Polyphenols: Less Stress and Worry ~ More Joy (2022 research).
Do fruits and vegetables affect the State of our Joy?
Or more specifically: Can the nutrients, such as polyphenols, in fruits and vegetables actually reduce worry and tension? And generate joy?
Happiness is an emotional state we all love to have, and seek it out in many different ways: food, drink, sex, buying things we desire, achieving something spectacular. All very important part of life, all very temporary.
What if we daily add certain nutrients to rebuild that reservoir of joy so we have a consistent foundation for more happiness?
A study in 2022 with 13 researchers and 8,640 participants in Australia endeavored to find out exactly what will it take to increase our joy and in the process reduce stress and tension (Radavelli-Bagatini et al., 2022).
Joy is defined by the research team as a feeling of great pleasure and happiness and as a state of being it includes positive feelings toward challenges, general joy, energy, and security (Cambridge Dictionary, 2017)
The researchers used a food frequency questionnaire that included 74 food items with 24 different vegetables and 11 different fruits.
Certain demographic variables were also included, such as age, sex (male/female), smoking, education level, relationship status. Socio-econicm index was used to assess geographical areas where participants resided. In clinical settings the participants were physically measured (weight, hight, boy mass index), blood markers (glucose levels), stress levels, and mental health was assessed.
The research was thorough (Article).
The association between higher intake of fruits and vegetables to lower odds of stress, worries, and tensions was around 32% to 23% - and that includes all ages and both males and females.
Interestingly (and the reason I have written an article about exercise as an example of intent) exercise does lower tension by 19%.
Early findings show that even just 2 servings of fruits and 4 servings of vegetables daily is associated with lower tension and builds a state of joy ((Torres, Nowson, 2012; Mujcic & Oswald, 2016).
Polyphenols in vegetables and fruits have been researched extensively in the last couple of decades and have shown to be the agents that lower oxidative stress, serve as antiviral, and anti-depressive, and so much more.
Take a look at the references and the bibliography below to understand polypenols great power.
I have chosen to highlight the No 7 Systemic Booster since it has both fruits and vegetables.
Enjoy!
Yours as always,
Dohrea
References
- Radavelli-Bagatini, S., Sim, M., Blekkenhorst, L. C., Bondonno, N. P., Bondonno, C. P., Woodman, R., ... & Lewis, J. R. (2022). Higher consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with lower worries, tension and lack of joy across the lifespan. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 837066. Article
- Torres, S. J., & Nowson, C. A. (2012). A moderate-sodium DASH-type diet improves mood in postmenopausal women. Nutrition, 28(9), 896-900.
- English, T. (2017). Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved from Dictionary. cambridge. org/us/dictionary/english/teaching.
- Mujcic, R., & J. Oswald, A. (2016). Evolution of well-being and happiness after increases in consumption of fruit and vegetables. American journal of public health, 106(8), 1504-1510.
Bibliography
- Nock, E. (2021, June 21st). What are polyphenols? Another great reason to eat fruits and veggies. Colorado State University, Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center. Retrieved from: article
- Rasouli, H., Farzaei, M. H., & Khodarahmi, R. (2017). Polyphenols and their benefits: A review. International Journal of Food Properties, 20(sup2), 1700-1741.
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- Restani, P., Colombo, F., Biella, S., Bani, C., Mercogliano, F., & Di Lorenzo, C. (2022). Diet, polyphenols, and human evolution. Applied Sciences, 12(15), 7805. Article
- D’Angelo, S. (2023). Diet and aging: the role of polyphenol-rich diets in slow down the shortening of telomeres: a review. Antioxidants, 12(12), 2086. Article
- Chen, L., Pu, Y., Xu, Y., He, X., Cao, J., Ma, Y., & Jiang, W. (2022). Anti-diabetic and anti-obesity: Efficacy evaluation and exploitation of polyphenols in fruits and vegetables. Food Research International, 157, 111202. Article
- Behl, T., Rana, T., Alotaibi, G. H., Shamsuzzaman, M., Naqvi, M., Sehgal, A., ... & Bungau, S. (2022). Polyphenols inhibiting MAPK signalling pathway mediated oxidative stress and inflammation in depression. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 146, 112545.
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