Did you know that how you eat daily impacts your mood? In all honesty eating healthy by including fruits, vegetables and nuts immediately impacts how you feel. Have you ever noticed how by consuming these foods your brain feels less cloudy and your body feels rejuvenated? This is so because healthy foods are enriched with vitamins and minerals that ward off damage to the body.
On the other hand, junk foods and highly processed foods like french fries, burgers, chips, and pastries are so tempting and tasty but tend to start you on a high (the spike) and as it dwindles it alters your mood in a downward spiral.
Variation in mood should be evaluated by a psychiatrist or a counselor. Options including medication, therapy or lifestyle changes
What is considered Bad Nutrition?
Researchhas proved that diets high in unhealthy fats and refined sugars negatively alter how the mind functions and influences mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.
Let’s gain a greater insight into the scientific makeup of the brain and how it communicates with the consumption of food choices. Serotonin is a very important part of the brain. It is a neurotransmitter that is grounded heavily in the gastrointestinal track that regulates the quality of your mood.
Final Thoughts
You might be wondering what the gut has to do with mood? The mere fact that your gut is lined with nerve cells it shows that it is also connected to the brain and can impact your emotions – in essence your mood.
Thus, gifting your gut with proper nutrition helps to keep your mood positively charged because toxins and free radicals from processed and fast foods promote bad bacteria leading to unhealthy gut flora that impacts the brain negatively.