I have been flying through the last two courses of my RNH studies. The information is so exciting and gravitating but the one area that really got my attention is how Nutrtion affects the brain.
It really opened my eyes. When our nutrition is poor we can all understand how it can physically affect our liver , heart etc, but most of us don't realize what great affects bad nutiriton can have on our brains. If our brains are not functionally ideally the symptoms are endless and the consequences can be very vast as our brain controls our thoughts, decisions and actions.
Brain health is fully dependent on good nutrition. We often judge people with mental illness and see them in a different light than those that may have heart disease or kidney disease, but the brain is just one more organ that needs specific nutrients in order to operate optimally.
It really made me wonder about all the people locked up in prison and institutions, and all the school kids that are controlled with Ritalin. How much does nutritional deficiencess and toxic exposures play in where they are now? I think it's time to bring nutrition education to the forefront.
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