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Foods That Make You Happy, Foods That Make You Sad | Dr. Neal Barnard
Food can have a huge influence on your mood. Some foods can make you happy while others can often contribute to sadness and depression.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
Discover the foods than can improve your mood and the ones to avoid that may bring you down when Dr. Neal Barnard joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Topics Discussed
- How food influences mood
- The best diet for happiness and mental clarity
- Chocolate, serotonin, and happiness
- Foods that reduce depression
- Refined sugar and depression
- Leafy greens and improved mood
- Omega-3 fatty acids and mental health
- Vitamin deficiency and sadness
- Antioxidants and emotions
- Meat and mental health
- Green tea and happiness
- Spicy food and mood
- And more
Chuck also discusses the findings of a study that show approximately one in three Americans suffer from iron deficiency.
Dr. Barnard is a multiple-time best-selling author whose latest work is The Power Foods Diet.
