PSYC 180 Lecture Notes - Geriatric Psychiatry, Migraine, Saturated Fat

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 180
• Professor: Amir Raz

Document Summary

Myths, controversies, and placebo effects in diet and food culture. Food and medicine are largely inseparable throughout history and across culture. Most deaths are food-related (heart diseases, cancer, stroke, diabetes) Iron deficiency, vitamin/mineral deficiencies and toxicities, poor resistance to disease (food-related) Only two lifestyle choices influence long-term health more than dietary choices. Your beliefs about food will influence your reactions. Food aversions bad experiences often ruin our experiences with food (nothing to do with food itself) Food taboos related to whether your culture accepts the food you eat. Comfort/culture/traditional/ceremonial foods foods related to culture or your traditions. Rebound effect is not due to food. Health foods: foods that fight cancer, make you feel better (energy drinks) Clinical research: trying to develop placebos to prove health food claims. Provide evidence through animal trials, cell trials, traditional use claims. Net sum of the interactions between the drug, the patient and the doctor (microcontext = physical environment)