Happy Food For Happy People

The gateway to a person’s heart is through their stomach. The happy feeling in our brains is produced by a chemical called serotonin. Here is a list of good food that produce more serotonin and will keep you healthy and happy. Literally eat your way to happiness!

After all, who doesn’t love being happy!

1. Beetroot

It’s hard to beat the amazing beet. Beets contains betaine ( no pun intended..), which supports serotonin production in the brain. Beets also have a potent dose of folic acid which stabilizes emotional and mental health.

2. Eggs

Eggs are loaded with mood-promoting omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, B vitamins, and iodide, and because they’re packed with protein, they’ll also keep you full and energized long after you eat them.

3. Whole Grain Bread

When your hormones are all over the place (PMS, stress at work, whatever), you crave foods rich in carbs because they help comfort your hormonal roller coaster. But cookies won’t make you nearly as happy (or thin) as a complex carb like whole grain bread.

4. Red Bell Peppers

Red bell peppers, which have been allowed to ripen on the vine and not picked when still green, have higher nutrient scores than their underdeveloped brethren – more than double the vitamin C and up to 8 times as much vitamin A. The higher concentration of vitamins helps to improve your mood directly, as well as boost your immune system and lessen cold symptoms.

5. Coconut

Coconut is chock-full of fats that keep your brain healthy and fuel better moods. Fatty food tastes the best, which is why coconut tastes so good, except this fat is healthy!

6. Dark Chocolate

Chocolate’s delicious taste isn’t the only reason you feel so warm and fuzzy. The cocoa treat also gives you an instant boost in mood and concentration, and improves blood flow to your brain, helping you feel more vibrant and energized. Though pure dark chocolate is your best bet if you want the mood-boosting benefits minus the extra belly flab.

7. Mussels

Mussels are loaded with some of the highest naturally occurring levels of vitamin B12 on the planet. B12 helps insulate your brain cells, keeping your brain sharp as you age. Mussels also contain the trace nutrients zinc, iodine, and selenium, which keep your mood-regulating thyroid on track.

8. Greek Yogurt

This dairy pick is packed with more calcium than you’ll find in milk or regular yogurt, which is more good news. Calcium gives your body the “Go!” command, alerting your brain to release feel-good neurotransmitters. Greek yogurt also contains more protein than regular yogurt, making it a terrific stay-slim snack.

9. Honey

Honey is packed with beneficial compounds that reduce inflammation, keeping your brain healthy and warding off depression. Honey also won’t send your body into a fat-storage mode the way sugar can.

10. Cherry Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a great source of lycopene, an antioxidant that protects your brain and fights depression-causing inflammation. And because lycopene lives in tomato skins, you’ll get more of the stuff if you throw a handful of cherry tomatoes into your next dish instead of slicing up one full-size tomato. Or enjoy them on their own with a little olive oil, which has been shown to increase lycopene absorption.

11. Olive Oil

Extra virgin olive oil increases blood levels of the feel-good hormone serotonin. Plus using this oil over other less-healthy fats like butter and refined oil means less flubber is inclined to be stored on your frame.

12. Spinach

Iron deficiency, a problem that many women face, can sap your energy. Spinach contains the best dosage of natural iron. Eating spinach, and consuming probiotic rich yogurt and fatty fish, help improve your gut health and help your body absorb iron more efficiently.