EDPI Event: A Recipe for Mental Health- ​How Food Functions in the Brain 🍇

🎡 You’re invited to join Alsana and EDPI for a CE event, "Recipe for Mental Health: How Food Functions in the Brain," presented by Alison Beckman, MS, RD, LD, CEDS-C. Read the full details below and register today!

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Date and Time
Friday, September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM UTC
Presenter
Ali Beckman, MS, RD, LD, CEDS-C, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Alsana’s Director of Clinical Nutrition & Movement Services
CE Units Offered
1 CE hour through APA, NBCC, and/or CDR Two Ways to Attend

Join Virtual via Microsoft Teams Click to join the meeting Meeting ID: 291 177 187 464 Passcode: HymKPt 

Join In-Person: Gather with other EDPI colleagues at Idaho State University, Meridian Campus
1311 E Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642.
Room TBD 

Event Agenda
12:00 - 12:10 pm Welcome 
12:10 - 12:40 pm Network and Lunch for in person attendees. Chat for virtual participants. 
12:40 - 1:40 pm Virtual CE Presentation 
{1:40 - 1:55 pm Break}
1:55 - 2:20 pm Optional Q & A 
2:20 - 2:30 pm Closing CE 

Presentation Abstract🎈 
Without balanced nutrition and food flexibility, the brain cannot adequately communicate with the rest of the body. Among other things, this greatly affects changes in behavioral health. The theme of
food flexibility can be applied to fit the needs and diagnoses in behavioral health; mental health, substance use disorders, and eating disorders. Behavioral health is positively impacted when we can neutralize how we see food, use a non-diet approach, and learn how to eat without judgment. This presentation will identify how each diagnosis can benefit from nutrition intervention, balanced eating, and nutrition rehabilitation, all within the lens of focusing on food flexibility. We will also explore the different aspects of food flexibility and how it can be applied to behavioral health. Objectives
1. Identify what food flexibility is and how it can be applied differently within the different behavioral health diagnoses. 2. Define nutrition psychiatry and outline the necessary nutrients for brain function and neurotransmitter production. 3. Explain the connection between food and mood in relation to the neurotransmitters. 4. Learn insight to help the client acknowledge the intersection of grief and hope. 5. Define different dietary approaches to help with mental health and mood stabilization.

Objectives:
🍐 1. Identify what food flexibility is and how it can be applied differently within the different behavioral health diagnoses.

👾 2. Define nutrition psychiatry and outline the necessary nutrients for brain function and neurotransmitter production.

💫 3. Explain the connection between food and mood in relation to the neurotransmitters.

💝 4. Learn insight to help the client acknowledge the intersection of grief and hope.

🍴 5. Define different dietary approaches to help with mental health and mood stabilization.