Diet Has an Effect
This may come as a surprise to you. How can the food you eat have anything to do with what you feel? Actually, there is a great connection between what you eat and what you feel. I’m not saying that food can alter how you feel, lead you into or out of depression, but I do stress the fact that unhealthy food items or lack of the proper nutrients in your diet can be a danger to your health; both physical and mental.
One research conducted in UK suggested that people who ate more junk food were more likely to suffer from depression than those who consumed a healthy diet. What’s more, there are plenty of researches that indicate an inversely proportional relation between a healthy diet and the development of diseases like Parkinson and Alzheimer’s.
It can’t be said that if you eat certain foods you will never be depressed or would be able to overcome depression, but it can be said that by adding healthy food items to your regular diet will allow you to maintain physical as well as mental fitness and strength. So what is it that you should eat and what is it that you need to cut down on? Here is a list for you.
Foods to Avoid
All the foods that increase fats and cholesterol in your body are bad for health. This is an established fact. By getting rid of the following foods, or at least limiting the amount you consume, you will see that your body becomes happier and allows you to feel happier too.
Hydrogenated Oils
Perhaps the worst kinds of oils available, hydrogenated oils clog your arteries and lead to strokes and heart disease. But that is not all they do. They also lead to rising depression. When you eat too many fried foods or trans fats, you stuff your body with fats and carbs that are not needed. They become difficult to digest and your neurological system has a hard time releasing enzymes that lead to aftereffects of depression.
Excess Sweet
Refined sugars and sugary delights are awful for your waistline, heart and nervous system. The rapid up and down of the glucose levels because of sugar causes your mood to swing just as much. You experience highs and lows too frequently and start craving the highs. The lows seem extra hard to bear with.
Artificial sweeteners are not good too because they release aspartame which reduces the production of neurotransmitters. Fake sugar is worse than real sugar, so stay away from it. Recent research has proven that 31% of people who intake diet sodas, fruits drinks or other commercial drinks that contain artificial sweeteners were diagnosed with depression.
Processed Foods, Junk Food
Processed food is genuinely the worst enemy of your health. It is loaded with carbohydrates, the ones that are harmful for your system because they spike up the sugar levels in your blood stream. Yes, you will feel a boost i