ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson

Gabrielle Nolan 11/29

  1. Diet has an impact on our health and is bidirectional
  2. Psychiatric disorders, depression, anxiety, etc can cause eating disorders and vice versa.
  3. The Mediterranean Diet is supposed to include consuming a low amount of meat, a high amount of nutes, fruits, and vegetables, and healthy fats.
  4. The Mediterranean Diet can lead you to live a long life, have weight loss, and low rates of cardiovascular diseases. These factors can lead to mood increase and happiness.
  5. Health factors like obesity can cause you to either binge eat or starve yourself which may increase stress, depression, and anxiety.
  6. From a psychological standpoint, over or under eating can cause issues like being self conscious about your appearance which may increase the chance of becoming depressed.
  7. Eating a diet high in fats interfere with the synthesis of serationi, the “happy” chemical in our brains