It’s well established that the food we eat has a profound influence on our mental health and risk of developing psychiatric illness (1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7), and that gut dysbiosis, which closely relates to nutritional imprudence, plays a central role in the pathogenesis of a number of disorders of the mind. One […]
Brain disorders
The Darwinian Causes of Mental Illness
Why do so many contemporary humans suffer from a mental illness? The global, collective prevalence of chronic depression, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), autism, and other disorders of the mind is today fairly high, which is very concerning, seeing as these types of conditions in many cases have a devastating impact on measures of […]
How Bread Messes With the Head
Yesterday, as I was rushing through a local grocery store that was one the verge of closing up for the day in pursuit of something to eat the remaining days of Easter, I was taken off guard by a craving for bread that came out of nowhere. I could feel that my body wanted some […]