How Food Affects Mood--Day Course at UCLA Extension

January 30, 2008

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Monika M. Woolsey

NEW COURSE

How Food Affects Mood: Boosting Brain Health as We Age

803.1 Public Health 0.5 CEU $85/$65

UCLA Extension is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) accredited provider

with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); registered dietitians (RDs)

and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) receive 5 continuing professional

education units (CPEUs) for completing this program. UCLA Extension is approved

by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider BRN #CEP 11952) to offer

this activity for 5 contact hours. What we eat impacts how we feel, and yet how

we feel influences what we eat. Join leading experts to learn the science

related to how food and body chemicals interact to affect cravings, emotional

health, brain function, and mood as we age. Using lecture and interactive

formats, Monika Woolsey, MS, RD, addresses how optimum nutrient intake may delay

or prevent the onset of such diseases such Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and

dementia. Tips on food selection to enhance melatonin levels and promote brain

health as well as recommendations for a balanced

eating plan to boost mood and energy levels also are presented. Then join

Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, CNS, speaker, columnist, and author of The Good Mood

Diet, as she discusses her approach to managing moods with food. According to

Dr. Kleiner, " Feeling great starts with feeding your brain the foods it needs to

work best. " Understand the science behind how foods work as mood enhancers or

detractors. Addressing the behavioral aspects, Laurel Mellin, MA, RD, UCSF,

professor of family and community medicine, and New York Times bestselling

author and creator of The Solution Method, outlines how to use a simple system

to pop the emotional brain from stress to joy, creating a cascade of chemical

effects that make cravings fade. Research conducted at UCSF has shown that the

method produces lasting weight loss. Elective (1/4) credit in Certificate

Program in Fitness Instruction.

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