EQOL Journal (2020) 12(2):
BOOK REVIEW
BRAIN CHANGER. Felice Jacka, 321 pages, Macmillan, 2019 (ISBN:
Cécil J.W. Meulenberg1 ✉
Received: 30th October, 2020 |
DOI: 10.31382/eqol.201206 |
Accepted: 2nd November, 2020 |
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© The Author(s) 2020. This article is published with open access. |
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This easy readible and thoroughly scientifically- backed book by australian professor Felica Jacka, explains the recent science on how diet can affect the brain and mental health, with a specific focus on the risk to anxiety and depression.
The scientific evidence is drawn from the results with larger cohorts and randomized controlled trials including amongst others: ALSPAC (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, United Kingdom); HELFIMED (Healthy Eating for Life with a Mediterranean Diet, Australia); HUSK (Hordaland Health Study, Norway); PREDIMED (Prevencíon con Dieta Mediterránea, Spain); SMILES (Supporting the Modification of Lifestyles in Lowered Emotional States, Australia).
These and other studies show that wherever the geographical area,
Consecutive chapters illustrate recent understandings of the effects of diets on the immune system, their influence on brain plasticity (which also occurs in older humans), epigenetics, food sensitivities, inflammation, and centrally, the importance of food to the gut microbiota (including the consumption of fermented foods). These effects are explained simply and efficiently in relation to mental health, as well as briefly to psychotic illnesses, autism and ADHD.
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1Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, Koper, Slovenia
By doing so, it is possible for every physical activity researcher or athlete interested in the combination of nutrition, lifestyles and good habits, to get up to date easily, or to make a first aquaintance with the fields of nutrition and brain health.
The appendix contains a reference list that restricts itself to the most influential studies like systematic reviews and
Although it is intended for the general public, the book is recommended for scholars of any life sciences. With her
To influence mental health through nutritious, whole foods will be an essential topic to come, also in the fields of sports. In that sense Brain Changer, can be exactly that.
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Meulenberg, Cécil J.W. "BRAIN CHANGER. Felice Jacka, 321 pages, Macmillan, 2019." Exercise and Quality of Life. Vol. 12. no. 2. 2020.
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