Eating Makes Us Happier!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

      The title of this week's blog is true if you're willing to make some changes to what you're eating.  First, is that you have to stop or limit many of the foods that make you happy.  I know that sounds crazy since the title of the blog is "Eating Makes Us Happier!"  The foods that need to be stopped or limited are most of our comfort foods (which get that name because they tend to relieve stress and make you happy while you are eating them and for a short while after).  The comfort foods tend to be higher in Trans-Fat and Saturated Fat  (both of which have been linked to long term depression in the research).  Polyunsaturated Fats and Monounsaturated Fats such as olive oil, black current seed oil, flax oil, fish oil (and some others) are found in the research to prevent depression.  These oils are more seen in the Mediterranean diet (rich in legumes, fruits, vegetables, fish and cereals, but low in meat and dairy products).

Two points this week:
1)  stop or limit comfort food rich in trans-fat and saturated fat -- these foods will make you feel good while you are eating them but worse in the long term.
2)  replace those foods with more of a Mediterranean diet (rich in mono and poly-unsaturated fats) -- these foods prevent depression


Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeff
Bruce Chiropractic Center
856-547-6587 

Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression, Public Library of Science (PLoS), January 26, 2011; Vol. 6; No, 1; pp. e16268.



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