older people's diet so as we get older where your brain needs more protection

because it's just dealt with more more life. Actually we're not giving our

brains the tools to kind of fight off the storms to be resilient to the

stresses of life. So we might have inbuilt deficiencies or vulnerabilities from

poor diets in early life but then we're having inadequate protection later on in

life as well. Well that's the voice of Kimberly Wilson a chartered

psychologist with a degree in nutrition and our diet she says has a direct

impact on how our brains develop as well as the state of our mental health. I'm

Liz Earl and this is the Liz Earl Wellbeing Show the podcast helping us all to

have a better second half and I'm constantly looking for ways for all of us to

thrive in later life by investing in our health and our wellbeing today and

interestingly the connection between the food that we eat and our mental state

is becoming ever more apparent and Kimberly has a philosophy of whole body

mental health that is she's very clear that mental and physical health are

inextricably linked which is why she integrates evidence-based nutrition and

lifestyle factors with psychological therapy. Well her new book unprocessed how

the food we eat is fueling our mental health crisis explains how what we're

putting into our mouths directly affects the structure and the working of our

brains. Now she isn't claiming that nutrition is a panacea but she is clear

that it's a central factor in our rising rates of mental ill health and

neurological vulnerability one that's so often overlooked so I am very keen to

give it some real air time today.

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