Can what you eat affect your mental state & mood? Can your diet be part of the solution to kiss that "blah" feeling away and help alleviate stress? What you eat can have a direct link to how you're feeling mentally, not to mention physically. Positive thoughts and meditation are great ways to reduce your stress and believe it or not, same goes for the types of food we eat.
Try this: Imagine a plate with bright green fresh spinach topped with toasted caramel colored slivered almonds, succulent grilled chicken, mouth watering juicy mandarin oranges, sweet bright red cranberries, drizzled with olive oil and tangy balsamic vinegar. Next to this you have a just out of the oven fresh baked golden brown whole-grain roll with a cool and refreshing glass of iced tea with a lemon wedge. You finish with a perfectly baked juicy peach halves topped with low fat whipped cream drizzled with agave nectarSalivating yet?
If mental imagery and thoughts can affect our mood, can you imagine how the types of food we put in our bodies affect our mental and physical well-being. Studies have shown foods high in omega 3, B vitamins, vitamin C, folate, tryptophan, magnesium, antioxidants, iron, low glycemic foods, complex carbs and even good fats like dark chocolate can improve mood.
Get a pen and paper NOW, these are some foods to pick up today:
- Oranges (vitamin C helps pump oxygen through your body & brain to recharge your system)
- Salmon-Mackeral-Herring-Sardines (omega-3 fat DHA help cushion brain cells, helping mood & memory)
- Swiss Chard (packed with magnesium which has been shown bolster a person's capacity to handle and overcome that nasty thing in life called stress plus it helps with sleep)
- Spinach (antioxidant-packed which protects the delicate membranes in brain cells from the free radicals that dampen mood and drain energy not to mention the B vitamins and folic acid strongly linked with preventing depression and reducing fatigue
- Lean Beef or Black Beans (the iron carries oxygen through the blood to generate mental energy
- Complex carb snacks like whole grain english muffin with jam (the jam will raise serotonin levels, the brain's natural self-generated antidepressant and the complex carbs from the muffin will give you some energy)
- Blueberries (packed with awesome antioxidants to stimulate the brain with "feel-good" enzymes)
- Cherries (boasts the compound melatonin that improves quality of sleep)
Your body will reap the benefits if you include these types of foods and nutrients in your "diet". A great example of how food affects your body and mind is when you eat fruits, starchy vegetables and whole grains you not only keep the body fueled for the day but it helps keep your blood sugar levels on an even keel and this keeps your body and mind from feeling "sluggish". Another example is when you consume carbs with protein, the carb uptake is slowed down which helps keep your mood regulated. On top of this, simply knowing you're taking care of yourself can boost your mood!
Lastly, think about foods and behaviors you associate having a fast paced or stressed lifestyle. A fat reduction overview can help you construct a clear outline of what you need to focus on to accomplish your fat loss objective if you're a novice; or serve as a reminder for those who are at an advanced or more improve step of their losing weight strategy. Following are seven steps that can serve as guidelines for your special weight loss system. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same. Many weight loss applications have tricked people into believing that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss applications only work by causing a person's body to burn more muscle cells and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. Chugging down that caffeine because of sleep deprivation, shoveling in that fast-food because of "time". Add to that, not exercising, going long periods without eating and maybe using alcohol to unwind. And the vicious circle continues. Bottom line, you treat yourself like crap and eat like crap, you won't feel good physically and mentally.
We all know that happiness comes from withinthe FOOD we put within our bodies. Eat well, you and your body deserve to feel the best!
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