Can bread improve your mental health?

Creativity, goal-oriented behavior, and focused attention are all essential to baking, and are associated with positivity and a sense of accomplishment.

How bread helps him deal with depression The effects of bread on mental health have been in the spotlight.

Other potential benefits come from engaging less-used senses — especially touch, taste and smell — and from the rewarding sensation of making something to share.

However, most of the evidence for the mental health link is anecdotal. A small UK study in 2004 suggested that baking classes boosted confidence in a class of inpatients in mental health clinics, but the larger trial of the British baking trial has yet to take place.