Quit Alcohol (For a Month) by Helen Foster

Author:Helen Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Fermented foods

These help top up levels of the bacteria that live in our gut and right now there’s a lot of evidence pointing to these bugs playing an important role in reducing the impact of stress and anxiety. It seems that the bacteria produce chemicals that actively calm us and improve mood – for example, when the bacteria break down carbohydrates they create a fatty acid called butyrate which increases levels of the mood booster serotonin in the body. Simply eating a yoghurt containing four specific strains of bacteria twice a day caused people to react more calmly to stress in one trial at the US’s University of California Los Angeles. Fermented foods include natural yoghurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, miso soup and pickles.

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