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Why Vegans So Rarely Feel Blue

Posted on October 9, 2015 By 32 Comments on Why Vegans So Rarely Feel Blue

Do you think there is a remedy for feeling blue? And if so, can you take full advantage of it without any side-effects? There is good news for you: Fortunately, there is such remedy. Two years ago, the British Journal of Health Psychology conducted a study in order to analyze if there is any relationship between diet and mood. For this purpose and for the representative validity of its results, it surveyed 281 young adults. The results of its study were astounding as they asserted that there is a very close link between the eating habits and the mood of the participants. Those of them whose diet habits were based on plant-based food and fruits felt much more balanced, cheerful and stronger. These results were even more confirmed by a study of the Social Indicators Research. In this survey, they analyzed the diet habits of 80.000 people in Britain showing that the emotional well-being is indisputably connected to the dietary habits. As vegans avoid processed food and take full advantage of plant-based nutrition they tend to be much less susceptible to feeling emotionally instable. Thus, falling into serious depression is also much less likely for vegans.

“Junk foods, including heavily processed, fried and artificial foods, produce serious negative impacts on the brain and emotions, similar to narcotic drugs. They stimulate short-term reward centers in the central nervous system. But over time, they can lead to dependency and mood imbalances, along with all-too-common long-term health consequences.

On the other hand, a number of studies show that people, young and old, who eat more vegetables and fruits have better emotional stability and more happiness, along with less stress and anxiety. Recent research has also demonstrated that antioxidants — abundant in many plant-based foods — can promote emotional well-being.

One 2013 study, published in theBritish Journal of Health Psychology, examined the relationship between diet and mood in 281 young adults. In this study, participants who ate more fruits and vegetables felt calmer, happier and more energetic, leading the researchers to call for further studies to explore these connections.

A much larger study, published late 2012 in the journal Social Indicators Research, examined the diets of 80,000 people in Britain. Results showed that happiness and emotional well-being were “dose dependent” on the amount of vegetables and fruits people ate, suggesting that emotional well-being peaks with seven servings of fruit and/or vegetables a day. Measurable indicators included self-reported life satisfaction, mental well-being, happiness, nervousness and others.

Apparently, seven daily servings is the magic number of fruits and vegetables you need to consume in order to reach a greater plateau of mental and emotional wellness, say the authors of this study. However, this level of wellness likely can be surpassed to bring even greater health and happiness, if you combine good-mood foods with other measures such as regular exercise, mind-body practices and targeted natural supplements.

Good Mood Super-Foods

If you eat the right foods, you can go a long way in boosting your mental, emotional and overall physical health and wellness. The whole foods I describe below are rich in antioxidants, minerals and nutrients to support relaxation and boost mental clarity and happiness. They also support numerous other areas of health in the process.”

To read the rest of the article, check it out on the original source over at Better Health Publishing.

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Comments (32) on “Why Vegans So Rarely Feel Blue”

  1. Your Favorite Vegan Recipes says:
    October 14, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Oh, that’s really interesting! Thank you very much for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Going Vegan says:
    October 14, 2015 at 10:25 am

    My pleasure! Thank you for your kind words 🙂

    Reply
  3. Jerilynn Rosenberger says:
    August 16, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    Yes, eating a healthy diet will help people feel better and are good, but stuff like this propagates a faulty view of mental health. Im a vegan and my health improves a bit every day, but that is only a part of treating my bipolar disorder.

    Reply
  4. Caty Gin Brown says:
    August 16, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    Bob… This is me

    Reply
  5. Dorothy Walker Unterholzner says:
    August 16, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    remedy for feeling blue is a nice juicy steak

    Reply
  6. Jerilynn Rosenberger says:
    August 16, 2016 at 11:11 pm

    Not for the cow. Or your arteries.

    Reply
  7. Shannon Clay says:
    August 16, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    I love me a vegan diet but saying it in any way shape or form prevents or treats mental illness is extremely misleading. mental health is not a diet issue.

    Reply
  8. Sarah Rumple says:
    August 17, 2016 at 12:10 am

    Emily Yocom

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  9. Debbie Cox says:
    August 17, 2016 at 12:44 am

    Not sure this is right

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  10. Renee' Weaver says:
    August 17, 2016 at 1:52 am

    I call bullshit. I’m vegan and I have been for most of my life and I also have clinical depression. Being vegan hasn’t solved that at all.

