Gut health expert Dr Megan Rossi
brings you her guide to understanding
plant-based eating. Her science-backed
approach to healthy eating is all about
enjoying delicious food that you, your
family and your gut bacteria will love,
free from restrictions and fad-diets. It’s
called The Diversity Diet.This way of eating is not about going
vegan (unless you want to), cutting out
food groups, counting calories, controlling
your portions or only eating “diet food”.
Rather, it’s about tapping into the latest
scientific evidence about how our bodies
and gut microbes work best. This means
enjoying easy, flavoursome meals that will
help you feel fuller for longer, reduced
your risk of disease, help you live more
sustainably and enjoy food that makes
you and your gut happy.Pregnant women who consume
higher levels of essential fats have
children with bigger brains than those
who do not. Improving nutrition in
prison reduces violence by 30 per cent.
Just a week on a Western-style diet leads
to impairments in areas of the brain
important to learning and memory.
Those are just a few of the facts emerging
from the scientific literature illustrating
one of the most mundane, yet profound,
influences on mental health and human
behaviour: food.In this fascinating talk nutritional
psychologist Kimberley Wilson takes
you through the evidence linking what
we eat to how we think and act. Join
her to find out what our modern diet is
doing to our brain’s health – and what
the remedies are.An on-demand recording of the talk will be available for all ticket
holders for one month after the live event. For more information and
to book your place visit:newscientist.com/eatingwell
Join us in-person at Conway Hall or online from the comfort of
your own home to hear from Megan Rossi and Kimberley Wilson,
who will each do a talk followed by an audience Q&A.
TALK ONE
EAT MORE, LIVE WELL:
ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE
FOODS AND BOOST YOUR
GUT HEALTH WITH THE
DIVERSITY DIETMegan Rossi, dietitian, nutritionist and
founder of the Gut Health DoctorTALK T WO
FOOD, MOOD, BRAIN &
BEHAVIOUR: THE EVIDENCE
LINKING FOOD AND NUTRIENTS
TO BRAIN, BEHAVIOUR, MOOD
AND MENTAL HEALTHKimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist,
author and a governor of the Tavistock & Portman
NHS Mental Health Trust