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Live to eat, don’t eat to live

That’s not to say that food is something that should be treated like medicine. It has to be tasted, to be enjoyed, just as much as the nutritional value is thought about. It isn’t just a physical thing either, food can have a great impact on the mind too – the way we react to stress and the challenges life throws at us can all be hindered or helped by what we chow down on. Consider this the next time you nuke a microwave meal; think about how you feel after you’ve eaten it – not just in terms of whether or not your appetite is satiated, but how your mind reacts. Foods like that are often filled not only with salt, fat and sugar – but other chemical preservatives too, to keep them from going off and to give them a longer shelf life. Little wonder then, that you may well feel bloated, sluggish and tired after consuming one.
 

Nutrition as a means of overcoming health challenges

For thousands of years, if people became ill, they had no medicine as such to rely on. If they were to get better, they had to do so by using the food that they ate, or perhaps making up medicines and potions from the herbs they had in their gardens or that they could buy in from apothecaries. Whilst modern medicine is a marvel and we’re lucky to have such great technology at our disposal now, we can still look to nutrition to help us overcome health challenges. Indeed, many doctors and healthcare practitioners are now taking a more holistic approach to illness. For instance, in patients with long-term alcohol problems who are faced with the challenge of giving up drinking, as much emphasis is now put on diet and nutrition as it is on the withdrawal and recovery itself. This is a great thing and these notions can be applied just as well to those of us who are generally suffering from the effects of stress and a busy lifestyle and who perhaps feel run down and lethargic, too.
 

Food affects our mood; if we’re deficient in vitamins we can begin to feel anxious, tired and depressed. The same can be said if we have a lack of Omega 3s (otherwise known as Essential Fatty Acids) in our diet, too. When we’re low, run down and bone tired our bodies become naturally low in three different chemicals – dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. These greatly affect our mood, how we think and make the difference between whether our brains are foggy or clear. To solve this, we need to turn to foods that are naturally high in protein and complex carbohydrates to give us two particular nutrients which have a balancing effect. They are called:

These nutrients are the food equivalent of the three chemicals mentioned above and eating them naturally tops up our own supply of them. Tyrosine can be found in abundance in seafood, meat and poultry (lean versions), whilst Tryptophan is found in dairy produce, bananas, nuts, seeds and legumes and white meats such as turkey.

If you live to eat and choose foods that can stimulate your mind as well as your soul, you can really help yourself to overcome the stresses and strains of modern living in a simple and delicious way. It might not be a cure, but it really can help.
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