The Good Mood Kitchen: Simple Recipes and Nutrition Tips for Emotional Balance by Leslie Korn

Author:Leslie Korn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

PART 3

Choose Good Mood Foods

CHAPTER 9

Plan Your Mood-Savvy Menu: The Best Foods for Mental Health

Foods either enhance mental health or make it worse. The key to mental health nutrition is to maximize the healthy, mood-savvy foods and minimize those foods that have a negative effect. Our goal for mental health nutrition is to have at least 90% of our recipes serve as nourishment for our brain, mind, and body. Identifying the best foods for you is your next step on the road to attaining mental well-being. Healthy foods and their preparation represent an essential part of a complete program for prevention of illness and recovery of mental health. Below I explore the value of mood-savvy foods and how to prepare them in numerous special recipes.

The Basic Pantry: 13 Essential Foods for Mental Health

•Bone broths

•Raw almonds

•Wild salmon or fatty fish

•Raw butter

•Coconut (meat and oil)

•Sweet potatoes

•Avocado

•Beets

•Cacao (chocolate)

•Oats and gluten-free grains

•Arugula and other bitter greens

•Fresh sauerkraut and other fermented foods

•Coffee/tea (green and black)

The above foods support mental health by:

•Maintaining healthy blood sugar

•Decreasing inflammation

•Boosting energy and mood

•Enhancing gut health, which supports mental health bacteria and neurotransmitters

DID YOU KNOW?

The absorption of nutrients in orange–red vegetables is significantly enhanced when combined with foods like avocado and avocado oil, which has been shown to enhance cognitive health. Thus the culinary practice of dipping raw carrot sticks in guacamole is an ideal combination for decreasing inflammation.

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