Food raises the mood, satisfying the basic human need, delighting in appearance and taste. It affects our body by stimulating the production of hormones of joy and pleasure. However, some products only temporarily raise the tone and restore interest in life, thereby giving false hope for a successful continuation of the day. They block the production of dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, thereby drawing a person into depression. And some foods are simply not digested properly, provoking inflammation, reducing tone and, as a result, changing mood for the worse. What foods are dangerous to our emotional state?
Alcohol
Alcoholic drinks are unambiguously relaxing and make the pastime more positive. On the one hand, this is a seeming good mood and a rise in vigor. The insidiousness of alcohol is that its use has a cumulative effect: brain cells are destroyed, addiction arises, the ability to think clearly even in a sober state is lost, aggressiveness, insomnia appear, the ability to concentrate decreases, which affects work productivity. Are frequent parties worth the consequences?
Red meat
Red meat and products based on it – smoked meats and canned food – are hard to digest and lie like a stone in our stomach, causing anxiety and discomfort, requiring incredible efforts from the body to digest, which means you will surely feel sleepy and tired ahead of time. Canned meat products contain many harmful substances, due to which the product is stored for a long time and has a piquant taste. For our body, such a cocktail is destructive in that it suppresses the production of hormones of pleasure and accumulates depression and irritability.
Nitrate fruits and vegetables
We are deluding ourselves when we introduce such healthy fruits and vegetables into our diet. Not grown in our own garden, non-seasonal, they pose a real threat to our body. It is not known what kind of processing and storage they gave in, with what preservatives and nitrates they were processed. Such products can cause irreversible consequences and provoke dangerous diseases, thereby depressing the nervous and hormonal systems.
Canned food
Anything that can be stored and used for a long time is, in one way or another, a threat to our health. Canned peas or olives can diversify the winter menu, but abuse of preservation is fraught with depression of mood, increased anxiety and anxiety. These products should only be eaten on occasion, and glass jars or vacuum sealed should be preferred.
Chocolate
We are used to the fact that chocolate improves mood and stimulates the brain. This is as long as the desire to eat chocolate or other sweetness does not become an addiction, because it is so easy to give yourself strength with light carbohydrates. Excess weight and the habit of seizing stress and fatigue leads to diseases such as diabetes mellitus, infertility, worsens the condition of the skin, hair, nails – all this in combination will not improve your mood in any way.
Bakery products
Sugar dramatically raises the insulin in our blood, making us happy and content for a while. But already within the next few minutes in the body, the processes of splitting fast carbohydrates take place, the energy leaves and the mood tends to zero. Fatigue and the urge to take a nap is a common consequence of eating pastries or pastries. What kind of fruitful work or peaceful sleep can we talk about?
Margarine and trans fats
Much has been written about the dangers of trans fats, natural oil substitutes, spreads and margarine. To summarize, they all emit carcinogens during cooking, which provoke many dangerous diseases. All of them, without exception, disrupt the functioning of the immune system and provoke depression and depression.
Chips and snacks
In addition to harm to the stomach, all snacks flavored with artificial flavor enhancers – nuts, crackers, chips and other “joys” are highly addictive and increase the risk of diseases such as cancer. The chemical composition of such snacks is very wide, they do not contain anything useful, and in terms of calorie content they exceed a hearty lunch. Of course, there is no question of any joy and uplifting in the future.
Sweet Soda
A traditional summer drink for a while really brings pleasure – it quenches thirst and tickles the throat pleasantly. And the producers have tried to make you like the taste of such drinks. But a large amount of sugar and a sharp jump in insulin in the blood does not bode well – as a result, weakness, bad mood and the hand reaches for a new “narcotic” sip.
Caffeine
A cup of coffee in the morning, as advertisements promise us, gives vigor and joy, waking up in her company is much more pleasant. In fact, the feeling of euphoria quickly fades away and gives way to lethargy and depression. In the long term, long-term coffee consumption leads to irritability. Caffeine, like sugar, is addictive, and addiction is destructive.