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How Nutrition Impacts Your Mood

It is commonly known that nutrition is vital to health and wellness, but as time goes on, we are discovering more about the specific effects of diet on social, emotional, and mental health.

Maintaining a diet high in healthful foods will help you experience fewer mood swings, a happier attitude overall, and better concentration. Studies have revealed that eating a balanced diet might lessen the effects of anxiety and depressive symptoms.



Nutritional Effects on Your Mood


Lean meats, well-balanced carbohydrates, and vivid vegetables make up the ideal meal for elevating your mood. For instance, healthy foods with complex carbohydrates like beans, quinoa, sweet potatoes, and rolled oats might increase your body's serotonin. Serotonin is your feel good neurotransmitter and the main component of anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications.

Fruits and veggies nourish your body and improve happiness since they are rich in vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants.

Some foods include substances that can potentially treat and prevent mild depression. Some foods that can help with depression include strawberries, mussels, oysters, salmon and cauliflower.

Water makes up more than 70% of our brain, so being dehydrated will affect how we feel. To prevent headaches, lack of attention, and depressed mood, try to drink ½ to 1 ounce of water daily for each pound you weigh. Example: weighing 150lbs would be 75 to 150 ounces of water daily.



What To Avoid

In the interim, avoid meals that can make you feel mentally spent. While some foods with little nutritional value may offer a temporary energy boost, they may also cause long-term low energy and moods. These foods include sugary, salty, fatty and processed meals.


Conclusion

The fascinating discipline of nutritional psychiatry has the potential to change the way we view mental health. It is evident that managing our mental health and regulating our emotions depend heavily on the condition of our gut and the bacteria that live there. One of the best methods to improve gut health may be through a nutritious diet; processed foods, on the other hand, are linked to worse outcomes and should probably be avoided.



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