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Fatigue & Mental Health

Why It Matters

Over 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences a mental health condition each year.

Chronic fatigue affects up to 24 million people, often with unclear causes.

The SMILES Trial found that a Mediterranean-style diet improved depressive symptoms by 32%, with one-third of participants achieving remission — demonstrating the powerful impact of nutrition on mood and mental health.

Poor nutrition is linked to worsened mood, sleep, and cognitive performance.

Emotional symptoms often coincide with disordered eating or dysregulated food patterns.

Could This Be You?

Feel mentally foggy, tired, or wired-but-tired most days

Skip meals, graze throughout the day, or struggle with consistent eating

Notice cravings tied to stress, boredom, or sadness

Have lost interest in food — or rely on it for comfort

Feel overwhelmed by meal planning or don’t know where to start

Want more energy, focus, or emotional stability — without another medication

Are in therapy and want nutrition to support your mental health work

Are healing from burnout and need gentle, nourishing support

How We Help

We don’t treat mental illness — but we work alongside your care team to address the food and lifestyle factors that impact it. 

Build Gentle Structure

Develop routines that provide nourishment without rigidity.

Blood Sugar Stability

Prevent crashes that can worsen anxiety, fatigue, or irritability.

Nutrient Repletion

Assess and address nutrient gaps that impact mood, energy, and focus.

Mood-Food Awareness

Connect how food timing and choices affect mental clarity and emotional regulation.

Reduce Food Stress

Simplify meal planning and reduce overwhelm.

Nervous System Support

Incorporate nutrition and lifestyle strategies to regulate mood, sleep, and energy.

Coordination with Care Team

Work with therapists or prescribers to align nutrition strategies with mental health care.

Mental Health & Fatigue Concerns We Support

  • Burnout & Chronic Fatigue

  • Burnout & Chronic Fatigue

    Emotional exhaustion, brain fog, and low energy often result from prolonged stress and undernourishment.

    How We Help

    • Create simple, low-effort meal frameworks to ease decision fatigue and support consistency.
    • Emphasize nutrient-dense, energy-stabilizing foods that replenish depleted systems and improve focus and stamina.
    • Support your body in rebuilding physical and emotional reserves through regular nourishment, hydration, and nervous system support.
    • Offer strategies to gently reintroduce structure and routine without added pressure — helping you feel nourished, not burdened.

  • Depression

  • Depression

    Depression can impact appetite, energy, and interest in food — often leading to skipped meals or reliance on quick, low-nutrient options that worsen mood and fatigue.

    How We Help

    • Apply the evidence-based Mediterranean-style approach shown effective in the SMILES trial to support mental health through food.
    • Design simple, repeatable meal structures that minimize decision fatigue and make nourishing choices feel doable.
    • Prioritize nutrient-dense, comforting foods that stabilize mood, blood sugar, and energy — without adding stress.
    • Provide gentle strategies to re-establish regular eating patterns, even during periods of low motivation or emotional exhaustion.
    • Offer compassionate support and pacing that meets you where you are — no judgment, just step-by-step progress.

  • Anxiety & Restlessness

  • Anxiety & Restlessness

    Stress can lead to fluctuating energy, skipped meals, intense cravings, or rigid eating patterns — all ways of coping with overwhelm.

    How We Help

    • Stabilize blood sugar to reduce mood swings, energy crashes, and physical anxiety.
    • Recommend calming, evidence-based nutrients to support nervous system balance.
    • Gently guide reductions in caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants that can amplify restlessness and panic.
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Burnout & Chronic Fatigue

Emotional exhaustion, brain fog, and low energy often result from prolonged stress and undernourishment.

How We Help

  • Create simple, low-effort meal frameworks to ease decision fatigue and support consistency.
  • Emphasize nutrient-dense, energy-stabilizing foods that replenish depleted systems and improve focus and stamina.
  • Support your body in rebuilding physical and emotional reserves through regular nourishment, hydration, and nervous system support.
  • Offer strategies to gently reintroduce structure and routine without added pressure — helping you feel nourished, not burdened.

Depression

Depression can impact appetite, energy, and interest in food — often leading to skipped meals or reliance on quick, low-nutrient options that worsen mood and fatigue.

How We Help

  • Apply the evidence-based Mediterranean-style approach shown effective in the SMILES trial to support mental health through food.
  • Design simple, repeatable meal structures that minimize decision fatigue and make nourishing choices feel doable.
  • Prioritize nutrient-dense, comforting foods that stabilize mood, blood sugar, and energy — without adding stress.
  • Provide gentle strategies to re-establish regular eating patterns, even during periods of low motivation or emotional exhaustion.
  • Offer compassionate support and pacing that meets you where you are — no judgment, just step-by-step progress.

Anxiety & Restlessness

Stress can lead to fluctuating energy, skipped meals, intense cravings, or rigid eating patterns — all ways of coping with overwhelm.

How We Help

  • Stabilize blood sugar to reduce mood swings, energy crashes, and physical anxiety.
  • Recommend calming, evidence-based nutrients to support nervous system balance.
  • Gently guide reductions in caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants that can amplify restlessness and panic.
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Session Topics & Timeline

  • Review mental health diagnoses
  • Screen medications and side effects
  • Conduct dietary intake review 
  • Set gentle first goals
  • Prescription Planning (non-calorie focused)
  • Consistent meal guidance with blood sugar support
  • Educate on gut-brain axis
  • Teach basic GI support (Fiber, hydration, probiotics, etc) 
  • Explore food-mood relationships
  • Begin emotional coping toolbox building (nutrition and non-nutritional tool kit)
  • Reinforce hydration goals
  • Educate on brain-supportive nutrients 
  • Normalize emotional flexibility around eating patterns
  • Create 5 Breakfast, Lunches, Dinners (your go-to meals)
  • Reinforce consistent nourishment as a foundational mental health tool
  • Support emotional resilience (coping with bad body image days, low-energy days, appetite shifts)
  • Collaborate with behavioral health providers if applicable 
  • Build relapse prevention and maintenance plan 
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