Keep fruit within reach: a Danish study found Workers increased their overall fruit intake when fruit was placed within easy reach in the office environment. Reach for the fruit bowl.
Add Crunch: Adding nuts and seeds to your diet is an easy way to increase the diversity of plants in your diet. Good for your microbiome. I recently purchased a roasted sunflower seed shaker to sprinkle on salads.
Spice it up: food seasoning A variety of spices is an easy way to add variety to the plant-based foods you eat, says Eating Lab columnist Anahad O’Connor. For grilled chicken or fish, he uses Herbes de Provence, a condiment that typically contains six herbs.
Fatten vegetables: I have long complained that a healthy diet is often associated with plain, boring vegetables. It must be eaten with a small amount of fat for optimal absorption. Add a little avocado, olive oil and dressing to make the vegetables more delicious.
Improve breakfast quality: For many people, breakfast is the sweetest meal of the day. Pastries and many breakfast cereals contain sugar and other chemicals added during food processing. A bowl of plain yogurt topped with sliced bananas and strawberries, cinnamon powder and a handful of mixed nuts Please switch to morning.
Train yourself to crave comfort fruits. When you’re feeling stressed, try deep breathing and muscle relaxation exercises, and reach for unusual fruits you might not eat on a regular basis. By combining fruits with relaxation exercises, the brain begins to perceive fruits as stress-reducing, turning them into comfort foods.
Read more about stress and diet in the latest Eating Lab report. stress eating? Here’s how to train your brain to crave healthy food.
Amazing news about your brain
Brain Matters columnist Richard Sima wants you to remember the last time you got sick. You may have a fever, feel cold, lethargic, or lose your appetite. You might think, like many of us, that these symptoms are caused by the immune system’s defenders fighting off bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens that invade the body.
But your brain probably also played an important role, controlling many of the symptoms you felt.
Two recent studies published in Nature report that certain parts of the brain respond quickly to disease and adjust how the body fights it. This new understanding may also hold clues as to why some people continue to have chronic problems such as coronavirus for long months after bouts of infection.
See Richard’s column for more details. When You’re Feeling Sick, You Can Thank Your Brain – It Can Help You Heal.
Today’s daily life coach Jaime Kurz, Professor of Psychology Studied mindful photography at James Madison University.
advice: Cultivate gratitude by taking and sharing daily photos of things you are grateful for.
Reasons to try: Being mindful and appreciative of your surroundings is called tasting and is associated with overall well-being and well-being.in the one small librarycollege students were instructed to take pictures of meaningful things they saw throughout the day. Students who took mindful photos were more satisfied with their university life than the control group.
How to: Be aware of the world around you, whether you’re at work, on the train, or walking outdoors. Take a picture when you feel like it. It could be a flower, a funny moment on the street, or your coffee. The act of taking a picture gives me a sense of gratitude and gives me a rest.
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