Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Happy secrets of your food

That garlic is good for you is a fact but researches have shown some side-effects. When scientists are testing garlic for the positive influence at the blood and cholesterol, they have noticed that the mood of the garlic-eaters has been lifted very much. The test-groups got a feeling of more wellness, less tiredness, nervousness and anxiety.

Maybe this is one of the reasons garlic-products are the most popular kind of natural medicine without prescription in countries like Germany.

If you use garlic when cooking , don`t be afraid to use 3or 4 times as much as the recipe tells you because in hot food it is difficult to taste the difference except for more positive feedback which is my experience.

Another way to get happy through your food is by eating chili-pepper. It has been discovered that the hot stuff in chili is able to evoke endorphins from the brain which gives a short feeling of being “high”. The more hot chili you eat, the stronger is the feeling and lots of people get a kind of addicted to chili.

A third group of “happy” food is fish and shellfish because of the high level of the mineral selenium. Researches have shown that depressed people don`t get enough selenium and by giving them an extra dose their mental condition will be improved. It is not completely known why selenium has a positive effect at our mood but maybe it is because of the oxidizing characteristics.

By combination of selenium and vitamin E both mood and mental functions can be improved, beside an increased blood-supply to the brain.

Some other foodstuffs to improve your mood by selenium are to eat 1 Brazil-nut a day( but only 1because of the unusual high level of selenium) some canned tuna, swordfish, mussels, sunflower-seeds or chicken-liver once I a while.

Green vegetables like spinach and dried beans are important to prevent psychological diseases. Also coffee contains healthy ingredients which lifts your mood. 1 to 3 cups of coffee a day will improve the mood and increase performance but too much coffee will be unhealthy for your mentality and well being.

Through research  a round the world it is proved that by eating or drinking specific foodstuffs we are able to lift our mood and prevent psychological diseases just by making sure to get enough of some specific nutrients on a regular basis.

 

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