Food is an important determinant of our health and hence our quality of life. A person who is depressed, tired or stressed is not a healthy person and this can cause severe pathologies that can be prevented through a healthy lifestyle.

As we all know, physical activity can become a bit happier with only spend a few minutes a day because its practice stimulates the release into the body of neurotransmitters and hormones that can lift our spirits.

Also, foods can contribute to our better mood if we choose those that promote the release of serotonin in the body, a substance that can generate pleasure, happiness, harmony and prosperity while enhancing our mood. Foods that contain tryptophan, an amino acid precursor of serotonin, are those that can lift our spirits and become happier. Even a deficit of serotonin may increase the sensation of pain in sick people, so that consuming foods with tryptophan relieve aches and pains.

These foods are: chocolate, banana or banana, kiwi, dried fruits, cheeses, eggs, mushrooms, nutmeg, milk and meat products.

In addition, foods high in sugar and starch derivatives such as cereals, facilitate the arrival of tryptophan to the brain and hence, working with the best mood.

Moreover, the omega 3 fatty acids do not contain tryptophan but its consumption has been associated in various studies to lower rates of depression and an improvement in the state brain.

A balanced diet that complements physical exercise daily and include foods of animal and plant origin in right proportions can be the solution to our stress, our chronic fatigue and our bad mood or depression.

You know, food can not only mark the course of our health, but can significantly affect our mood and further improve the quality of life.