{"id":191,"date":"2021-06-16T15:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:21:23","slug":"does-juicing-cure-depression-and-make-you-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/juices\/does-juicing-cure-depression-and-make-you-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Juicing Cure Depression and Make You Happier?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the interesting aspects of studying nutrition is finding causation. Most studies showing the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption are\u00a0associational<\/em>. In an associational study you notice a pattern among a group of people. You then say, \u201cPeople who live to be 80 consume 7 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. So you should probably consume 7 servings of vegetables a day.\u201d Indeed,\u00a0people who eat a lot of fruit tend to be leaner, smarter, and healthier in old age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yet a skeptic could rightly not that perhaps something else was at play, arguing, \u201cPeople who eat vegetables are healthy in other respects. How can we know that it\u2019s vegetables rather than something else that is responsible for the favorable health results?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent study (via\u00a0Science Daily) shows a causal relationship between dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and mood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Psychology researchers Dr Tamlin Conner and Bonnie White, and Dr Caroline Horwath from Otago\u2019s Department of Human Nutrition, investigated the relationship between day-to-day emotions and food consumption.<\/p>

On each of the 21 days participants logged into their diary each evening and rated how they felt using nine positive and nine negative adjectives. They were also asked five questions about what they had eaten that day. Specifically, participants were asked to report the number of servings eaten of fruit (excluding fruit juice and dried fruit), vegetables (excluding juices), and several categories of unhealthy foods like biscuits\/cookies, potato crisps, and cakes\/muffins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In other words, the researchers asked, \u201cWhat did you eat last night and how did you feel today?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results showed a strong day-to-day relationship between more positive mood and higher fruit and vegetable consumption, but not other foods.<\/p>

\u201cOn days when people ate more fruits and vegetables, they reported feeling calmer, happier and more energetic than they normally did,\u201d says Dr Conner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not surprising to me. Processed food is literally loaded with neurotoxins. Everyone who has begun juicing has reported improved mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implication is a welcome one. If you want to feel better tomorrow, make a juice today<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To understand which comes first \u2013 feeling positive or eating healthier foods \u2013 Dr Conner and her team ran additional analyses and found that eating fruits and vegetables predicted improvements in positive mood the next day, suggesting that healthy foods may improve mood. These findings held regardless of the BMI of individuals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How many servings of fruits and vegetables should you eat to be happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter further analysis we demonstrated that young people would need to consume approximately seven to eight total servings of fruits and vegetables per day to notice a meaningful positive change<\/strong>. One serving of fruit or vegetables is approximately the size that could fit in your palm, or half a cup. My co-author Bonnie White suggests that this can be done by making half your plate at each meal vegetables and snacking on whole fruit like apples,\u201d says Dr Conner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That recommendation is consistent with our earlier post. See, \u201cHow many servings of fruits and vegetables do I need?\u201d\u00a0A 16-ounce glass of juice\u00a0meets the researcher\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t have a juicer yet?\u00a0Read our buyer\u2019s guide\u00a0(and guide to\u00a0best juicer)\u00a0and check out our\u00a0Juicing Recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep juicing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the interesting aspects of studying nutrition is finding causation. Most studies showing the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption are\u00a0associational. In an associational study you notice a pattern among a group of people. You then say, \u201cPeople who live to be 80 consume 7 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. So you…<\/p>\n

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