Something New

I have been reading how food can affect (or is it effect) your mood in Jillian Micheals "The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook." I have to say I have never really gave much thought to it, except when it came to chocolate and coffee, which are too things that made me very happy. However, I will say that since I have changed what I eat my mood has improved for the most part. There are alot of other things to factor in too, like the additional exercise that I am doing, the 7 hours a night of sleep I am getting, and the gallons of water I am drinking. But it has really got me thinking about the cause and effect relationship between what we eat and how we feel.
According to this book the following foods improve mood: Vitamin B, Chicken, Turkey, Beef, tuna, eggs, fortified cereals, and grains; omega 3: salmon, herring, mackerel (yuck!), white fish, walnuts and flax. So the next time that you are feeling blue try eating some of these foods to see if it helps.
Also last weekend when I was complaining about the ugly weather that we were having on Saturay, my friend, Rolly, told me to look beyond the clouds to the sunshine. That the sun was shining just above those clouds and to think about that. I thought that it was a cool way to look at it. (Tried it out on today cloudy weather and I will have say...easier said than done :). )