Mary Beth Albright on EAT & FLOURISH

Food has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In her latest book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food/mood connection. She redefines “emotional eating” based on the science, revealing how eating triggers biological responses that affect humans’ emotional states both immediately and long-term. Join us as Albright shares research from the new field of nutritional psychology, combined with straightforward suggestions for what to eat and how to eat it - certain foods help reduce the inflammation that can harm mental health, the critical relationship between the microbiome and the brain, which vitamins help restore the body during intensely emotional times, and how to develop a healthful eating pattern for life - on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.