body.
Tip 1: Learn to recognize your “body-budget.” For example, when we drink coffee, our body-budget regions make alterations to homeostasis. Cortisol, a hormone, does what it’s supposed to do, giving a burst of energy, much as it does when we are stressed. That leads to a rise in glucose, causing cells to expand and contract; breathing and heartbeat increase just like when we run.
Tip 2: Consider your mind-gut connection. Monitor how different foods might make you feel and adjust/experiment from there.
Tip 3: Increase self-awareness. Improve your interoceptive skills via mindfulness, which increases your self-awareness and capacity to direct mental energy towards surfing urges and changing behaviors.
Tip 4: Improve body balance. Improve the way your body balances itself through
sleep, exercise, and diet. Simply moving has shown to help people change how they feel, as does a good night’s rest.
By: Matone Counseling and Testing
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Matone Counseling and Testing provides compassionate care to the community by empowering great clinicians to provide diverse services. Their emphasis has been to help diverse populations by making behavioral health available to all segments of the community. They accept almost every insurance plan on the market and partner with dozens of primary care doctors, treatment centers, and specialists across the city to make quality mental health care accessible to the entire communit
