{"id":7779,"date":"2011-01-14T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2013-07-18T00:57:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T07:57:53","slug":"natural-remedies-mental-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/natural-remedies-mental-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginseng, Gingko Biloba, Omega-3&#8217;s: Brain-Boosting or Just Well-Marketed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who feel cognitively sluggish or emotionally lethargic, it\u2019s certainly admirable to turn to natural remedies before prescription drugs. But many of the foods and dietary supplements presented as \u201cbrain boosting\u201d haven\u2019t been thoroughly studied. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/212768.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New research on diet\u2019s impact on mental energy<\/a> finds that there is some truth to some of the hype: \u201cThe strongest evidence suggests\u201d that omega-3 fatty acids may truly reduce the risk of cognitive decline, and that Gingko biloba does positively impact mood and attention. This research also highlights the need for further researchers before stronger claims are made. If your mood is low and you\u2019re having problems focusing, it doesn\u2019t hurt to incorporate a variety of vitamins and nutrients. If exercise, adequate sleep, and a varied, balanced diet still leave you feeling off, there might be something else going on: talk to your doctor or therapist. But if you\u2019re pinning all of your hope on a single supplement, you may want to reassess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who feel cognitively sluggish or emotionally lethargic, it?s certainly admirable to turn to natural remedies before prescription drugs. But many of the foods and dietary supplements presented as ?brain boosting? haven?t been thoroughly studied. New research on diet?s impact on mental energy finds that there is some truth to some of the hype: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[423,25,7],"class_list":["post-7779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-therapy-news","tag-health-iillness-medical-issues","tag-psychotherapy-issues","tag-psychotropic-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}