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If you are struggling to feel on top of things as you have an ongoing low mood, it can be very difficult to eat for health and happiness. All you are going to want to do is reach for a sugar fix, some endorphin loving chocolate or some comfort fries.
Fatigue can cause us also to eat foods that our bodies don’t love- no matter how much our brain and stomach tells us we really need it. Until we’re eating a good range of healthy food, we can’t really trust our brains and bodies to tell us what to eat. They have this huge cocktail of chemicals running around playing havoc with our cravings.
If you do suffer from depression, are chronically tired or think you are prone to SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder, where you feel more depressed in winter) there are several things you can do.
It is more common for woman to struggle with the effects of these, though that may also be because men are less likely to report any incidence of depression.
If you are always tired, then you are more likely to eat instant foods that do little for your body. If you have large amounts of stress in your life, it can make you feel tired. Tiredness can lead to weight gain which in turn makes you more depressed once more.
In the winter months we can be even more susceptible to it. We need daylight, and more accurately sunlight to keep our vitamin D levels at a good level, and help us with our levels of hormones melatonin, and serotonin which help us feel good. When you don’t have enough of these in your body you’ll tend to feel down, tired, grump, and irritable. Becasues we don’t have enough serotonin we start to crave carbohydrates and buttery, creamy foods. It’s hard to drum up a craving for salads and fruit when our brains are wreaking havoc with our bodies during these phases.
However we need energy to get through life. Even if spending the day sleeping in bed may feel like bliss to you right now, it’s not going to turn your life around in any shape or form. We need to eat just as we need to breathe.
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