What can you eat on the Beat The Blues Diet?
Plenty of fresh foods such as fruit, veg and fish as well as wholegrains like brown pasta, bread and rice. Proteins such as beans, lentils and tofu, lean meat, eggs, soya milk and nuts. But don't add any salt! Experiment with spices and herbs if you think food tastes bland without salt in it.
Six of the best happy foods
These superfoods are all packed with vitamins and minerals to boost your serotonin levels
1. Tomatoes
2. Blueberries
3. Cabbage
4. Avocado
5. Kiwi fruit
6. Pineapple
Your typical day's diet
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with semi-skimmed milk, one small chopped up banana (or any other fruit you like) and a handful of walnuts
Mid morning snack: A tin of tomato or pumpkin soup with wholegrain bread
Lunch: Wholegrain sandwich with three slices of lean chicken (or leftover meat from dinner), lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber. Sliced raw vegetables. A fresh fruit salad.
Afternoon snack: A bag of dried fruit or sunflower seeds and a natural yogurt
Dinner: Tuna and brown pasta bake with broccoli. Wholegrain bread rubbed with a garlic clove.
Pudding: Flapjacks with fresh fruit and natural yogurt
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Try one of our feel good recipes:
Breakfast muffins
Porridge with honey and almonds
Goat's cheese on wholegrain bread with watercress salad
Braised red cabbage with apple and mustard seeds
Tuna and tomato pizzas
Chicken casserole
Spicy beanburger with wholegrain bread
Tropical fruit pots
Avocado flapjacks
Theresa Cheung is a health journalist and author of The Depression Diet book, £7.99 Sheldon Press
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