| | Can food change your mood?Page 1 of 2 (1, 2) | Do you believe that health food/good nutrition can bring greater energy, enhance mood and improve cognition? Conversely, do you believe a poor diet contributes to depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, despair, low energy, frustration or anger?
To what extent, if any, do you believe that you can overcome your downswings in life and regain confidence/positive outlook by changing your nutrition? | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 12:45:17 PM | health food and "good" nutrition are subjective........
I think refined sugar is something we can do without, and animal milk.. all processed food and fake fats but not everyone would consider that "good"
Losing weight can make a woman feel very good. Being healthy can make anyone feel good. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 12:46:55 PM | Absolutely!
That is why a change in diet is suggested for AD/HD'ers.
And you are asking this .... because???
Do you have a paper due? | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 12:49:47 PM | I want to see where singles and people in general stand on this issue. Some make a connection between physical/mental health...others don't and I'm curious as to people's thinking either way.
I return to school Monday FWIW | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:04:37 PM | Eating a diet with plenty of micronutrients helps. Exercise and sunlight does too. Avoiding caffeine, sugar and anything that makes you dependent on it can affect your mood. I got tired of highs and crashing of caffeine and I had to cut it out.
If your diet is nothing but macronutrients then you're bound to have issues. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:07:52 PM | | I think either way it doesn't matter there are plenty of over weight peole out there that are very joly | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:10:47 PM | Perhaps "jolly" in public but depressed and low-energy in private. Introverted types can be skillful at masking their true moods.
The question is, if someone has a bangin' body but is not mentally balanced, are they truly fit?
I'd say no. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:13:52 PM | | My mom quit caffeine and she's feeling 100% better. She feels calmer and easier to talk to. More positive overall. She said at first she felt tired during the day without the caffeine kick but she transitioned off by drinking green tea which has a much smaller dose of caffeine. I think the fact that caffeine dehydrates to brain cells/body cells is a huge negative despite any kind of studies put out about the benefits of compounds found in the coffee bean. If you are not properly and fully hydrated, ever body system is thrown out of whack - and I would think especially the nervous system since coffee seems to mimic fight-or-flight neurotransmitters. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:26:35 PM | | Why don't you check the web there several sites on this . a healthy or poor diet does effect your mood. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:31:00 PM |
Do you believe that health food/good nutrition can bring greater energy, enhance mood and improve cognition? Conversely, do you believe a poor diet contributes to depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, despair, low energy, frustration or anger?
I only believe the converse.
You can not make yourself healthier, but you can make yourself unhealthy and all of us fall into the unhealthy part to some degree.
Our bodies are genetically equipped with a peak and a plateau, the peak is what you can condition your body to reach and the plateau is where you normally be giving you where living the optimal lifestyle. (where those levels are at can change with age, but not through our influence)
To what extent, if any, do you believe that you can overcome your downswings in life and regain confidence/positive outlook by changing your nutrition?
If you are able to change your nutrition you have then overcome.
So if you can you will and if you can't you won't. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 1:44:54 PM | | I feel ya, I feel ya. I do believe it's much easier to fall into a state of poor mental health by eating poorly than it is to dig yourself out of one with health foods. I believe the extent of the cellular/metabolic damage determines the rate of recovery of mental health. I would say it's quite a task to undue the effects of bipolar disorder, for instance. While some studies have shown diet to help improve management of symptoms of chronic disease such as Alzheimer's, slow down its progression and enhance quality of life, it's highly improbable that someone can reverse it ones it sets in. The damage to brain cells is immensely significant once there is onset and diagnosis. Then again, there's unexplainable medical phenomena all the time like people coming out of comas after years, just pretty much brain dead. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 2:20:22 PM | probably the biggest mood changer is swings in serum glucose from consuming fast carbs.
when the serum glucose crashes, I suspect almost nobody feels good, from hungry babies to adults with the elevenses.
the other big mood influence is amount of sleep. Sleep researchers say the millions of Americans live with chronic sleep deficits, and resulting waking low-level discomfort, which can induce one to comfort food. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:02:07 PM | There is a gap in your theory...
