Good Mood Food

We face stress in our day-to-day life. Not only stress but also tension, depression etc are the common mental health problems in urban life. But do we know that to boost our mood we can include some food in our diet list?

MOOD SWING

Have you ever noticed that you feel very drowsy once you have some rice in lunch or dinner? If your day starts with bread and you find it difficult to open your eyes properly and you have frequent yawning, then these are nothing but the effect of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates have the relaxing effect on our mind.

How mood swing affect our body
Any kind of stressful situation like getting late for office, rushing for important meeting, baby sitting or examination knocking the door etc can give birth to tension. Under these situations, our blood pressure rises up, cortisol hormone secretes giving birth to various heart diseases, and our body starts producing glucose to give us more energy to combat the situation and thus leading to diabetes and obesity. This way mood swing gives birth to different diseases and makes us more weary.

Obesity due to mood swing

Know the mood boosting foods
Carbohydrates are known to be the mood boosting foods. Complex carbohydrates like whole grain breads, whole grain cereals, legumes etc. are helpful to handle our mood swing. Certain starchy vegetables like potato and corn fall under the same category.

Why carbohydrates are good for mood?
Our mood hormone in brain is serotonin. It uplifts our mood, enhances emotional energy, and relaxes any pain. Carbohydrate has the ability to produce this hormone more.

More information
Simple carbohydrates have the ability to produce more serotonin with the release of glucose. Simple carbohydrates are those who fall under the category of refined or processed form like cookies or doughnuts. But it is to know that to make serotonin work; you have to take it in empty stomach and without the intake of protein. But if you add jelly or something more fattening as a topping with the carbs then you will add up more calories to your body leading to sudden weight gain.

PMS solution
If you find it difficult to combat irritability due to the reason of premenstrual syndrome, then you can try out complex carbohydrate foods. Some complex carbohydrate beverages are available in the market for the escape of PMS.