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Delicious Mental Health Foods: How Bruce & Lee Schutter Follow the 3 Food Rules and Still Enjoy Dessert

  • Writer: Bruce Schutter
    Bruce Schutter
  • Jan 20
  • 4 min read
Delicious Mental Health Foods: How Bruce & Lee Schutter Follow the 3 Food Rules and Still Enjoy Dessert


Somewhere along the mental health journey, a lie started circulating. It sounds like this: “If you’re taking care of your mental health, you can’t enjoy food anymore.”

 

Nope. Hard pass. Absolutely NOT.

 

Lee and I are Mental Health Warriors and we’re here to officially confirm something important: you can follow the 3 Food Rules and still eat desserts that make you close your eyes and sigh with happiness.

 

Case in point:

✔️ Cinnamon rolls with chocolate raspberry drizzle

✔️ Butter cookies with chocolate drizzle

 

Yes, those pictures you’re seeing? Those are real.

And yes, I baked them.

And yes, they were delicious.

 

The goal was never food punishment. The goal was food that works with your mind instead of against it.

 

 

The Warrior Solution

The Mental Health Warrior Program wasn’t built in a lab. It wasn’t inspired by a perfect morning routine or a motivational quote printed on a mug. It was built through lived experience.

 

For over 20 years, I battled Bipolar, Alcoholism, Anxiety Disorders, and PTSD from my time as an EMT during high school and college. This left me feeling so powerless, that I tried to end my life. But in that dark time, I discovered something life-changing: mental health is the key to overcoming any challenge.

 

Armed with that knowledge, I created the Mental Health Warrior Program — bold new SELF-HELP approach that puts YOU in charge!

 

But Like many people, I was trying to manage my mental health while unknowingly sabotaging it in the most ordinary ways possible. Bad Food Choices.

 

That’s when it clicked: food isn’t just fuel — it’s a Mental Health Tool!

 

That realization led me to write 3 Food Rules of a Mental Health Warrior. Not as a diet. Not as a rigid plan. But as a daily tool that helps you build strong mental health and also has physical health benefits.

 

And yes — Lee was right there with me, proving that Warriors don’t just “eat to survive.” We eat to stay in charge.


 

The 3 Food Rules of a Mental Health Warrior

Here’s the quick breakdown — no overwhelm, no food lectures.

 

Food Rule 1: Low-Carb Foods

Low-carb foods help stabilize blood sugar, which helps stabilize mood, energy, and focus. Less spike. Less crash. More control.

 

Food Rule 2: No Sugar

Sugar fuels emotional chaos. Cutting it reduces anxiety swings and helps keep your mind from riding an unnecessary roller coaster.

 

Food Rule 3: Choose Minimally Processed Foods

Real food supports real brain function. Fewer ingredients means fewer surprises for your nervous system.

 

These rules aren’t about perfection. They’re about giving your mind a fighting chance. And we wanted to share three warrior benefits of using the Food Rules.


 

Benefit 1: Sustainability — You Can Still Have Dessert

This is the part that changes everything.

 

If a way of eating feels like deprivation, it will fail. Eventually. Every time. The Food Rules work because they are livable.

 

Lee and I didn’t bake cinnamon rolls and butter cookies despite the rules. We baked them because of the rules. We chose:

  • Low-carb ingredients

  • No sugar substitutes that don’t spike emotions

  • Clean, minimally processed components

 

The result? Desserts that taste indulgent without wrecking your mood afterward.

 

This matters because mental health isn’t built on white-knuckling your way through life. It’s built on smart food choices that support consistency, stability and staying in charge.

 

 

Benefit 2: A Daily Mental Health Tool You Use Multiple Times a Day

Here’s the genius part of food as a Warrior tool: You already have to eat.

 

That means:

  • Breakfast — a mental health decision

  • Lunch — a mental health opportunity

  • Dinner — another chance to support your mind

 

Instead of it being something that quietly works against you, food becomes something that reinforces your strength.

 

Every meal is a chance to say:

“I’m choosing stability.”

“I’m choosing clarity.”

“I’m choosing to stay in charge.”

 

That’s not just eating. That’s active warrior mental health care.

 

 

Benefit 3: Connection With Your Tribe

Here’s a Warrior truth that often gets overlooked: Food connects people.

 

When you bake a batch of cookies or share a dessert, you’re not handing someone a lecture. You’re handing them an experience.

 

Lee and I have seen it firsthand:

  • Conversations start

  • Curiosity grows

  • Food becomes a bridge.

 

Talking about low-carb cinnamon rolls or sugar-free chocolate drizzle is a lot easier than saying, “Hey, I’m struggling.” But sometimes, that conversation leads there.

 

And suddenly, you’re not just eating differently. You’re helping others see that mental health tools don’t have to be heavy or intimidating. They can be delicious!

 

 

Wrap Up

Lee and I are excited — genuinely excited — to share this way of eating with you.

 

Not because it’s trendy.

Not because it’s perfect.

But because it works!

 


Sometimes that looks like a simple meal. Sometimes it looks like cinnamon rolls with chocolate raspberry drizzle and butter cookies that prove a point.

 

Mental health is about intentional choices that support your mind, your body and your life.

 

I love cooking. I always have. And this is only the beginning. There’s more coming — more ways to use food, cooking and everyday moments as powerful mental health tools.

 

Because Warriors don’t just survive the day. We fuel ourselves to triumph!

 



Bruce Schutter


Every day is a chance to choose strength — because YOU'RE IN CHARGE!

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