{"id":40007,"date":"2024-04-06T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T09:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intv.pk\/?p=40007"},"modified":"2024-04-06T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T09:06:42","slug":"eating-well-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/?p=40007","title":{"rendered":"Eating well for mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/intv.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/48f906933ca912111543da93a3170a47_M.jpg\" alt=\"Mental health gets better by eating nutritional diet.\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedIntroText\">Our physical and emotional well-being are entirely dependent on the food we eat.<\/div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedFullText\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to research, those who consume a diet high in fruits, vegetables, seafood, and whole grains are actually 25% to 35% less likely to suffer from depression than persons who follow a Western diet, which is high in fat, sugar, and ultra-processed foods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Many people don&rsquo;t realise the link between food and mental well-being,&#8221; said nutrition specialists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;A nutritious, balanced diet positively impacts our energy and mood, as well as our gut microbiota, which influences our mental wellbeing,&rdquo; they added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following are three essential diet nutrients needed for a good mental health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Broccoli, spinach, carrots, quinoa, brown rice, beans, lentils, and chickpeas are examples of prebiotic foods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to nutritionist, probiotics and prebiotics help lower inflammation, which raises serotonin levels in the body, a neurotransmitter that controls mood and lessens signs of stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other diets contain Omega-3 foods, which include walnuts, salmon, trout, tuna, chia seeds, hemp seeds, and flaxseed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Omega-3s are good fats that have been demonstrated to lessen brain inflammation that has been connected to mood problems. As a result, they may aid in enhancing well-being, as per nutritionist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, foods high in polyphenols include peppers, red cabbage, spinach, walnuts, hazelnuts, kiwi fruit, and red cabbage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Polyphenols promote healthy blood flow to the brain and can protect it from oxidative stress and inflammation,&#8221; nutrition specialists said. &#8220;This may affect mental health, by reducing depressive symptoms and increasing overall mental wellbeing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our physical and emotional well-being are entirely dependent on the food we eat. According to research, those who consume a diet high in fruits, vegetables, seafood, and whole grains are actually 25% to 35% less likely to suffer from depression than persons who follow a Western diet, which is high in fat, sugar, and ultra-processed <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/intv.pk\/?p=40007\">\u0645\u0632\u06cc\u062f \u067e\u0691\u06be\u06cc\u06ba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intv.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}