The long term effects of overeating results in obesity, which is a major risk factor for many illnesses and diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. But even more fundamentally, what you eat affects your mental health, not only on a chemical level but on an emotional level as well. Everything is connected to eating. As some say, we are what we eat.
There needs to be a shift from the often stressful education system focused on academic competition to a system of education that respects the minds of the youth, an updated model that I refer to as a human-centered education.
The most serious mental health issue faced by today’s society is depression. To find the answer we must look inside of the brain. The responsibility to improve the quality of your life and cure depression lies with you.
