Introduction: Obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and fatty liver (FL) related to modern lifestyle are getting epidemic characteristics and present the most important world public health problem. Obesity, FL and IR are basic parts of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is caused by excessive consumption of high-calorie food, chronic stress and unhealthy eating behavior. Current research shows that the digestive system with close realationship with brain has central role for keeping entire health and plays a fundamental role in pathogenesis of insulin resistance and fatty liver, but and many other diseases. Aim of the work: The aim of the paper is to evaluate and summarize new knowledge about relationship between the digestive system and the brain and how disregulation of interaction among them and eating behavior can influence on development IR and FL. Next aim of the work is to find evidence of positive effect of implementation new recommendations for healthy eating behavior, the current dietary and physical activity guidelines on prevention insulin resistence and fatty liver. Results: Current science has shown that food, eating habits and digestive system-brain relationship have a strong and decisive influence on patogenesis insulin resistance and fatty liver. Choosing healthy personal diet and healthy eating habits with a healthy lifestyle gives the opportunity to prevent insulin resistence and fatty liver, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and many other diseases Conclusion: Better understanding of new key mechanisms of development insulin resistance and fatty liver lead to the development new therapeutic dietary and nutritional approaches. IR an FL have asymptomatic clinical course, so primary prevention and screening in early childhood are the best way to prevent the beginning and expansion of diseases. Current treatment needs to be based on the principles of personal medicine and focused on healthy lifestyles including nutrition and physical activity.

Introduction: Mental function has a physiological basis and is clearly associated with somatic and social functioning as well as the state of total health. Early childhood is an extremely important period and a special opportunity for an adequate promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental disorders. Most of the mental disorders that are registered with adults start at age 14. The aim of the paper: The aim of the paper was to point out the importance of promoting healthy life-

Student of the Postgraduate specialist studies Nutrition, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, F. Kuhača 20, Osijek, Croatia University of Tuzla, Faculty of Technology, Univerzitetska 8, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Student of Nutrition studies, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Technology, Univerzitetska 8, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, F. Kuhača 20, Osijek, Croatia

Uvod: Savremeni nacin života cesto dovodi do stresnih stanja koja se izražavaju u formi anksioznosti, depresije, nesanice, napetosti, agresivnosti i drugih manifestacija. U takvim situacijama cesto se koriste lijekovi iz grupe sedativa, ali i drugi farmaceutski farmaceutski pripravci. U novije vrijeme preporucuju se dijete i dodatci prehrani sa sedativnim ucinkom. Cilj rada: Cilj rada je bio na osnovu dostupnih znanstvenih informacija i istraživanja identificirati sastojke iz hrane koji imaju sedativni ucinak. Rezultati i rasprava: U hrani se nalazi nekoliko vrsta peptida, aminokiselina, vitamina i minerala koji imaju blage sedativne ucinke. Iz grupe aminokiselina najcesce su to fenilalanin, tirozin i triptofan, iz grupe vitamina tiamin, cijankobalamin i nikotinamid dok iz grupe minerala posebno je znacajan magnezij. Osim toga, vecina ovih sastojaka hrane se može koristiti u formi dodataka prehrani. Kao farmaceutski pripravci koriste se i ljekovite biljke kao sto su odoljen (Valeriana officinalis), maticnjak (Melissa officinalis), pasiflora (Passiflora). Za ublažavanje posljedica stresa preporucuju se antioksidansi iz hrane i dodataka prehrani ali i prakticiranje fizicke aktivnosti kao mjere za ublažavanje efekata stresa. Zakljucak: Stres je okidac za mnoge bolesti, a u nekim situacijama posljedice mogu biti fatalne. Prehranom se mogu ostvariti izvjesni sedativni ucinci, te smanjiti upotreba lijekova koji imaju po zdravlje stetne nuspojave.