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About Moodfood

What is Mood Food?


Do you need to roll yourself out of bed in the morning, stumbling around till you’ve fuelled up on coffee to get your engine revving? Does your concentration desert you mid morning till you’ve had a sugar fix then you’re back on track?

If so, then you’ll already know that the food you eat can have a big effect on your mood and how you feel.

Healthy organic fairtrade food and snacks Caffeine is probably the most widely used behaviour modifying drug in the world. We reach for a cup if we are feeling tired and irritable to give us a boost and help us concentrate. Too much caffeine though and we can get symptoms such as anxiety and nervousness.

Many people are also worried about food additives and their impact on health, the dangers of some food additives and preservatives and the benefits of organic food.

Obesity and depression are at an all time high. The statistics make pretty grim reading.

There’s growing interest, and research, in how food and nutrition can affect your emotional and mental health and we’ve only just begun to understand the powerful links between nutrition, mood and mental health.

More and more people today are shunning pills and potions and looking for self help and natural approaches to help them feel happy and healthy. One self-help strategy is to change what we eat.

How does food affect our mood?


There are many explanations for why food affects our mood:
  1. blood sugar highs and lows can cause changes in mood and energy, and are affected by what we eat;
  2. the way we think, feel and behave is swayed by brain chemicals like serotonin and dopamine. They can be affected by what we’ve eaten;
  3. a diet low in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids can affect mental health. For example, links have been demonstrated between low levels of omega-3 oils and depression.
Mood Food is more than an online health food and grocery store offering organic, fairtrade and ethical food and snacks. We're here to offer help and advice when it comes to getting a healthy body and healthy mind.
 
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