Rates of mental illness have been on the rise over the last 50 years, despite advances in medication and other therapies. Scientists have been discovering that what we eat is affecting our mental health. Completing this course will help you to:

• Understand how our food supply has changed
• Recognise the components of food that are relevant to mental health
• Discover dietary patterns that maximize nutrient density
• Connect dietary choices to mental health
• Examine dietary advice and what is relevant to better mental health outcomes
• Implement simple ways to improve your diet
• Identify individual and environmental factors that influence the supply of nutrients to the brain
• Explore the recent paradigm shift of using broad spectrum micronutrients to address mental health challenges
• Understand when additional nutrients may be necessary to alleviate mental health suffering

The course is presented in six modules:

MODULE 1: Nutrition and Mental Health: Why now?
MODULE 2: Introduction to nutrients relevant to brain health.
MODULE 3: Dietary patterns and mental health.
MODULE 4: The factors that influence the supply of nutrients to the brain.
MODULE 5: Supplementation as treatment for mental health problems: The evidence.
MODULE 6: The bigger context: What can you do to build a better brain?