For dietitians, therapists, and other mental health professionals looking for clear, approachable education on the link between nutrition and brain health.

Most client resources either oversimplify the food-mood connection or overwhelm with jargon. This handout strikes a balance, translating research-backed concepts into simple, actionable strategies your clients can actually use.

✅ What this handout helps with:

  • Reinforces in-session education on nutrition and mental health
  • Encourages client engagement through small, doable steps
  • Helps clients understand why certain nutrients matter, without information overload

🌟 Clients will learn:

  • Simple ways to include brain-supportive foods daily
  • Which nutrients play a role in mood, focus, and stress regulation
  • Easy-to-remember food sources for key nutrients
  • The value of variety, balance, and self-awareness, not perfection

🔍 Handout Features:

  • 2 visually organized sections:
    • Simple Daily Habits for Brain Health
    • Key Brain-Boosting Nutrients & Where to Find Them
  • A clean and accessible layout that works for both adults and teens, in both color and black-and-white versions.
  • Can be used digitally or printed
  • Designed to support discussions around dietary variety, flexibility, and sustainability

© Mood Matters Dietetics, Jennifer Hanes, MS, RDN, LD 2025

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