When the mood is too low, you should choose the right food to calm the nerves and help alleviate the negative state of mind. The food you eat has a lot to do with your mental and physical health, so people with depression should understand the diet.
What are the dietary taboos for people with depression?
1. Beneficial food
Bananas and grapefruit: Bananas contain alkaloids that can lift people's spirits and improve self-confidence, bananas contain a lot of vitamin b6 and tryptophan can stimulate the brain to produce serotonin, help alleviate bad mood. Grapefruit contains a lot of vitamin C, which is an antioxidant substance, which can not only maintain the cells of red blood cells, enhance resistance, but also fight pressure. Vitamin C can also help make epinephrine and dopamine.
Deep-sea fish and whole-grain bread: Deep-sea fish contain omega tri-fatty acids, like anti-depression drugs, can block the path of nerve conduction and stimulate the secretion of serotonin. The carbohydrates in whole-grain bread promote serotonin growth and help fight depression and stress.
Spinach and cherries: When the body lacks folic acid, it reduces the amount of serotonin in the brain, which causes depression and depression, and spinach contains a lot of folic acid. The anthocyanins contained in cherries can make a happy factor, and when the mood is not good, 20 cherries are more effective than drugs.
Garlic and pumpkin: Some people do not like to eat garlic, although it will bring unpleasant taste, but after eating garlic, it can alleviate anxiety and tiredness, and can suppress people's irritability. Pumpkin is rich in iron and vitamin B6, which can help convert the blood sugar stored by the body into glucose and help the brain burn energy.
Low-fat milk and chicken: Yogurt milk and cheese are rich in calcium, which can relieve tension, anxiety and irritability. Chicken is rich in selenium, which can make people's emotions more joyful and help fight free radicals.
2. Contraindicated foods
Patients cannot drink caffeine and alcoholic beverages, which can affect people's sleep. Drinking a lot of caffeine can make people feel anxious as well as grumpy and depressed, and if you drink too much, it will consume calcium and iron in the body. In addition, excessive alcohol consumption can lead to a lack of vitamin B and cause depression. In addition, you can not eat a lot of sugar, otherwise it will affect the blood sugar level, and when the blood sugar drops, it will aggravate the fatigue and irritability of the body, and it will also consume the B vitamins necessary for the human body.
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