In a Funk? Try Eating These 3 Mood-Boosting Foods | Daily Savings ...

Everyone has them ? days when you feel a little ho-hum. Nosh on these mood-enhancing foods to get back to your happier self?

Fish

Seafood like salmon and mackerel contain omega-3 fatty acids that have been connected to reductions in clinical depression and higher moods. Two servings per week (or a daily, 1,000-milligram supplement) should do the trick.

Related: Easy Salmon Recipes to Try Tonight

Spinach

Make like Popeye and eat your spinach. The folate in spinach allows your body to make dopamine and serotonin. 400 micrograms per day is ideal ? there are 60 mcg in 1 cup raw and 100 mcg in 1/2 cup cooked.

Related: Yummy Spinach Salad Recipe (With Strawberries!)

Cinnamon

Take the cinnamon challenge. Shown to help stabilize blood sugar levels, cinnamon may help you avoid bouts of hunger and irritability. Try to get 1/4-1/2 teaspoon per day; sprinkle a little in your oatmeal or in your coffee.

Related: Great Recipes That Incorporate Cinnamon

Photo Credit: Flickr/Lauren Fan

Sources: Michael Breus, PhD, author of Beauty Sleep: Look Younger, Lose Weight, and Feel Great Through Better Sleep; Katherine Muller, PsyD, director of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Program at Montefiore Medical Center; Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, PhD, professor of psychology at Yale University and author of The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in YourCommunity; David R. Rubinow, MS, director of the Center for Women?s Mood Disorders at the University of North Carolina and the chair of the UNC psychiatry department; Elizabeth Somer, MA, RD, author of Eat Your Way to Happiness

Source: http://dailysavings.allyou.com/2013/02/11/funk-mood-bosting-foods/

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