What Is Mind-Body Nutrition?


The Institute for The Psychology of Eating has pioneered and originated the new and innovative field of Mind Body Nutrition

Mind Body Nutrition is an exciting new field that explores how thoughts, feelings and beliefs impact nutritional metabolism and health. It focuses on the fascinating connections between brain, body, digestion, and behavior. And it brings to light how the social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of life can literally and scientifically influence how we digest and assimilate a meal, and how we burn calories.

The benefits of Mind-Body Nutrition are practical and profound. The Institute teaches the tools and techniques that will enable you to make a real and meaningful difference in working with excess weight, compulsive and fear driven eating, body image challenges, digestive disorders, fatigue, mood issues, chemical toxicity, and a long list of health concerns. We combine the best of mind-body medicine, important highlights from the front lines of clinical nutrition, and the pragmatic wisdom of psychology to give you a solid foundation in this provocative new field.

Clearly, the field of nutrition is ready for an infusion of new insights that will take us out of the rut of “eat this, don’t eat that” and into a new realm where we can address all of who we are as eaters – mind, body, heart, soul, metabolism, and more….

Here a just a few of the Mind-Body Nutrition highlights in our Year Long Training:

  • The Effects of The Physiologic Stress Response on Nutrition and Metabolism

  • Relaxation Techniques that Profoundly Enhance Digestion and Calorie burning

  • Secrets to Accessing the Wisdom of the Enteric Nervous System  - the Brain in the Belly

  • Nutrition and Circadian Rhythm: Practical Keys to Modulating Appetite

  • The Metabolic Power of Story: How our Inner Tale Infuses Metabolism

  • Mind-Body Nutrition Techniques for Weight Loss

  • A Surprising Nutritional Requirement: Vitamin P -  Pleasure

  • The Nutritional Importance of Vitamin T – Time

  • The Hidden Influence of Core Life Issues on Nutritional Metabolism

  • The Placebo Effect and Nutrition: How Thoughts Influence Digestive Chemistry

  • The Profound Impact of the Cephalic Phase Digestive Response on Willpower

  • Mind-Body Nutrition Techniques for Body Image Challenges

  • How Beliefs About Sexuality and Beauty Affect Nutritional Metabolism