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Food and Mood Connection review
A $17.99 ebook on how food affects mood, credited to a doctor with a PhD in Food Impacts on Behavior.
Pass
Nutritional psychiatry is a real and growing field, and the basic advice, more whole foods and fewer ultra-processed ones, is sound. The risk is overreach: food supports mental health but does not treat depression or anxiety, and the listing does not say so. The co-author's PhD in Food Impacts on Behavior is not a degree, and no dietitian or nutrition credential is claimed.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- Readers curious about diet and mood
- Not for
- Anyone using diet in place of mental-health treatment
Food and Mood Connection at a glance
The ebook covers how nutrients influence brain health and mood, foods that support calm and focus, how sugar, caffeine and processed foods affect emotions, meal ideas for stable energy, and lifestyle tips. It is a download of unstated length at $17.99, with $47 printed beside it and a 60-day refund window. The credited author is Hasan Raza.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- The science behind how nutrients influence brain health and mood; Foods that naturally support happiness, calmness, and focus; How sugar, caffeine, and processed foods affect emotions; Practical meal ideas for balanced energy and stable moods; Lifestyle tips to create harmony between what you eat and how you feel
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Hasan Raza
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Ralph Harper, described as holding a PhD in Food Impacts on Behavior with 22 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 375000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 636020
Nutrients and mood
The listing links foods, sugar and caffeine to mood and energy.
It offers meal ideas rather than a clinical plan.
Diet is not treatment
Food can support mood but does not replace care for depression or anxiety.
The listing does not make that distinction.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Ralph Harper with a PhD in Food Impacts on Behavior and 22 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across the more than 120 titles from this seller in our catalogue: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 375000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Real, growing field of research
- 60-day refund window
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- No nutrition credential
- Does not separate support from treatment
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
Food and Mood Connection FAQ
Can diet treat depression?
It can support mental health but is not a treatment on its own.
Does it include recipes?
The listing mentions meal ideas.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Hasan Raza, with Dr. Ralph Harper as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
Nutritional psychiatry is a real and growing field, and the basic advice, more whole foods and fewer ultra-processed ones, is sound. The risk is overreach: food supports mental health but does not treat depression or anxiety, and the listing does not say so. The co-author's PhD in Food Impacts on Behavior is not a degree, and no dietitian or nutrition credential is claimed.
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