Rationale

Introduction

At a very young age, we’re taught that eating well helps us look and

feel our physical best. What we’re not always told is that good

nutritional diet significantly affects our mental health, too. A

healthy, well-balanced nutritional diet can help us think clearly and

feel more alert. It can also improve concentration and attention

span. (sutterhealth.org). As defined by (medlineplus.gov) Nutrition

is about eating a healthy and balanced diet, while diet is a regimen

of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one’s weight.

Several studies showed that an inadequate diet can lead to fatigue,

impaired decision-making, and can slow down reaction time. In

fact, a poor diet can actually aggravate, and may even lead to

mental health risks such as stress and depression.

(sutterhealth.org) Mental health is the over all status of our

emotional, psychological and social well-being.

The field of nutritional psychiatry suggests that our diet can affect

our mental and emotional health status. Food we eat directly

affects our gastrointestinal systems, gastrointestinal tract is lined

with a hundred million nerve cells, or neurons(Health.Harvard.Edu),

it makes sense that the inner workings of your digestive system

don’t just help you digest food but also guide your emotion

affecting your mental health stability.

As of today most of the literature authored by several health

sources evidently shows the link between nutrition and depression

while they easily show the connection between nutritional

deficiencies and physical illness. On the contrary the correlation

between nutritional diet and mental health status has

Yet to be fully elucidated. Therefore, the goal of this study is to

clarify the relationship between the nutritional diet and mental

health.

Research Objectives:

This study aims to show the relationship between nutritional diet

and mental health