HEALTHY LIVING AND

MENTAL HEALTH
LECTURES:

 HEALTHY EATING AND MENTAL HEALTH

-Healthy eating nourishes the body, including the brain, and supports
mental health through:
1. Improved overall health and vitality
2. Increased ability to concentrate
3. Reduced irritability and mood swings
4. Lowered risk of mental illness
 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MENTAL
HEALTH:
Physical activity can make you feel good
physically and build confidence.
1. Make you feel better physically and feel
better about yourself
2. Improved your mood
3. Improved self-esteem
4. Reduce physical reactions to stress
5. Help you sleep better
6. Give you more energy
 SOME THEORIES PROPOSE THAT PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY::
1. Increases body temperature, thus relaxing muscle tension
2. Releases feel-good chemicals that improve mood
3. Offers “time out” from worries and depressing thoughts
4. Increases self-confidence, feeling of competence and a sense of
mastery
5.Provides a sense of belonging and mutual support when
participating with others.
 SLEEP AND MENTAL
HEALTH:
 Most teens need 9-11 hours of sleep every night.
Problems from not being fully rested include:
1. Irritability
2. Difficulty concentrating and learning
3. Don’t move information from short-term to long-
term memory as well
4. Falling asleep in class
5. Mood swings and behavior problems
6. More accident prone
7. More prone to depression
SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING A
GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP
 1. Stay away from stimulants like caffeine
in the evening, including chocolate, colas
and other caffeinated beverages.
 2. Do not go to bed hungry, have a light
snack.
 3. Turn off any TV’s , computers or
cellphones or just do not have electronics
in the bedroom
4. Disengage from any
stimulating activities like exercise,
computer games or talking on the
phone for at least
5. Taking a warm bath or shower
6. Try a cup of hot milk
7. You need to speak to a doctor.