{"id":15705,"date":"2023-10-12T21:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=15705"},"modified":"2023-10-12T21:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:00:52","slug":"serotonin-seven-foods-that-boost-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=15705","title":{"rendered":"Serotonin: Seven Foods That Boost Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re looking for ways to improve your mood, go for a long relaxing walk, take a hot bubble bath, and make sure to eat the right foods. And when we say appropriate, we don&#8217;t mean a big slice of chocolate cake, which may temporarily improve your mood, but the regret you&#8217;ll feel afterwards about the calories you took in will make you regret your impulsiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ideal is to eat unprocessed foods that are rich in serotonin. Serotonin is a protein whose basic building block is the amino acid tryptophan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The hormone of happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hormone acts as a brain neurotransmitter. Low levels of serotonin have been linked to depression, anxiety and anger, as well as migraines and bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this reason it has also been characterized as the hormone of happiness, as when present in sufficient quantities it helps to regulate and improve mood and prevent depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to relaxation and calmness, serotonin affects the appetite, sleep, mood for sex, body temperature and mood for communication that everyone has. It is also important for our body weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The foods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serotonin levels in the brain are raised by the sun, intense sports and certain foods that contain the substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out 7 foods that are rich in serotonin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Walnuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pecans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pineapple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Banana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kiwi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plums<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for ways to improve your mood, go for a long relaxing walk, take a hot bubble bath, and make sure to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957,6,2993],"tags":[2603,4765,4764,4763],"class_list":["post-15705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","category-health","category-life","tag-food","tag-happiness","tag-hormone","tag-serotonin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15709,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions\/15709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}