Table of Contents

Preface
Part I   Current Frame of Reference
Introduction
Mental Health Today
Nutritional Health Today
Defining Nutritional Status and Nutritional Health
Conclusion
Chapter 1 History, Controversy, and Progress in the Integration of Nutrition and Mental Health
Orthomolecular Medicine
Functional Medicine
Nutritional Medicine
Biological Psychiatry
Conclusion
Chapter 2 PsychoNutriologic Person
An Emerging Theory
Part II   Evidence: What Scientific Literature Tells Us
Chapter 3 Introduction to Evidence
Evaluating the Evidence in the Literature
Summary of Potential Mechanisms of Nutritional-Psychological Interactions
Summary of Nutritional Interventions for Influencing Nutritional - Psychological Interactions
Chapter 4 Nutrients Affect Mental Status
Macronutrients: Carbohydrate, Fats and Other Lipids, and Protein
Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals/Elements
Alcohol
Food Groups and Mental Well-being
Chapter 5 Conditions Affecting Nutritional Status and Mental Status
Introduction: Starving, Fasting, and Dieting
Starvation: Effects of Deprivation
Fasting and Weight Reduction Diets
Food Craving
Orthorexia
Caffeine
Obesity and Gastric Bypass (Bariatric) Surgery
Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
Chapter 6 Mental Status Affects Nutritional Status
Schizophrenia
Depression
Eating Disorders
Autism
Nutrition and Behavior: Aggression
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Additional Links between Nutrition and Mental Health
Psychotropic Medications
Nutrition, Genetics, and Mental Status
Nutrition and DNA
Genetic Polymorphism
The Body-Mind-Spirit Connection
Conclusion
Part III   Recommendations and Resources
Chapter 8 Recommendations
Recommendations: Individuals
Recommendations: Health Care Professionals
Recommendations: Scientists
Chapter 9 Professional Resources
Nutritional Status
Selected Resources
Standards for Nutritional Assessment and Interventions
Mental Status
Appendix A Web Sites of Interest
Appendix B Newsletters of Interest
Key Terms and Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
Tables
Table4.1 Equivalent Measures of Blood Glucose
Table4.2 Fatty Acid Metabolism in the Human Body
Table4.3 Essential Fatty Acids in Food
Table4.4 Recommended Intakes of Essential Amino Acids for Adults
Table4.5 Approximate Protein Intake from a Variety of Food Groups
Table4.6 Vitamins: Names, Notations, Deficiency Diseases
Table4.7 Megavitamin Vitamin Trial Results of Vaughan & McConaghy
Table4.8 Changes in Control Subjects of Vaughan & McConaghy
Table4.9 Abnormal Nutritional Status in Abbey’s Agoraphobic Patients
Table4.10 Physical Signs and Symptoms of Scurvy Reported by Joseph F. Walter
Table4.11 Minerals (Elements) and Abbreviations
Table4.12 Potentially Toxic Mineral Doses
Table5.1 Caffeine in Beverages
Table5.2 Breiter’s Recommendations for Monitoring Nutrient Deficiencies Following Bariatric Surgery
Table7.1 Categories of Psychoactive Prescription Medications
Table7.2 Evidence of Genetic Links in Eating Disorders
Table7.3 Links between Mental Health Topics and Nutritional Factors Discussed in this Book
Table8.1 Food Choices Ample for Meeting Basic Nutrient Needs for Most Healthy People (Aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans)
Table9.1 Conditions or Health History that Should Trigger the Index of Suspicion and Warrant Evaluation for Nutritional Status
Table9.2 Major Nutrient Contribution of Food Groups
Table9.3 Stages of Nutritional Injury: Quantifying Nutritional Risk
Table9.4 Descriptors of a Person
Table9.5 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs) and Mega-doses of Nutrients
Figures
2.1 The general emerging conceptual model of PsychoNutriologic Person. A Conceptual Model Shows at a Glance the Essential Attributes of a Condition and Process
2.2 PsychoNutriologic Person Emerging Conceptual Model: General Illustrations of Potential Indicators of Relationship between Nutritional Status and Mental Status
2.3 PsychoNutriologic Person Emerging Conceptual Model Illustrating the Relationship Between Thiamin, Alcoholism, and Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
2.4 PsychoNutriologic Person Conceptual Model Illustrating the Relationship Between the Genetic Alteration in the Metabolism of Phenylalanine and Mental Status.
2.5 PsychoNutriologic Person Conceptual Model Illustrating the Relationship Between Nutritional Status and the Psychiatric Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa
4.1 Illustration of recommended intake of macronutrients at two daily calorie levels
4.2 Five examples of simple mixed breakfast combinations
4.3 Essential Fatty Acids
4.4 List of indispensable and conditionally indispensable amino acids
4.5 An illustration of how carbohydrate intake effects mood through tryptophan metabolism
4.6 The vitamin and minerals in a supplement (Berroca) and the placebo used in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study involving eighty healthy male volunteers
5.1 Two methods for calculating BMI 5.2. Definition of positive and negative correlation
6.1 The American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for diagnosing anorexia nervosa
6.2 The American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for diagnosing bulimia nervosa
6.3 The American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for diagnosing unspecified eating disorders generally
6.4 The American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for diagnosing unspecified eating disorders specifically
6.5 An explanation of the theory on methylation, folic acid, and autism.
9.1 A suggested comprehensive nutritional assessment form
9.2 Figure showing stages and examples of nutritional injury and nutrients associated with each stage
9.3 A list of the biotin content of selected foods