Your activity levels need to be taken into account, time of day when you consume certain foods, and your overall emotion health....the whole nurture vs. nature.
All people come in different sizes and shapes...and many people can drink coffee like it was water...depending on their origins...
What works for one is not the rubber stamp for another...
I work out and try to eat well...which means I like chocolate, and a great cup of coffee...and completely love carbs...but I am active and need those things OR I become frustrated and angry...
I think that understanding the autonomy of each individuals "happiness" gage...and measuring it against the "healthy" gage..might be a better philosophy towards determining the unity of the two. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 3:15:19 AM |
You can not make yourself healthier
Here we disagree again.
You can lower your blood pressure, boost your immune system, get more energy, sleep better, reduce inflammation and pain, change hormonal imbalances and reverse type 2 diabetes,irradiate allergies, elevate mood, get off medications in many cases by what you eat.
I do agree its many things and not just food.
Getting out in some sunlight and exercising, having good friends ect.
There is a gap in your theory...
Your activity levels need to be taken into account, time of day when you consume certain foods, and your overall emotion health....the whole nurture vs. nature.
What works for one is not the rubber stamp for another.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Agree but healthy foods are healthy foods and can help almost anyone in some way.
Healthy fats are very important as well as mineral contents of foods for certain mood disorders.
NO SUGAR!!! | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 5:25:01 AM | | Now we're getting somewhere. I've stumbled upon the intelligent folks of POF. Cool.. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 5:38:13 AM | I personally feel nutrition can change your mood. When I started body building 2 years ago, I had a rough time finding the right diet plan that worked. I am VERY carb sensitive and would feel like crap over what most people thought was a sound, good eating plan. If I eat fruit or rice ( or any of these type of carbs ), I fall asleep and feel like crap within minutes. To the point where I have ZERO energy and just did not want to do a thing.
I was tested with lab work ( 3 times ), to find I was fine, NOT diabetic and that I just have one of those rare systems that functions VERy well on the Atkins style diet. Once I started it, I felt 100% better. I mean it was great, and still to this day I live on it and am right where I want to be. It keeps major size on me, as I eat a good 5000 calories or more a day, and only 20 grams of carbs ( yes, 20 ). Once or twice a month I have a cheat day. Other than that, Atkins it is.
Food can make people feel 100 different ways ( I think ). The key is finding what works best for YOU to feel good.
A lot of people disagree or argue on nutrition which is why I always say find what works best for you. No one else is in our bodies to know what we feel like. And they tend to google tons of crap that just does NOT apply to some people. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 5:53:53 AM |
You can lower your blood pressure, boost your immune system, get more energy, sleep better, reduce inflammation and pain, change hormonal imbalances and reverse type 2 diabetes,irradiate allergies, elevate mood, get off medications in many cases by what you eat.
The problem is though, you would not have to do those things if you previously had lived a healthy lifestyle.
So the only reason (genetics and environmental influences that are out of our control aside) the only reason you would need to eat better is if you have been eating bad to begin with.
It is like the pluming in your house, you can only make it worse by dumping stuff down the drain you shouldn't and after years of abuse you can bring back your pipes to like new condition with the right treatment, but keep in mind, you are the reason why they got bad in the fist place, so yes you did improve them, but you can not make them better than stock. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 9:09:27 AM |
So the only reason (genetics and environmental influences that are out of our control aside) the only reason you would need to eat better is if you have been eating bad to begin with.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^No No No................. Not always true
You can eat "good" and it NOT be the right plan for you.
Some are vegans and do well, some vegetarian.
Many examples can be made against that .
Many years we were told fat is bad..Splenda is Ok.
We need fat for our brain to fire correctly..thus improve MOOD and Splenda has been shown to CAUSE depression.
We were told sunlight is bad, now some exposure is known to be good for us, esp MOOD.
