Food & Mood
Batch cook – soups & casseroles to have at lunchtime or to come home to
Increase your Plant Fibre intake – change your recipes to half meat/half pulses, The longer, dark days of the winter can often legumes etc have an effect on our wellbeing so this month A Mediterranean type diet – very effective I want to give you some tips to boost your in supporting our immune system & helping mood. to reduce depressive symptoms You probably already know that our food Fermented Foods & Drinks - naturally choices affect our digestion, weight & immunity probiotic foods full of healthy bacteria – all aspects of our physical health. But did you know that the food you eat has a direct A 12 hour Fasting Window - enables the microbiome to clean up the gut for optimum impact on our minds as all as our bodies? gut health. It’s becoming more & more widely known & accepted that the healthy bacteria, fungi & This article is abridged - You can find the other microbes – known as ‘microbiome’ or longer Food & Mood article in my blog at ‘gut flora’ – that live in our gut, send messages www.gilliandalgliesh.com to our brains via what’s known as the gutJanuary 2022 – I’ll be running a Vision brain axis. A healthy & happy gut affects our Board Workshop to set our intentions & mood & wellbeing. visualise everything you want to manifest for A healthy microbiome has a large number 2022! Places very limited – get in touch for & diversity of gut bacteria. Studies have more info. shown that the absence of varied gut bacteria January 2022 – “Change Your Mindset to decreases our abilities to manage stress. A Change Your Life” workshops. healthy gut not only affects our moods, but it also positively affects our immune system and our resistance to disease. By Gillian Dalgliesh
So how can we increase & maintain our gut flora in order to support our health? It’s simple & enjoyable! We eat the types of foods that support our gut health and avoid those that diminish our healthy gut bacteria. The more plentiful & diverse your gut bacteria, the healthier you’ll be and the more psychologically resilient! Here are some suggestions: Quit highly processed food - Convenience food at lunch time, ie sausage rolls etc, ready meals, takeaways, sugary snacks (biscuits, cakes, sweets etc), refined bread, some cereals, anything with a long list of ingredients, foods containing ‘E’ numbers, ingredients with chemical sounding names, artificial sweetners, emulsifiers (these are added to highly processed foods to keep the texture consistent & to increase the shelf life). Also, too much alcohol & too many sugary or fizzy drinks. Vary your diet – Try new recipes
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