As we get further into eating healthy, the clarity of what we're trying accomplish diminishes. Meanwhile, the amount of office birthday cakes, greasy comfort food and late night drinks we've passed on in the name of good health is growing. In this episode we explore some reasons beyond the eventual six back or beach body for staying on the path and following a nutritional meal plan. 

The music for today's episode is "chill" by sakura HZ, used under the creative commons license. 

Links to the studies mentioned in today's episode are below: 

Nutrition link to depression / mental health: 

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/99/1/181/4577292
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848350/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563885/

Nutrition/Restriction Link To Longevity:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867415001865

Nutrition Link To Intelligence:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161213113142.htm