| For low carb diet foods to make you happy, they | | | | anything but calm the brain and nervous system. |
| need to be the right kinds of low carb foods and | | | | Avoiding these chemical ingredients in low carb foods |
| drinks. If you’re reading this and thinking about things | | | | or drinks is always a good idea, but especially if you |
| like ice cream, cookies or sweet rolls as foods that | | | | are trying to relax. Look for natural low carb drinks |
| make you feel good, that is not where we’re going | | | | without artificial stuff. |
| with this. Also, we’re not talking about low carb | | | | The bottom line is that when you want to calm down, |
| snack foods that are usually lacking in any real nutrition. | | | | you can eat high carb foods, like potatoes, pasta, |
| To understand precisely what we’re discussing, | | | | breads and other starches, or you can drink a naturally |
| let’s take a look at how certain nutrients affect the | | | | formulated low carb food mixture that will give you |
| brain, the nervous system and your overall mood. | | | | more benefits. Not only will your brain and nervous |
| Let’s say you’ve got an important business | | | | system get quick anxiety reduction, your body will get |
| presentation and your nervous about standing up in | | | | complex carbohydrates it can use for long lasting |
| front of a group of your peers. Which of these would | | | | energy. |
| you choose to calm your anxiety? | | | | An ancient Chinese proverb states, “In times of |
| A. A diet soda | | | | stress, sweeten the tea”. Our ancestors commonly |
| B. A glass of milk | | | | consumed a spoonful of honey before bed to induce |
| C. A handful of Gummy Bears | | | | restful sleep. This may run contrary to the popular |
| D. A low carb food formula in a health drink | | | | opinion that sugar gives you quick energy. Instead, |
| Believe it or not, C is a correct answer if you want a | | | | recent research suggests that, “all carbohydrates, |
| quick fix that’s not really very good for you in the | | | | including sugar and starches have the opposite effect |
| long run. In some people, sugar from candy acts as a | | | | on most ordinary people” (Food-Your Miracle |
| short energy boost followed by a quick drop while | | | | Medicine by Jean Carper-Harper Collins |
| some people go straight to the crash. However, D, a | | | | Publishers-1993). There are numerous experiments that |
| low carb food formula in a health drink is the best | | | | show carbohydrates to be more like mild tranquilizers |
| choice. This is because liquids are digested more | | | | than pick-me-ups. |
| rapidly and absorbed right away. Assuming that your | | | | How some high carb foods act as sedatives, |
| low carb diet food health drink is made with natural | | | | according to experts, could be due to complicated |
| ingredients, including whole foods with complex | | | | biochemical reactions. One theory is that carbs clear |
| carbohydrates, then you will gain the most calming | | | | the way for the brain to receive more tryptophan, an |
| effect. | | | | amino acid that gets converted into serotonin. Now, |
| If you thought a glass of milk was the best choice for | | | | researchers are learning more about the ability of |
| relaxing, you should know that mixing protein with | | | | serotonin to act as a calming chemical in the brain and |
| carbohydrates reduces the carb’s calming | | | | nervous system. That’s why you hear about |
| properties. So, next time you are eating a high carb | | | | people with low serotonin levels developing greater |
| cereal, don’t put milk on it if you want to feel less | | | | stress. If you are eating low carb foods on a regular |
| anxious as you get ready to face the day. | | | | basis and feeling some nervousness or overly revved |
| Drinking a diet soda with artificial sweeteners is the | | | | up energy, make sure you are getting tryptophan and |
| worst choice you could make. Low carb diet foods | | | | serotonin by eating the right low carb diet foods. |
| and drinks that contain aspartame and saccharin do | | | | |