nutrition BY CAREN BAGINSKI AND ELISA BOSLEY


depression EAT TO BEAT


COULD GOOD-MOOD FOODS BE THE NEW ANTIDEPRESSANTS?


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atural-foods fans know that conventional food products are making our nation sick, contributing to diabetes, childhood obesity, high cholesterol—the list goes on. What is less well-known, but increasingly documented, is how what we eat affects our mood. Nutrition science identifies many foods that offer mental boosts without pharmaceuticals’


harmful side effects. “Good-mood foods allow your body to produce greater amounts of serotonin [the body’s feel-good chemical],” says Mary Bernt, a 27-year vegan and international nutrition lecturer. “Te science of nutrition—never the correct answer on tests in medical school—goes back to Hippocrates’ saying: ‘Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.’” Stock up on the following foods to put you in a positive frame of mind, and try them out in our suggested recipes at deliciousliving.com. ➻


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LEIGH BEISCH; FOOD STYLIST: DAN BECKER; STYLIST: GLENN JENKINS


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