Balance Your Moods With Food

Here is an interesting article on balancing moods with food.

(NC)-Here are some helpful hints on the nutrients you need
to stay "emotionally fit" and help prevent mood-swings. These
foods help keep you "hormonally" healthy - see Canada's Food
Guide to Healthy Eating to ensure that you get all of the
nutrients needed to maintain a well-balanced diet for optimal
overall health.

Before breakfast:
Start your day with greens+™, a balanced formula of 23
herbs, vitamins, minerals, organic and nutrient-rich foods to
help boost motivation and energy levels.

Breakfast:
This should include about one-third of foods that are high in
lean protein such as eggs, grains or low-fat yogurt and two-
thirds of low-density complex carbohydrates such as
vegetables, fruits and whole grains.

Mid-morning snack:
Reach for some raw, very low-density complex carbohydrates
such as carrots, celery or zucchini.

Lunch:
Eat a balanced lunch including lean protein such as chicken or
fish with complex carbohydrates from veggies and leafy greens.

Mid-afternoon snack:
Choose fresh fruit as a low-density complex carbohydrate snack
to increase the level of serotonin in the body and help curb that
3 o'clock sugar craving.

Dinner:
This should be high in complex carbohydrates and low in
protein to provide enough serotonin to help calm hormones
during the evening for a good night's sleep.

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