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What you eat affects happiness, ability to handle stress

Everybody knows it, how it feels to have a lot of stress. Your body feels weak and you have no energy, your eyes close all the time, and the only thing what you want is to sleep. Luckily, there are many opportunities to improve this situation. One of these is to eat the right products. Your nutrition has a bigger influence on your mood than you might think. Because the right food can do a lot of more for you than just make you full. It can make you powerful and even happy. Of course the life as a college student changes. There are not the daily luxurious foods that your mum made for you. You have to decide on your own what you want to eat. Luckily the cafeteria in our college offers a big diversity of good and healthy products. In fact, one of these products is chocolate, because it has brisk substances like caffeine and theo bromine. Furthermore the cacao butter in chocolate is responsible for the production of the happiness hormone, endorphin. Logically you feel happier after eating chocolate. So it is no wonder that so many people love all kinds of chocolate: cookies, cakes, pudding or just pure chocolate. Unfortunately the effect of chocolate is not really long, but don’t worry; there are a lot of other products that make you energetic for a longer time period. For example, potatoes, which have complex carbohydrates, that keeps you sated for a long time. The same effect can be reached with rice and all whole grain products. In addition, eggs also include theo bromine. This substance stays in the blood and goes straight to the brain. There it changes into the hormone serotonin. Theo bromine is also included in cheese, curds and other milk products. Vitamin D is also an important source for your welfare. Especially in the winter season your body needs this vitamin. You can find it in milk. Moreover, don’t forget to eat enough fruits and vegetables. These are some of the healthiest products that exist. One good thing is that the diversity of these kinds is very huge. Everybody can find at least one product that he or she will like. They include many required vitamins and mineral substances like, for example, magnesium and Vitamin C. It is recommended to eat three portions of fruits and two portions of vegetables every day. Nuts also have great effects. They include Vitamin B and they promote a better concentration and strong nerves. They are easy to transport, you can take little portions of them with you everywhere and eat them when you feel weak or unable to concentrate. Now you know what great effects you can reach with just eating the right products. Be a good friend to your body and eat smartly. Remember, that you have just this one body. And you are what you eat.

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