Eating the right foods and the right time can improve your mood as well as keeping you healthy and happy!
Have you ever found yourself not just hungry but tired, irritable and headachy? One cause could be your blood sugar dipping and spiking. If you start your day out with refined carbohydrates (soda, juice, bagels, crackers, a sugary cereal, etc) your body quickly metabolizes those calories causing blood sugar to sharply rise and eventually plummet which can leave you with a growling belly and an irritable mood.
So what should you do?
* Eat every three to four hours. Noshing throughout the day provides your body and brain with constant fuel.
* Limit refined carbs. Refined carbohydrates (candy, soda, juice, pretzels, chips, crackers, white bread, almost anything out of a vending machine…) will put you on that roller coaster of blood sugar highs and lows.
* Try to add protein to your meals and snacks-it keeps carbs from being digested too quickly.
* Fill up on soluble fiber like oats, brown rice and vegetables which will help slow down the body’s absorption of sugar so you feel steadily energized and upbeat for hours.
