Eating chocolate absorbs more dopamine and promotes a happy mood?
Does eating dopamine-rich foods affect your mental health?
Don’t be silly, real mental health is not determined by how many pieces of chocolate or almonds you eat. Eating too much will only affect your nervous system... For example, the condition of patients with depression cannot
Improved and resolved by eating ordinary food.
Otherwise, many big stars would just eat more of this kind of food. Why would they need to commit suicide?
Food provides energy and maintains balanced nutrition, which can promote physical health and ensure normal psychology.
Psychology and physiology influence each other to a certain extent.
When our body has problems, our mental state will also be affected. People who are sick are often in a low mood. Especially if the illness is serious and the psychological pressure is high, other mental illnesses may occur.
On the other hand, too much psychological pressure and lack of energy will also have an impact on the treatment effect and affect normal recovery.
Nowadays, many beauties pursue a skinny figure and lose weight at every turn.
Some people also adopt extreme dieting methods to lose weight, which seriously affects their health and causes physical illness.
And this form can also bring about psychological neuroses, such as anorexia, depression, mania, etc... Therefore, first ensure a normal and balanced food intake so that you can have a healthy body.
Having enough energy to survive is the first priority.
But different people and different foods can have different psychological reactions.
For example, when we are hungry, the food we eat tastes extra delicious.
But when we are full, we will feel full and tired if we eat too much.
Moreover, different people have different definitions of food, and the foods they like to eat are also different.
So it's difficult to specifically say which foods are good for mental health.
But what we can know for sure is that when we eat the food we like, our mood will also improve.
Therefore, when you are unhappy, eating and drinking is a better way to relieve psychological stress.
In fact, in addition to eating, the anticipation and sense of ritual when eating can also enhance the psychological pleasure brought by food.
This situation, commonly known as delayed gratification, means that when you want to eat, you can't eat it. After a period of time, you suddenly eat it and you feel satisfied.
Or when eating, use a more "sacred" ritual to eat.
For example, thank those who created the ingredients, such as thanking the chefs who cooked it, etc. Use "meaning" to give the food more meaning, and you will feel more satisfied after eating it.
Such behaviors can make us feel happier and promote mental health.
However, if you have a psychological problem, the best way is not to eat or drink, but to find a psychological counselor for psychological consultation. If the problem is serious, you need to find a psychologist for treatment.
After all, food and medicine are still different.