Wellness 4 the Whole You

This article discusses how our dietary intake is used for comfort and used to resolve depression. However, there is a twist in which it states that it is the food itself that is causing ailment and depressive tendancies. We also have to take into account our environment, medication, and types of food that we choose to be subjected to on a daily basis. Foods with sugars and fats trigger dopamine receptors and seratonin pathways (Campbell, 2015).

We feel differently when our sugar levels are high or low. We have a sense of happiness, sadness, loneliness, or even mental illness. Food has a much larger affect on our mental state of mind than we may think. Food choice are an important key to wellness in many ways. Furthermore, for a person to be physically, mentally, emotionally , and psychologically well, there is a combination of areas that can be addressed (Campbell, 2015).

As each person goes through their daily routine there are internal choices that may or may not be chosen. Waking up with a headache and choosing ot go to work because of it are examples of this. There will be external environmental choices that are out of an individuals hands with no control whatsoever. The one part of our day that is up to each person, as an individual, is physical exercise and dietary intake. Those two areas in our day are options that are controllable. choosing to make those good choices over the alternative is entirely up to that one human being. Ultimately, each person is in charge of their own health and well-being. Doing what is best to keep health is up to one person and the answer is you. The mind, body and spirit is one. Treating it as a whole entity can create and maintain wellness (Campbell, 2015).

Campbell, T., (2015). T. Colin Campbell: Center for Nutritional Studies. Diet to Fight Depression. Retrieved on 3/8/2016 from: http://nutritionstudies.org/diet-to-fight-depression/