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Being Your Own Best Teammate: How Self-Compassion Can Promote and Improve Body Image and Eating Concerns In Men

AASP

</p> <h4>The Role of Self-Compassion</h4> <p>Self-compassion is a psychological construct that involves treating oneself with the same kindness and understanding that one would offer to a friend during moments of struggle or failure. <em>Current Opinion in Psychology, 16</em>, 148–153. <a

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Lifestyle Changes and Micronutrients to Promote Premenstrual Balance

Designs for Health

Premenstrual discomfort has been linked to hormone imbalances, changes in thyroid health, and nutritional insufficiencies, including vitamin B6 deficiencies. Certain lifestyle factors may also influence premenstrual discomfort, including psychological stress and physical activity.

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Lifestyle Choices for Cardiovascular Wellness: The Latest Clinical Research

Designs for Health

Modifiable factors such as nutritional status, lifestyle, and toxin exposure can influence cardiovascular health and risk management. In addition, the Mediterranean diet has been studied for its potential to help support the body’s response to psychological stress and modulation of autonomic imbalances.

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Connection Between Magnesium and Vitamin B6 to Support a Normal Stress Response

Designs for Health

Nutritional status and other lifestyle factors may influence the body’s response to psychological stress. The brain is the most metabolically active area of the body and can be vulnerable to disruptions in cellular energy production and certain nutritional imbalances. Ambrose, ND, MAT

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Staying Celiac Strong, Together

Stanford Childrens

During our “Celiac Strong” event, we brought together tremendous minds from our Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Celiac Disease at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health who spoke about every aspect of celiac disease, including how it affects the body, how to eat gluten-free, and the psychological impacts of celiac disease.

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B Vitamins and Overall Stress Response

Designs for Health

Research in the last two decades has examined the influence of nutrition on brain health, including a person’s stress response. A randomized clinical trial (n = 56) examined vitamin B supplementation to minimize psychological stress after a natural disaster of flooding that occurred in Alberta, Canada, in June 2013.

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Mental Health and Youth

A Positive Approach To Teen Health

i] “Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Find a nutrition plan that works for you and/or your child. “Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.” [i]

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