How Your Diet Can Affect Your Mood and Sleep (Nutritional Psychiatry)

You know those days where everything seems bad?

Stress, irritability, tiredness, and even depression can be signs of bad eating. Did you know that?

Just like sleep can affect our eating, our eating also can affect our mood. We even made a video about what foods improve sleep and mood, so if that's your problem, click on the video to learn more about them.

In cases of fatigue, worry and tiredness, the body seems to ask for a chemical reward in the form of serotonin, a neurotransmitter responsible for the sensation of wellness, produced through the consumption of sugar and fat.

Have you ever noticed that, on days when you are anxious about something, you end up eating more, and sometimes even compulsively?

We also have a video on our channel about what food can help you in cases of anxiety and depression. Have you watched it yet?

The fact is that, in the last 10 years, many doctors, dietitians, and psychiatrists have been investigating how much our eating habits contribute to our mental states of euphoria and sadness.

With all the studies, a new field was born: nutritional psychiatry. Isn't it interesting?

But it doesn't relate only to our mind: our intestines can also be harmed when we don't eat correctly.

We also have a video about the link between these two organs. Watch it, you will like to learn more!

Eating bad damages the brain through a process known as oxidative stress, which is the release of free radicals of oxygen in the body, something that happens naturally and builds up as we age. An unbalanced diet ends up accelerating this buildup.

On the other hand, things that are good to the brain are anti-inflammatory, simple fats (monounsaturated or polyunsaturated) and antioxidant foods, like fruits, vegetables and nuts.

These foods have a restorative effect on the brain, protecting it from oxidative stress and inflammation that affects the balance of neurotransmitters, responsible for regulating our emotions. Interesting, right?

To the researchers, fats and sugar are bad for us, not because they make us sad when we gain weight and feel bad about the numbers on the scale, but because our eating habits make us get sick, reduce our immune system and end up affecting our mental health.

Now, tell us, have you done a diet that made you less anxious and sad?

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