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Monday, March 26, 2007
Good Mood Foods?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There may be another reason to call fish “brain food.”
Turns out that having salmon for dinner isn’t just good for your heart, it may also improve your attitude! According to a University of Pittsburgh study omega-3 fatty acids, which are plentiful in fatty fish like salmon, seem to affect areas of the brain associated with emotion.
The team previously found that people with lower blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids were more apt to have a negative outlook and to be more impulsive, while those with higher levels typically were more agreeable and less likely to exhibit a sour mood. Seems it has something to do with the amount of gray matter in the brain which helps regulate our moods. The more omega-3 in the diet, the more gray matter. What do you think of the food-mood connection? And we’re not just talking chocolate!!
