Downloads

On this page you can download our Cooking for your Brain cookbook and other documents about the role nutrition and lifestyle can play in your mental health. We have assembled several of our blogs and other pieces of scientific information into downloadable PDFs so that you can easily save these and share them with others.

Downloads

• The Cooking for Your Brain Cookbook
  The recipes in the Cooking for your Brain Cookbook are based on the traditional Mediterranean diet. All of the recipes have photos of the finished plate and accompanying videos.
• New Brain Nutrition: The Gut Brain Axis — An Important Key To Your Health
  In this document, the scientists of New Brain Nutrition describe the latest research on the links between gut health and stress, depression and other psychological disorders, as well as basic executive functioning.
• The Mediterranean Diet and Depression
  A September 18, 2018 review of research studies shows a traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk of depressive symptoms or clinical depression. New Brain Nutrition is leading the way in next steps with Clinical Trials including the Mediterranean diet. READ ON.
• Newsletter July 2020
  New Website - Check it out! Our new website newbrainnutrition.com highlights the connections between gut microbiota, diet, and exercise to formulate nutrition and lifestyle recommendations for brain health. Learn online from the videos, dictionary, recipes, and scientific research.
• Newsletter August 2020
  Happy August! We hope you are enjoying your summer time as much as possible during COVID-19 challenges. We have fascinating facts to share with you about your lifestyle, nutrition, and mental health!
• Newsletter December 2020
  Before the year ends, we bring you tons of news from our consortium Eat2beNICE. Despite the current crisis, our researchers are generating lots of interesting findings on the effects of food and lifestyle on mental health. See our latest publications and blogs below. Are you inspired to eat something healthy? Check out our cooking video!

Tipsheets

Our blog and website contain a lot of information about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and diet. In these tipsheets we have combined several blogposts or pieces of information on similar topic. You can save these or print them and share with whoever you like. The tipsheets have been created by our researchers of the Eat2beNICE team.

• How to integrate Ayurveda into your daily life - by Hannah Kurtz
  Ayurveda is an ancient holistic healing art from India advocating a happy and wholesome life. Translated, it means “knowledge from life”. Ayurveda helps to gain inner harmony and peace by implementing helpful structures and an inner routine. The main target is to prevent illnesses, but in some cases it can also be used as treatment. There is evidence Ayurveda can have a positive effect on ADHD, depression, anxiety symptoms and Alzheimer`s Disease.
• Nutritional Diversity Tip Sheet - by Dr. Anne Siegl
  The more diverse we eat, the more diverse our gut microbiome (i.e., the composition of trillions of microbes in our intestine) will become. Sounds reasonable, right? But – why is that a good thing?
• DEUTSCH - Nutritional Diversity Tip Sheet - by Dr. Anne Siegl
  The more diverse we eat, the more diverse our gut microbiome (i.e., the composition of trillions of microbes in our intestine) will become. Sounds reasonable, right? But – why is that a good thing?
• Okinawan Diet - by Dr. Anne Siegl and Hannah Kurtz
  Let’s investigate what makes the Okinawan Diet so healthy.
• Cheaper and More Nutritious Local Alternatives to Superfoods - by Laura Müller
  Superfood can be defined as food that is considered particularly nutritious and energy-dense.
• How to get your family into veggies and fruit - by Dr. Anne Siegl
  Dr. Anne Siegl is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She is researching the effects of nutrition on psychological well-being and is especially interested in the effect of a balanced diet on mental health.