07.12.10
Food and Mood, Part I
Here is the first part of Janet McKee’s article for Dr. Nancy Mramor’s The Happiness Project. Janet McKee is a board certified Holistic Health Counselor and a certified member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.
“Happiness…It’s what we all want out of life. Being vibrant, healthy and full of vitality is the key to not only a good life, but one that is happy and fulfilling. Well it is certainly difficult to be happy when our health is challenged, but understanding the major role food plays and knowing that choosing foods that support our health can be fun, delicious and satisfying puts us in control.
“These days, society doesn’t make it easy to be healthy or happy. We set our alarms to jolt us out of bed in the morning and are so exhausted that we can’t begin the day without a cup of coffee and some sugary processed foods, void of any real nutrient support for our mind and body. We start our day on a caffeine and sugar high only to crash mid-morning leading us to grab for yet another caffeine or sugar boost to prop us up. We feel under constant pressure as we hurry through our day filling our bodies with over processed, chemicalized, and denatured foods. We wonder why we can’t concentrate or think clearly and why we don’t have the energy and clarity we once had. We chalk it up to the false assumption that it must be aging.”
