” You Feel What You Eat “

Food can change your mood because emotions are just chemical reactions and so whatever can affect these reactions can affect your mood. Food can boost your brain chemistry and so affect your emotions in turn, knowing what food regulates your mood could help you in living a happier and better life.

Start your day with these foods to boost your mood:

1. Milk is rich in calcium and the amino acid tryptophan. Beyond its bone-building properties, calcium is known to calm nerves when feeling stressed or anxious. Tryptophan is important for producing serotonin, which elevates mood.

2. Chocolate. Research has shown cocoa beans to be rich in a variety of mood-lifting ingredients. These chemicals are most concentrated in dark chocolate, which is why it is recommended over the milk or white varieties.
Dark chocolate is high in polyphenols, which are shown to improve cognitive function, said Pratt. Chocolate also contains phenylethylamines, a neurotransmitter that, in low levels, is associated with depression and in high levels can be associated with schizophrenia. Phenylethylamines work by releasing endorphins in the brain and promote feelings of attraction and giddiness.

3. Alcohol. While wine, beer, or hard liquor may initially raise spirits, alcohol is actually a depressant.
A small quantity of alcohol can have calming, sedative effects. However, while a glass of red wine with dinner may have a soothing effect after a hard day at work, downing martinis or scotch will do the opposite.
Alcohol will help you go to sleep, but you will wake up rapidly when the alcohol is converted to sugar in the body. Sleep disruption can contribute to feeling tired, anxious, and depressed.

4. Spinach is a potent green. Part of the family that includes kale and chard, spinach is a rich source of several minerals that are good for anxiety and depression. Spinach contains magnesium, a mineral with relaxing and calming effects. Green leafy vegetables are also high in folic acid, low levels of which have been linked to depression in several studies. Read more

How frequently do we discover ourselves in a bad moon, apparently for no cause? ? How many times do we get a pretty respectable day, but then one little thing ruins the whole thing? The troubles we face in this day and age seem more complicated, but in reality, it has more to do with the pace in which we travel through our day.

To help you get moving and back on track again, here are some useful suggestions to change your mood.

•  Fabricate a smile.
  The simple act of smiling has been shown in scientific studies to literally change a person’s mood. Why? Just try to remain angry with a smile on your face - it’s impossible.

• Take a breather or get a few exercises.
  Deep breathing is stressed in virtually everything, from exercise to meditation. Taking five or six slow, deep breaths, inhaling through the nose, and exhaling slowly through the mouth, is the most common technique taught. Exercise is one of the quickest ways to pick you up because it stimulates circulation and releases the happy hormones, otherwise known as endorphins. Before you know it you will be ready to take on the world, or at least you’ll feel that way!

• Music can change your mood
  Music is the ultimate mood changer! It can take you from the depths of listlessness to the heights of exhilaration. When music is recorded the energy and artist expression is captured forever. When you listen back to it the mood is recreated around you. Read more

“Happiness is an emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy.” – Wikipedia A clear definition of happiness is very difficult to find for such a common term.

Happiness seems to be a selfish goal. This definition brings to mind an image of happy people lying around all day.

Below are 10 essential elements you will find with people who describe themselves as happy. If you consider yourself a happy person, chances are many of these are already present in your life. If you would describe yourself as unhappy, this can help you identify the elements that are absent in your life. You can then choose to cultivate and develop these elements if you decide it’s important to increase your happiness.

1. Youth
Young people are more aware of bad news and negative emotions than are the elderly. Aging seems to bias us toward the positive, despite more fragile health and finances; that may be because we’ve come closer to reaching our goals.

2. Intelligence
Smarts have only a weak effect on happiness; being brainy may decrease satisfaction by raising your expectations and making you more aware of your shortcomings.

3. Education
In the 1950s, book learning brought happiness, but a college education no longer lifts well-being on its own. Education opens the door to a better career, but it also fosters higher expectations that may be disappointed.

4. Health
You make healthy choices, eat healthy and feel fit. The health generated more joy and happiness.

5. Religion
Surprisingly, churchgoers get only a small lift from the Lord. The cause: faith fosters both community ties and social networks, which are both known to make people happier.                Read more