Researchers have revealed why food affects mood

, strawberries, and tea can naturally change
your
mood,
.
according to a new study
:
of
's
compounds found in food products
have a striking similarity to
's mood-
stabilizing drugthe study, presented at the
244
National Convention and the American Chemical Society's Exhibition

, analyzed more than
1,700

natural compounds
,
to help compensate for the taste of common foods.
this
team
special
focus
on
foods that have
emotional
effects.team, led by dr

Karina Martinez-Mayorga
of the Torrey Pines
Molecular Institute in the United States, compared taste
molecules with
approved
's
antidepressants, molecular drugs
,
reported
's


physicochemical and structural properties of antidepressant
media
,
found that
many flavor compound
s
are similar to
, a widely used prescription
-
compound
-
valproic acid.therefore
the
team believes that many
tastes
possible as mood
,
Martinez-Mayorga
noted
: "
molecules
of
chocolate, various berries and foods

contain omega
-3
fatty acids have been shown
to have a
positive effect on
mood

. ""
is a lot of evidence that
:
chocolate, blueberries, blueberries, strawberries, tea and certain foods
contains
chemicals that may be mood enhancers
, which
encourages
to conduct
seating food
other mood regulators
research,
she

.details ofstudy, Martinez-Mayorga
that people have long recognized the properties of foods that can potentially change moods.Now her research team
-
, funded by Florida and

Robert Flavors
,
is working to identifychemicals
that can slow mood swings, help with health awareness, improve mental alertness, and even delay memory
loss. The latest research uses
chemoinformatics
technology to show the
chemical structure of more than
1700

food flavor

ingredients
Similar to


antidepressants, molecular drugs
,
reported

antidepressant active
media
approval.
she revealed the main results so far on the ongoing valproic acid project., however, in the future,
Martinez-Mayorga
said, the team plans to begin actually testing experimental assumptions about flavor
/
from the region's analytics database.added: "The end result may be that dietary recommendations or new nutritional supplements have beneficial emotional effects. ”