What do Climate Change, Nutrition, and the Environment Have to do With Mental Health?

IF 1.5 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI:10.1177/15598276241280245
Steven G. Sugden, Gia Merlo
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Climate change is becoming the most significant global challenge and must be addressed on a global scale. At the time that this article is being written, the planetary heat in 2023 was the hottest on record. Similarly, the World Health Organization reports that 99% of the world’s population lives in regions of unhealthy air pollution. Similarly, depression has become one of the leading causes of global mental and physical disabilities, and the impact of depression is predicted to only worsen over the next 25 years. It is interesting to note that climate experts often overlook the adoption of nutrition via a whole plant-based diet as a solution to both mental illness and climate change. In this review, we will touch upon the role of nutrition in gut microbiota and mental health, the impact diet has on greenhouse gases, the role of ultra-processed food, and environmental factors such as air pollution and increasing planetary heat and their growing impacts on mental health. In the end, the promotion of plant-based foods has the potential to improve personal mental and physical health while improving planetary health.
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气候变化、营养和环境与心理健康有什么关系?
气候变化正在成为最重大的全球性挑战,必须在全球范围内加以解决。在撰写本文时,2023 年的地球热量是有记录以来最热的。同样,世界卫生组织报告称,全球 99% 的人口生活在空气污染不健康的地区。同样,抑郁症已成为全球精神和身体残疾的主要原因之一,据预测,抑郁症的影响在未来 25 年内只会进一步恶化。值得注意的是,气候专家往往忽视了通过全植物饮食来补充营养,以此来解决精神疾病和气候变化问题。在这篇综述中,我们将探讨营养在肠道微生物群和心理健康中的作用、饮食对温室气体的影响、超加工食品的作用,以及空气污染和地球热量增加等环境因素及其对心理健康日益严重的影响。归根结底,推广植物性食品有可能在改善地球健康的同时,改善个人的身心健康。
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