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Thursday, 20 December 2012

5 foods that will boost your mood


5 foods that will boost your mood

Feel better fast with these healthy pick-me-up foods, plus learn which foods will get you down
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Do away with these mood-busting foods - 5 foods that will boost your mood

Do away with these mood-busting foods


Overall, we should be eating primarily whole foods that come from the earth and haven't been processed or refined, says Peris. Here’s what you should be avoiding:

• Alcohol in small amounts is a feel-good food, says Kleiner. But not surprisingly, too much can bring you down as it is a central nervous system depressant.

• Fried foods, fatty meats and fatty snack foods make you feel full and sluggish, explains Kleiner. In the short term, they put the body into a stress response that causes protein breakdown, which ultimately leads to lower levels of serotonin in the brain.

• Refined sugars and starches are also feel-bad foods.

• Caffeine is a stimulant, but in large doses it has a rebound effect.

Related:
• 4 ways to boost your mood at work
• Natural home remedies: Depression
• 3 ways to relieve PMS symptoms

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