{"id":136163,"date":"2016-10-20T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/136163\/6-foods-to-improve-your-mood\/"},"modified":"2016-10-20T13:36:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T11:36:56","slug":"6-foods-to-improve-your-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/10\/20\/6-foods-to-improve-your-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"6 foods to improve your mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Air popped popcorn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Popcorn snacking can raise serotonin levels, which will help relaxation.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/BOE-Popcorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6067\" src=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/BOE-Popcorn-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Popcorn in a green bowl\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leafy greens<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This food family is high in folic acid, so one to two servings daily could reduce depression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dark chocolate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dark chocolate reduces levels of stress hormones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/Health-18-October-Other.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6062\" src=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/Health-18-October-Other-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Health 18 October Other\" width=\"501\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw peppers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When raw, both red and green bell peppers are very high in vitamin C- which reduces stress hormones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salmon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People who eat 2 to 3 weekly servings of omega-3 DHA rich foods (such as salmon) have the lowest rates of depression in the world and this is why sushi (nagiri) is a good go-to meal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/BOE-Salmon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6063\" src=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/BOE-Salmon-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"BOE Salmon\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coffee\/Green Tea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caffeinated coffee has been shown to decrease the risk pf depression in women. Green tea has a calming effect and improves mental focus.<\/p>\n<p>Why not try making your own popcorn? Watch the video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fast and easy air-popped popcorn | Cooking with Chibi-chan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gURjGpo-5LI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b7fef06fc36ac2458078f6fea4f66b7d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> These foods can help reduce stress, ease anxiety and fight depression. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7868,"featured_media":136165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[8999,3601,12677,12678,12090,2174],"class_list":["post-136163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-coffee","tag-fish","tag-foods-to-improve-moods","tag-popcorn","tag-salmon","tag-tea"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["coffee","fish","foods to improve moods","popcorn","salmon","Tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}