IMPROVE MOOD
There’s more than one way
to improve one’s mood.
Lift your spirits by eating food
that’s good for us. Nom. Nom.
COUNT ME IN!that’s good for us. Nom. Nom.
ON A SEESAW?
Though correlation is not causation, a research report showed that there was a highly significant correlation between sugar consumption and the annual rate of depression.1 We often medicate ourselves with food, and in the case of highly-refined sugars and starches, it lights up our happiness and satiety receptors, but over the long-term, dulls our body’s natural ability to produce dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins.2, 3
REFERENCES
1. Westover, A.N. and L.B. Marangell, M.D. 2002. A cross-national relationship between sugar consumption and major depression? Depression and Anxiety. 16: 118-120. Retrieved from here.
2. Inam, Q.U.. et al. 2008 Dec. Long-term consumption of sugar-rich diet decreases the effectiveness of somatodendritic serotonin-1A receptors. Nutritional Neuroscience. 11 (6):277-82. Retrieved from here.
3. Haleem, D.J. et al. 2000 Feb. Hyperphagia and Decreases of Brain Serotonin in Rats Fed Freely on Sugar Rich Diet for Three Weeks. Nutritional Neuroscience. 3 (6):399-405. Retrieved from here.