Research from the University of Warwick has found that higher fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with better mental wellbeing. In a survey of 13 983 adults in England, looking at factors such as health, obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption, 33% of participants with high mental wellbeing, were found to be eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily. Across the study as a whole, high fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with both high likelihood of good mental wellbeing and reduced likelihood of poor mental wellbeing.
The researchers believe that their findings add to the mounting evidence that fruit and vegetable intake could be a way of enhancing mental wellbeing whilst at the same time preventing heart disease and cancer.
(Major health-related behaviours and mental well-being in the general population: the Health Survey for England. BMJ Open, 19 September 2014. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/9/e005878.full)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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