Feeling down in the dumps could have more to do with your diet than you might think. Research is showing that eating healthy foods may help to improve your mood and make you feel happier.

If eating an unbalanced diet has the power to make you feel blue, just imagine what eating nutritious meals could do for your wellbeing. Here are just a few of our favourite mood-boosting foods.

Beetroot

Beets are already one of our go-to veggies for a liver cleanse, but they can actually make for a pretty powerful mood-booster, too. These purple liver-lovers are packed with betaine and tryptophan, both of which have been found to improve your mood.

Tryptophan can make you sleepy but we’re okay with it because of the significant role the amino acid plays in producing serotonin, the feel-good hormone that floods our body when we’re in a good mood.

We’ve embraced the power of beets by making beetroot powder the key ingredient in our Daily Detox blend, which targets liver health. Taken regularly, it may even help to improve your mood.

Green tea

Green tea has been a popular drink in China, where it originated, for thousands of years. Since it’s discovery, it has grown in popularity across the rest of the world.

For centuries, green tea has been used to improve mental clarity and cognitive function, and further research into the drink has proven this to be true.

Green tea is packed with phytochemicals that work together to improve your mood, including L-theanine, an amino acid that helps you to feel relaxed. It also contains enough caffeine to keep you alert without feeling jittery.

Spinach

Being iron-deficient has shown to significantly decrease your energy levels and make you feel constantly fatigued, which can negatively impact your mood. By incorporating iron-rich foods like spinach into your diet, you’ll be able to keep your energy and your mood up.

Spinach also contains magnesium, a mineral which helps with serotonin production in the body. Eating this leafy green regularly will increase your happy hormones and ensure that you stay energised throughout the day.

Bananas

Like beetroot, bananas contain tryptophan, which means that eating them helps to boost your serotonin levels and improve your mood. Eating a banana can satisfy your sweet craving and give you an energy boost at the same time.

Green bananas are a wonderful source of prebiotic fibre that your gut will love – and a happy gut makes for a happier, healthier you.

Turn your frown upside down with mood-boosting foods

The foods you consume can impact your body and mind in so many ways, and it’s important to eat only the things that make you feel good. Stick to mood-boosting foods on a daily basis and you may just find that your mood stays lifted for longer.