Presenter: Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, FACN, CNS, IFMCP
Original Date: February 10, 2024

Food is medicine. However, what most people don't realize is that there is much more that goes into the selection of food, including one’s mood and behavior. In this presentation, learn about the cutting-edge published science that supports the interrelationship between food and mood, and how to apply these findings in clinical practice. Attendees will gather insights about the role of nutrition in mental health, whether mood defines food selection or if nutrients change food choices, how stress and emotions mediate one's relationship with food, and, finally, a definition of emotional eating and clinical strategies to help patients overcome their challenges in this area.

Deanna Minich, PhD, is a nutrition scientist, educator, and author with more than twenty years of experience in academia and in the natural product industries, currently serving as Chief Science Officer at Symphony Natural Health. She has been active as a functional medicine clinician in clinical trials and in her own practice (Food & Spirit™). She is the author of six consumer books on wellness topics, four book chapters, and over fifty scientific publications. Through her talks, workshops, groups, and in-person retreats, she helps people to transform their lives practically and artfully through nutrition and lifestyle.