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Our mental health is closely linked with our metabolic health. Depression and mood disorders are often symptoms that reveal a problem with how we transform and use energy in our bodies and brain. Drawing on the most up-to-date science, Moira Newiss, one of the UK’s leading nutritionists, sets out a new approach to mental health, one that focuses on metabolic health to reset brain energy.
The nutrients you consume are transformed into energy by your mitochondria; tiny organelles in your cells which create the energy needed to sustain life. Your mitochondria are affected by your lifestyle, including the food you eat and the environments you encounter, all of which have an impact on your brain energy and mental health.
The MitoMind Method provides practical tools to help you implement your own personalized metabolic protocol to help optimize your mental health. Moira used this approach to put her own mental health and chronic fatigue into remission and has since worked with hundreds of others to help them do the same.
Moira Newiss is a BANT-registered nutritional therapist, health coach and accredited ketogenic metabolic therapy expert who specialises in metabolic therapies for serious mental illness. As an NHS manager Moira suffered burnout, anxiety, depression, depersonalization, and derealization. She struggled with chronic fatigue, severe brain fog, and problems with cognition. She began to lose hope, feeling she had become a burden to her family, and was desperate for a solution.
Her recovery journey led her to spend three years studying at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, where she discovered the astonishing power of ketogenic metabolic therapy. She has since helped hundreds of people to use food and other lifestyle strategies as powerful metabolic prescriptions to reset metabolic health and work magic for the mind.
Part One: The Foundations: Energy, Evolution, and the Mental Health Crisis
Chapter 1: The Currency of Life: Energy and the Human Brain
Chapter 2: Mitochondria: Our Personal Force Field
Chapter 3: Fuelling the Brain – How Food Shaped Human Evolution
Chapter 4: Energy Resistance: Not Too Much, Not Too Little
Chapter 5: On High Alert: How Stress Affects Brain Energy
Chapter 6 Psychiatry’s Blind Spot: Why Traditional Treatments Don’t Fix The Problem
Part 2: The Signature of Brain Energy Resistance: Six Hidden Drivers of Mental Illness
Chapter 7: Disrupted Nutrient Signalling: How Fuels Help or Hinder
Chapter 8: Communication: When Happens When it Goes Awry
Chapter 9: Inflammation: The Brains Slow Burning Metabolic Fire
Chapter 10: The Gut-Brain Connection: Linking the Microbiome, Mind & Mood
Chapter 11: Timing Matters: How Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Regulate Metabolic Circuits
Chapter 12: The Protein Lifeline: How Proteostasis Plays a Role in Mental Health
Part 3: The MitoMindTM Method: Building a Personalized Metabolic Protocol
Chapter 13: Setting Yourself Up for Success: How To Get Started
Chapter 14: Nutrient-Dense Real Food: The Basic of Good Brain Health
Chapter 16: Resetting the Clock: Sleep, Light & Brain Energy
Chapter 17: Stress, Safety & Hormesis: Building Resilience Without Burnout
Chapter 18: Toxins, Drugs & Potentiation: Practical Steps To Protect Your Brain
Conclusion