Mood Foods
Recent research shows many of us knew all along: Our moods dictate what we eat. Researchers studied the diets of people to show how personality and foods collide – how our moods may steer us to certain foods, on the basis of their physical characteristics. The study theorized that many moods send specific signals; for example, stressed adrenal glands could be sending salt-craving signals. So what does your favorite turn-to food say about you?
If you reach for… You may be feeling
Tough foods, like meat, or hard and crunchy foods Angry
Sugars Depressed
Soft and sweet foods, like ice cream Anxious
Salty foods Stressed
Bulky, fill-you-up foods, like crackers and pasta Lonely, sexually frustrated
Anything and everything Jealous