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What you eat can guide your moods Feeling blue? Curled up into a ball? Bingeing on a bar of chocolate?   Get up and move around, because chocolate won’t solve your problems! You  can, however, use healthy food and exercise to keep your stress & anxiety levels in check and boost your mental health.   Nearly 5% of India’s population suffers from common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, and 1-2% are battling severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a report by the  National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 2005 . Although most discussions about wellness revolve around the impact exercise and a balanced diet have on physical health, there’s a growing awareness about the role they play in improving emotional well-being as well. Our brain requires a constant supply of fuel, which comes from the food we eat. So it stands to reason that what we eat directly affects the structure and function of our ...

Lifestyle counseling could help protect the long-term heart health of adults who aren’t yet at high risk for heart attack and stroke, a panel of medical experts says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force last week reaffirmed its 2012 recommendation that doctors consider extra counseling on diet and exercise even among their low-risk patients. “The task force encourages primary care clinicians to talk to their patients about eating healthy and physical activity,” said task force vice chair Susan Curry. If patients are interested and motivated to make lifestyle changes, doctors should offer to refer them to counseling, she said. Obese people and those who have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels, diabetes, or problems maintaining normal blood sugar levels are at higher risk for heart disease. The task force already advised doctors to offer their high-risk patients intensive behavioral counseling to help prevent heart attack, stroke and other heart-related proble...