An inquiry held by the Parliamentary food and health forum has released a report urging the government to invest more money into food awareness. It claims that we consume to much fatty foods, and not enough fish, whole foods, vitamins and minerals. The report also so states that to deny yourself these nutrients has detrimental effect on your mental health. As a first line of defence the NHS has started screening mental health patients to check for nutritional deficiencies.
Patrick Holford, director of the educational charity, Food for the Brain says: “Less than half a percent of all money for medical research is spent on nutrition largely because there are no patented, profitable drugs at the end of it. Most doctors today have virtually no training in this area and simply don’t know that improving diet and supplementing specific nutrients often works as well, if not better than drugs for treating depression and mental illness. We welcome this report, which fairly and squarely recommends that government should put more money where our mouths are."
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