The world has become very fast. This is the era of competition and struggle.
This rapidness of world is the main cause of depression and the generation of toxic thoughts in most of the people nowadays. This continuous grinding of society leads our mind to think we’re not doing good enough and we start comparing ourselves with others and start thinking about the things that would probably not happen ever. An excessive use of technology has played an important role in this case.
Our brain, no doubt, is the most important organ of the body which helps us think, take decisions and survive according to our environment. One bad thing about this complex yet important organ is that it is negativity biased. It scans the surrounding and focus more on the negative issues of our lives than the positive ones. Ultimately, we start overthinking and fear which ends up having toxic thoughts.
This process is occurred in a part of brain called Right Prefrontal Cortex(part of Prefrontal Cortex; an organ responsible for generating emotions). This, when detects danger or insecurity, starts releasing Cortisol(the fear hormone) which forces us to think negatively and we end up having the most possible toxic thoughts about a certain thing.
Contrarily, to create an equilibrium for this situation, our brain generates some ‘feel good’ hormones such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine which makes us feel more happy and develops good mood which bases the positive thoughts.
These hormones are automatically generated in brain when needed. But, to feel more good and detoxify our thoughts, we can manage a healthy food and nutrition intakes which contains the chemicals like caffeine, choline, vitamin B, carbohydrates, fats like omega-3s and tyrosine which boosts the production of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine.
Following are some foods one can have in some specific amount to boost his good mood and happiness levels:
▪️Fish:
Having some amount of fatty fish like Salmon and Sardines regularly can help to prevent mind from negative thoughts. Fishes contains fatty acid omega-3s that helps the production of more grey matter in brain and helps improving the mood and decreasing the depression.
▪️Coffee:
Coffee contains high amount of caffeine and antioxidants. Caffeine helps creating serotonin which causes the happiness and mood boosts in us.
▪️Dark Chocolates:
Dark chocolate contains flavonoids , caffeine and antioxidants . Flavonoids and antioxidants have their other specific benefits but caffeine, as in coffee, boosts the happiness levels and positivity by generating serotonin.
▪️Turmeric:
The deep-yellow spice, mostly used as the main household spice in most of the Asian countries, has found as an important source for the generation of dopamine and serotonin which both improves mood, make us feel more happier and ease the depression.
▪️Lean Meat:
Lean meat contains tyrosine. Having lean meat like beef, chicken or turkey increases the level of tyrosine in our body which generate norepinephrine and dopamine. These two hormones enhances mental clarity, focus and mood.
▪️Eggs:
Eggs contain nutrients like choline and vitamin B(folate and B12). Choline helps creating a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine that boosts the positivity levels as well as the happiness levels in us. Studies have shown that having less amount of folate and B12 increases the depression. This risk can be reduced by having enough amount of eggs regularly which will provide us these two essential nutrients.
Besides having a perfect healthy diet, exercising regularly also increases the levels of serotonin and norepinephrine.
Exercising daily also causes the phenomenon known as neurogenesis which means that when we exercise, we produce new neurones in our brain which can help us feel more happy, alive and positive.
