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When the mood suffers: It’s better to eat like this

Our diet also determines how we feel. It can even help with mental illnesses such as depression.(Bild: Valerii Apetroaiei - stock.adobe)

The gut and brain work closely together: Our food influences how we feel. So it can not only help with a bad mood, but even with mental illnesses such as depression. How exactly does this work? We asked for you!

Fast food and ready meals are a good example of how the gut and brain interact: If you eat too much, the body does not have enough building blocks and auxiliary substances available to produce our happiness messengers such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline. The logical consequence: the psyche suffers.