With chronic stress, you often want to eat to calm your nerves. However, this often leads to weight gain, which becomes another reason for depression. Dietician-nutritionist Irina Mansurova named seven products that can please the brain and not harm the figure, reports aif.ru.
The specialist said that with chronic stress and lack of sleep, the hormone cortisol begins to be produced, which encourages people to “improve their mood” with food. It’s interesting that you usually don’t want healthy food, but fast carbohydrates in the form of pastries, ice cream, sweets, cakes and other things seem to be a salvation.
And yet, for those who are watching their figure, in moments of sadness, instead of a cake, it is worth trying foods that can also improve your mood: fatty sea fish, berries, nuts, herbs, kefir, cottage cheese (but not low-fat) and fresh vegetables.
All of them reduce the impact of stress on the body and contain beneficial substances that can give strength to fight depression. At the same time, the specialist emphasized that nuts, fatty fish and dairy are healthy and not harmful to the figure as long as they are consumed within normal limits. However, if you overeat, they will be no less threatening than sweets.
Source: Rosbalt
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