Workplace Wellness: Nourishing Hearts and Minds with Healthy Lifestyle

This whitepaper presents an approach to workplace wellness, addressing the challenge of heart and mental health on business outcomes. It explains the importance of actively promoting a workplace culture that encourages and motivates employees to adopt healthy eating habits and lifestyles. The whitepaper also highlights the importance of self-monitoring key biomarkers as a tool for personalised wellbeing and motivation for improvement.

• Economic Impact Mitigation: Addresses the high costs associated with mental health issues in workplaces, including reduced productivity and increased workers' compensation claims.
• Diet and Mental Health Connection: Emphasizes a heart-healthy diet, rich in fibre, vegetables, and healthy fats, to aid in managing anxiety and depression.
• Active Lifestyle Promotion: Highlights the importance of physical activity in reducing common mental disorders.
• Negative Effects of Poor Habits: Discusses how processed foods and sedentary lifestyles worsen heart and mental health.
• Self-Monitoring of Health Biomarkers: Recommends regular self-monitoring as a tool for motivating healthy behavioral changes.