    Reply
  11. Ziggy Daniels says:
    August 17, 2016 at 2:28 am

    Really ?we must NOT go down the vegan NEVER get sick or never have mental health issues…..

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  12. Ziggy Daniels says:
    August 17, 2016 at 2:30 am

    I would disagree on this though as eating a vegan or sugar free, artificial color free diet has been shown to help some mental & physchological ‘illness’……

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  13. Shannon Clay says:
    August 17, 2016 at 2:48 am

    Ziggy Daniels okay well, as someone with a mental illness who is vegan and largely keeps away from processed foods let me say that while I have received TONS of health benefits from being vegan it absolutely does not treat or prevent mental illness. thanks for putting illness in quotations btw.

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  14. Dorothy Gunter says:
    August 17, 2016 at 4:38 am

    How disgusting you nasty troll!

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  15. Marissa Elizabeth says:
    August 17, 2016 at 5:25 am

    I really dont think this link is saying vegans never have mental health issues… I think it is saying it improves and supports mental health. Is it claiming it cures or prevents depression or any other illness? Correct me if i am wrong but i don’t believe so. Just a friendly note ❤

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  16. Dorothy Walker Unterholzner says:
    August 17, 2016 at 6:05 am

    I never asked to get this post….don’t even know you all….get over it

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  17. Myveganwellies Myveganwellies says:
    August 17, 2016 at 7:18 am

    If you never asked for the post Dorothy Walker Unterholzner then delete it and move on…..

    If eating the antibiotic filled rotting carcass of a one sentient being is your cute for feeling blue, it’s no wonder the world is so messed up. Making yourself feel better by eating the life of someone else?? fucked up…….

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  18. Natasha Ignatti Stokes says:
    August 17, 2016 at 7:58 am

    Lol I wish.

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  19. Natasha Ignatti Stokes says:
    August 17, 2016 at 7:59 am

    Most vegans I know have some form of depression because they are aware of the atrocities and what is going on around them, yet they are constantly ridiculed for caring about animals. Ridiculed by family, the media, work mates…the list goes on.

    Reply
  20. Natasha Ignatti Stokes says:
    August 17, 2016 at 8:01 am

    He’s a muppet. Probably types this while patting his dog and telling him that he’s an animal lover.

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  21. Natasha Ignatti Stokes says:
    August 17, 2016 at 8:03 am

    Dorothy Walker Unterholzner why don’t you eat a big juicy dog steak. They eat dogs in Vietnam and the Philippines. Oh but they are barbarians hey. Not you. You eat the animal you have been conditioned into believing is food. The cow wants to live as much as your precious dog.

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  22. Sophie Perret-Gibson says:
    August 17, 2016 at 8:55 am

    Dorothy Walker Unterholzner how old are you seriously? Grow up you silly ignorant little woman.

    Reply
  23. Frances Payne says:
    August 17, 2016 at 9:40 am

    Eating a lot of wheat gives me depression

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  24. Wendy Nicole says:
    August 17, 2016 at 9:40 am

    Very difficult to read..

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  25. Robert Martino says:
    August 17, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Its the GMO’s in the wheat.

    Reply
  26. Dorothy Walker Unterholzner says:
    August 17, 2016 at 4:14 pm

    My goodness…how tolerant you are, kind and civil…..like I said…I don’t know how I got this post in the first place, but it sure has shown me how rude you all are….now to block you all

    Reply
  27. Lanette Stafford says:
    August 17, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    You say we’re rude, when you’re the person posting about eating steak on a vegan page! Ah the hypocrisy!

    Reply
  28. Robin Dee Watson says:
    August 17, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    NOT killing something so kind & sweet & Innocent ,,makes me feel LOTS Better 😉

    Reply
  29. Merideth Gomillion says:
    August 17, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    Dorothy Walker Unterholzner really whose the rude one here? Block us all! Do you think anyone here really cares? Smh

    Reply
  30. Shon Drek says:
    August 17, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    BULLSHIT
    Vegan 17 years, depressed every day.

    Reply
  31. Jennifer Fragapane Shroyer says:
    August 24, 2016 at 5:11 am

    Wow! Gotta chip on your shoulder?

    Reply
  32. Nicole Laforet says:
    October 2, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    Amber N. Denmon

    Reply

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