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Date of the last update: 26.04.2022<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food has long since ceased to be just a means of supplying the body with enough energy to cover energy expenditure. Today, food satisfies our biological needs along with psychological and social ones<\/strong>. Eating help us to establish and maintain relationships, alleviate stress and relieve tension. There are, of course, both good and bad things about that. We\u2019ve probably all heard of \u201ccomfort food\u201d. It lifts our mood in the short run but can lead to obesity in the long-term perspective because of unhealthy eating habits. How does food affect our psyche? Is it possible to improve your mood with diet alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Healthy eating habits and their impact on wellbeing<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Diet and depression<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Food and mood-lifting mood with food<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Healthy eating habits and their impact on wellbeing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Healthy eating habits are no longer associated with a healthy and slim body (these two concepts are often linked, sometimes mistakenly). Food has a significant impact on both our body and mind \u2013in terms of brain efficiency, ability to remember information and proper functioning of the nervous system. A perfect example to confirm it is how appropriate body hydration impacts our mood<\/strong>. Irritability, mood swings, fatigue \u2013 all these symptoms may be the body\u2019s response to insufficient hydration. Research indicates that this is a signal from neurons, detecting the lack of homeostasis. This is just one of many examples highlighting the importance of proper nutrition to a person\u2019s mental condition.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Diet and depression<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Just as poor hydration affects the state of our body, deficiencies of certain substances can contribute to our bad mood<\/strong>. However, the research doesn\u2019t stop there \u2013 constant deficiencies affect bad moods and mental illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Currently, insufficient amounts of vitamins such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n