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Nutrition

12 min read

26 Apr 2026

How can Nutritional psychiatry help calm an anxious mind?

Author: Aparna Parmar (Nutritional Psychiatry Expert, Nutritionist)

Our mind is the navigator of our behaviour. It is the super storehouse of all our precious emotions including fear. As per our internal & external situations, the mind directs us to develop certain specific emotions to cope or adapt to the condition. As per mind's advice, we put ourselves on super high active, normal & relaxed mode. With modernization, hectic multitasking responsibilities, FOMO (Fear of missing out) social media demand & increasing loner attitude, the mind is getting an intention to be in active mode throughout the day and night. This is leading to an over tired, less rested mind & body. In the long run, all these imbalanced mental behaviours cumulatively develop an anxious mind which is inviting endless chronic lifestyle diseases. So it is the need of the generation to understand & be aware of this silent killer called anxiety. As per studies, anxiety and depression are common psychiatric disorders, having occurrences in up to 15-25% of the adult population. The World Health Organization (WHO), predicts that by the year 2020, depression will be the second most prominent reason behind premature death or disability. disorders are the most common group of mental dis

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Our mind is the navigator of our behaviour. It is the super storehouse of all our precious emotions including fear. As per our internal & external situations, the mind directs us to develop certain specific emotions to cope or adapt to the condition. As per mind's advice, we put ourselves on sup…

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Asha Ji

Certified yoga therapist and functional nutritionist with 8+ years in holistic women's health. Founder of AllisWell, Powai.

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