325. Cooking at home appears to boost mental health
Dr. David Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. He helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best, regardless of age, injuries and medical history. He has been featured in major media publications and shows over 2,500 times throughout his career.
Becoming comfortable cooking at home appears to boost your mental health. In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers at Edith Cowan University assigned over 650 adults to a seven-week healthy cooking course and measured the effects on the participants’ cooking confidence and mental health. The researchers observed that adults who participated in the cooking classes had better general health, mental health and subjective vitality than controls who didn’t take the cooking course, even up to six months later.
Through the stories of a dozen athletes whose injuries and recovery advanced the field (including Joan Benoit, Michael Jordan, Brandi Chastain, and Tommy John), Dr. Geier explains how sports medicine makes sports safer for the pros, amateurs, student-athletes, and weekend warriors alike.