The doctor always knows best,take the pill is now being questioned by the masses..
after years of abuse you can bring back your pipes to like new condition with the right treatment, but keep in mind, you are the reason why they got bad in the fist place, so yes you did improve them, but you can not make them better than stock.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We are not pipes.
Human tissue regenerates..a pipe does not.
A person does not necessarily have to eat a BAD diet to have mood issues that can be helped by adding food, just not the RIGHT diet.
No one suggested we would turn 25 again nor FIX any serious chemical imbalance if all areas of health are not addressed, maybe even some medication.
But mood elevation OH YEAH..Diet is very important along with moving your body, music and even scents.
Always enjoy ya Aristotle..
Listing to KOKOMO..makes me haaaaaaaaaaaappy. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 5:56:27 PM | | Grasses like Wheat especially, and cow's milk put me in an ornary mood. They make me tired, and affect my thinking. They give me headaches, itching, hives and itching eyes. I can be easily annoyed and get angry. I stay away from those foods of course, but cheat when pizza or a burger is needed which is occassionally | |
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Posted: 1/9/2012 1:16:53 PM | all i can say is that i eat raw & juice & i drink lots of water...but i do crave sweets time to time...and what makes me happy is that i'm going out & buying me a bag of OREO'S today...i eat oreo's about 3 times a year...today is one of those days...i am fit & i workout everyday...i am running again... & i skate...food changes my mood swings...if i don't get some kind of sugar here & there i'm not to happy...yes! i am boderline too! so i do have to have some sugar each day...i pay attention to my body & needs not what others say or do...what works for me is for me...also...chocolate makes me real happy...it changes my mood swings to a real high...lol...   | |
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Posted: 1/13/2012 11:41:52 AM | Science: bananas Any food which delivers steady energy, regulates blood sugar and mood.
At the riskof sounding like an ape,bananas are the perfect snack for slow burning carb , as are oats etc Bananas also have potassium
Add chilli to food Gives a rush and speeds metabolism.Plus makes food delicious for very few calories. A natural anti depressant and helps yout to lose weight | |
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Posted: 1/20/2012 7:58:05 PM | | While I wasn't passionate enough to verify this for myself, a friend who is a ND told me there is a clinic or mental hospital somewhere in Oregon who is treating their schizophrenic pt's by removing Gluten from their diets as well as having them on a multi- B regimen. I'm curious what the connection is, if it's a gene mutation, allergy or what. Of course this is an extreme ex to your question, but still, pretty interesting too! | |
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Posted: 1/21/2012 7:35:41 PM | In my experience, yes, mood is certainly affected by nutrition. Hungry people tend to be more testy than well fed ones, obviously, and there are all manner of variations on mood effects that this or that nutritional imbalance can result from.
What makes everything tricky, is that people are not identical. Someone who has trouble processing foods that provide others with what they need to have a good balance of vitamins and such, will benefit more from a vitamin supplement regimen than someone who does NOT have that problem. Therefore, no one can write up a set of things to eat that will work for everyone.
I think of the body like any other machine. Like a car, if you like. If your car is behaving poorly, and the reason is that it's low on clean oil, then changing or topping off the oil will fix it. If your car has the right amount of oil in it already, adding another quart of even the best oil on the planet, will actually cause it to malfunction.
Your body is the same way. We don't yet have a cost effective and reliable way to tell whether you have specific eating or supplement requirements that can help you or not. You have to experiment.
What adds to the trickiness is, that reality itself can trigger mood shifts as well. You might be tense and depressed because you aren't eating right, but it could also be because your job prospects suck, and your local pool of potential mates is full of the opposites of who you get along with.
Given all that, it's still worth finding your best nutritional balance. At least if you are eating right for your needs, you can be cheerfully depressed , or optimistically tense. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2012 10:15:43 AM | My brother was extremely hyper...
My mom took him to a health food docter and after testing him they said he was alergic to the color red...
Yes, i'm not lying..
After my mother eliminiate red clothing, red food, red everything he became the calmest child you ever met...
So I do belive, it must be true.. | |
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