A lot of the time we get bombarded with images and information telling us do not eat certain foods because if we do we will gain weight and become unhealthy this largely applies to things like processed food and the majority of take-away foods.
In this country, we have a long-standing tradition of eating fish and chips although it is quite expensive these days but that is not what this post is about. Today the Daily Mail wrote a news story about how eating chips can alter your mood.
It is believed that the carbohydrates contained with within them may be responsible or they reminde usof happier times when we were younger, that certainly could be the case when I was younger when I was in the Scouts, and it had finished, we used to go to the fish and chip shop.
A Dr Mike Green who is interested in the association of food and its psychology asked some 60 people to watch a short film which showed the Hiroshima bomb being dropped one group was given a magazine to take their mind off things.
While the other group had some chips to eat, and also they were given a questionnaire to fill in before they watched the film and afterwards to see how it affected their mood. After they had read the data that came back the group that ate the chips said they had a better mood compared to the other group who read a magazine.
Dr Green had this to say “In fact, calmness was restored after 20 minutes. “It may be down to the biological effects of the nutritional components on brain chemistry or simple a pleasurable sensation, triggered, by the way, chips taste”.
So next time you’re feeling down or depressed don’t make an appointment to see your doctor instead go to the chip shop, there is nothing wrong with eating these types of foods as long as you do it in moderation if you can manage that then you will be fine. Doesn’t that picture just make you want to eat some?
Source: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk
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