Most important of the day? It may be that breakfast hurts your mood - Walla! health

2021-04-27T16:30:55.511Z

Breakfast is a very important meal - it can either make or break your day. Here are some things that will surprise you about your breakfast

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Most important of the day?
It may be that breakfast hurts your mood

What we eat has a tremendous effect on us, for better or worse, but we do not always fully understand how this effect works.

Breakfast, for example, affects our level of anxiety throughout the day - but when you understand it - it's pretty simple to produce the opposite and beneficial effect

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So when can breakfast hurt you?

Especially if you tend to eat a high-carbohydrate meal, ie sugars, in the first hours of the day.

A meal that includes lots of sweetened cereals, chocolates, pastries and juices does fill us with energy and help sharpen our senses at times when we so desperately need this boost - but it is also a double-edged sword that can have negative consequences later in the day.

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Increased consumption of carbohydrates - especially simple carbohydrates like white sugar - probably raises blood sugar levels and eventually causes it to drop suddenly after a few hours.

It is manifested in tremors, sudden fatigue, fogging in the brain and also, as evidenced by studies on the subject, an increase in stress and anxiety levels.

In addition, it obscures judgment and decision making.

You should give up the simple carbs.

Woman eating croissant (Photo: Dror Einav, Dror Einav)

This is due to the fact that when blood sugar levels drop suddenly, the body produces more cortisol, also known as the stress hormone.

And if that's not enough, if you, like the vast majority of us, like to drink a cup or a few cups of coffee with your breakfast - this effect will probably intensify even more.

Caffeine also increases the production of this hormone, whose effect is also manifested in nervousness, difficulty concentrating and quite ironically - a desire to consume more sugars and other substances that are harmful to us.

So how do you make breakfast more relaxing?

If you are a lover of pastries and sweets - not easy to completely remove them from your breakfast, but if you feel these negative effects we mentioned here, you may want to wait with the sweets for a later stage in the day, when you really feel low energies and you need this boost.

And instead, at breakfast, you should make sure that you put into your body some ingredients that have been proven in studies to be soothing, regulating mood and increasing emotional stability.

Here are some foods that can definitely do the job:

1. B vitamins -

B vitamins of all kinds help, among other things, to produce changes in the central nervous system that calm and relax us.

The brain also uses these vitamins to produce neurotransmitters that help improve mood and allow us a pleasant and relaxing feeling.

To supplement the quota of these vitamins in the morning, you should include eggs, legumes, nuts, seeds and green leaves in the meal.

Perfect for morning.

Nuts (Photo: ShutterStock)

2. Good Bacteria

- Today we know that probiotic bacteria can affect a number of vital processes in our body, including mood and coping with stress. The food most associated with probiotic bacteria is of course yogurt - but it's not the only one. Pickles also contain a good amount of good and brave bacteria. You can also add apple cider vinegar or sauerkraut to your meal.

3. Magnesium -

This mineral is without a doubt one of the biggest hits in the field of healthy eating in recent years - and there are many reasons for that.

Magnesium affects the bones, heart, muscles and also, perhaps most importantly, brain activity.

Studies show that magnesium intake sufficiently increases attention and concentration abilities, strengthens cognitive abilities and also helps regulate stress levels.

Many people choose to take supplements that contain this mineral, but it can also be found naturally in a range of delicious foods such as cashews, pecans and Brazil, brown rice, buckwheat, wheat germ, chestnuts, soy products and green leaves.