Eat  Flourish, Mary Beth Albright
Eat  Flourish, Mary Beth Albright
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Eat & Flourish
How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being

Author: Mary Beth Albright

Narrator: Grover Gardner, Caroline Shaffer

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2022


Synopsis

A lively and evidence-based argument that a whole food diet is essential for good mental healthFood has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food-mood connection.She redefines “emotional eating” based on the science, revealing how eating triggers biological responses that affect humans’ emotional states both immediately and long-term.Albright’s accessible narrative and ability to interpret complex studies from the new field of nutritional psychology, combined with straightforward suggestions for what to eat and how to eat it, make this an indispensable guide.Listeners will come away knowing how certain foods help reduce the inflammation that can harm mental health, the critical relationship between the microbiome and the brain, which vitamins help restore the body during intensely emotional times, and how to develop a healthful eating pattern for life―with thirty-day kickoff plan included.Eat & Flourish is the entertaining, inspiring book for today’s world.

About Mary Beth Albright

Mary Beth Albright is a writer, editor, and executive producer at the Washington Post. She was a project director and subject matter expert for the US Surgeon General, appeared on Food Network, and earned degrees from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown. She lives in Washington, DC.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.

About Caroline Shaffer

Caroline Shaffer is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. A former company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for nineteen years, she received an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

If you're looking for a light and fluffy 'fix yourself with food' book, this isn't it. If you're looking for a traditional cookbook, this isn't that, either. But if you really want to learn about how your body works and how food plays into your overall physical and mental health, this one's a keeper......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

My first 5-star read of 2023!!! I loved this book and I learned so much about how food influences our mental and emotional well-being. It was fantastically written, the chapters were the perfect length, and Albright did a spot-on job of making the science accessible. I wouldn't shut up about the thi......more

Goodreads review by Paul

A helpful book on mood and food. Loved all the examples and recipes. Thank you for the Smithsonian Associates interview, Mary Beth! [URL not allowed]-you.........more


Quotes

“A fun and illuminating look at how food affects mental health…Her gift for making science accessible and entertaining is on full display…The research is eye-opening, and Albright’s genial tone makes her an ideal tour guide. The result is a first-rate program for eating better.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Caroline Shaffer brings the right tone and tempo to this audiobook…A fun and informative listen.” AudioFile

“Mary Beth Albright goes beyond nutrients to explore the connection between food and our emotional health. Eat & Flourish is a lively, powerful argument for what to eat and how to eat it.” Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author

“A brilliant exploration of the connection between food and emotional well-being." Shelf Awareness (starred review)