I posted this elsewhere some time ago



Eating for Mental Well-Being
Nutrition is central to your mental well-being. Here are some quick tips for keeping your diet in line with your mental health:

• In order to keep your blood sugar steady, eat small meals and healthy snacks throughout the day. Don't skip meals, especially breakfast. Skipping breakfast will likely mean you're still hungry at the end of the day, when you should stop eating in order to prepare for sleep.
• Don't follow any extreme low fat diets. You need some fat to keep your brain working and your mood up. Make sure your diet plan includes healthy, monounsaturated fats, such as those found in olive oil and fatty fish, instead of saturated fats, like the kind found in butter and fast foods.
• Make fresh fruits and vegetables a central part of a healthy diet. Getting enough vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin C and zinc is essential for your body to manufacture serotonin.
• If you're feeling low, try eating a meal with a food containing the amino acid tryptophan, such as chicken or turkey breast, or milk. Add a carb to your meal, such as a whole grain roll, to help your body absorb the tryptophan more efficiently.
• Limit your consumption of coffee and other caffeinated beverages.
• Don't follow any diet where you cut out an entire food group, such as the Atkins diet.
• Get at least 20 minutes of exercise daily. Exercise helps reduce the severity of anxiety disorder symptoms, such as anxiety attacks.

http://www.epigee.org/mental_health/diet_mood.html



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