Diet Controls Emotions
A person's seven emotions and six desires are often expressed through their mood, which in turn affects the body. Eating according to your mood is beneficial for human health because a person's mood, psychology, and even personality are closely related to eating habits and nutritional intake. As long as we pay attention to eating right, eating well, and eating reasonably and scientifically, we can stay away from bad emotions such as anger, suspicion, laziness, and sadness.
Anger
●Causes
Some irritability is caused by diet. Eating too much leads to the depletion of several B vitamins related to energy metabolism (B1, B3, B6, etc.). A deficiency in vitamin B1 can make a person irritable, forgetful, and expressionless. A lack of vitamin B3 is associated with anxiety and insomnia, while a deficiency in vitamin B6 leads to a decline in thinking ability.
Too much meat: Eating a lot of meat raises adrenaline levels in the body, making a person impulsive.
Too much sugar: Ever heard of "sugar-induced mental agitation"? Anger is linked to eating too much sugar.
●Anger-Relievers
Some foods in daily life have the effect of regulating qi (vital energy). They can not only help people摆脱不良情绪的影响 (shake off the influence of negative emotions) but also alleviate symptoms such as chest tightness, reversed qi, abdominal bloating, and insomnia caused by anger.
Rose: Add a few rose buds when brewing tea to regulate qi. You can also drink rose tea by itself.
Hawthorn: In Traditional Chinese Medicine, hawthorn is good at regulating qi, relieving pain, and aiding digestion. It can relieve the chest bloating and pain caused by stagnant qi and is also effective for tachycardia and arrhythmia caused by anger.
Beer: Drinking beer in moderation can regulate qi and whet the appetite, helping a person quickly get out of an angry mood.
Lotus root: Lotus root can regulate qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and nourish the heart to calm the mind, making it an excellent food for regulating qi.
Radish: Radish is best eaten raw. If you have a stomach condition, you can drink radish soup.
Suspicion
●Causes
Excessive hope and over-tension: Maybe it's too much pressure, or maybe expectations are too high. Suspicious people are often tense, tense people are a bit neurotic, usually unhappy, and often troubled by insomnia.
Too little food: Most people who are suspicious and worried are pale and thin, mainly due to insufficient and low intake of energy and protein, leading to anemia and lack of physical strength.
Vegetarian diet: A long-term vegetarian diet does not provide enough fat, as well as lecithin and carnitine found in animal foods, which affects the body's utilization of energy and the synthesis and release of neurotransmitters in the brain tissue.
Zinc deficiency: People with zinc deficiency are prone to depression and emotional instability.
●Anti-Suspicion Foods
Green tea: Green tea can relax a person's mood and put the spirit in a relaxed and pleasant state.
Vegetables: The potassium in vegetables helps calm the nerves and stabilize emotions.
Cordyceps: Cordyceps has effects like strengthening the body's resistance and calming the mind. Products like Jinshuibao and Bailing Capsules fall into this category.
Snacks: During breaks from tense work, eating a small amount of snacks can divert a person's attention and relieve anxiety.
Laziness
●Causes
Laziness is a symptom that can reflect a certain deviation in diet.
Too much salt: If you consume excessive salt, it accumulates in the body, leading to symptoms such as slow reaction and a tendency to sleepiness.
Acidic constitution: As the saying goes, "acidic leads to lazy." It's true that when the body becomes acidic, one becomes lazy.
Iron deficiency: People whose diet is too monotonous and who do not pay attention to a balance of meat and vegetables are prone to iron deficiency.
●Anti-Laziness Remedies
Blood tofu with green peppers: Blood tofu contains the most easily absorbed heme iron, and green peppers, with their vitamin C, aid in iron absorption, making the effect twice as good.
Vegetable tofu: A diet that is low in oil and salt, light and regular, can help a person maintain a state of alertness.
Sadness
●Causes
Depression and sadness lead to malnutrition, and malnutrition in turn exacerbates depression and sadness.
Amino acid imbalance: A lack of tryptophan is an important cause of inducing depression. Remember to supplement more foods rich in tryptophan—such as speckled beans, black soybeans, pumpkin seeds, and fish fillets.
Magnesium deficiency: Bananas, grapes, apples, and oranges can bring a feeling of relaxation and pleasure, keeping sadness away.
●Sadness-Relievers
Chicken soup: Rich chicken soup contains various free amino acids, so it can balance the body's needs, increase dopamine and adrenaline in the brain, and fill the body with vitality and passion, overcoming pessimistic and world-weary emotions.
Vitamin C: Vitamin C deficiency can manifest as indifference, emotional depression, a solitary personality, and being taciturn.
Mixed diet: It is best to consume no fewer than 20 different types of food daily to leverage the benefits of a varied diet and broaden the coverage of dietary nutrition.