Jim KwikFounder, Kwik Brain · Brain Coach

What contributes to mental illness

19 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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A clinician explains how diet, sleep, and exercise shape brain metabolism and mental health. People with obesity are 50% to 350% more likely to develop mental illness. He emphasizes finding personal purpose as essential for recovery and outlines lifestyle strategies that have helped his clients.

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The science is overwhelmingly clear. What we eat, whether we sleep, our exercise levels, and other lifestyle strategies play a profound role in our brain metabolism. There is no way around it. That what you eat matters, especially for your gray matter. People with obesity on average are at 50% to 350% more likely to develop a broad range of mental illnesses across the lifespan.
What do you think the key is to not giving up and still staying on track and being open?
People have to have a reason They have to have a reason to live. They have to have a reason to fight. We are going to get you better. It might take us a little bit of time to figure out what the right mix is for you, but we are going to get you better and we're not going to stop until we succeed.
What other lifestyle factors do you consider crucial?
Here are some themes that I will offer that have been highly effective in many of the people that I work with. One is