{"id":7206,"date":"2018-04-19T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com\/mood-food\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:49:58","slug":"mood-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com\/blog\/mood-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Mood Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food and mood. Joined at the hip. We may think we just eat to satisfy our hunger and appetite but so much of our consumption both influences and is influenced by mood and mental attitude. Food can be the cause and effect of both negative and positive mood situations.<\/p>\n

The eating disorder charity Beat<\/a> estimates that approximately 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder and at The Chelsea Psychology Clinic one of our specialist skills is in this area<\/a>. In recent blogs we have talked about eating disorders, how to recognize and recover from them. Check out our articles on binge eating disorder<\/a> and also anorexia and bulimia in our teenage angst article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So here we thought we would look at a different slant and celebrate how food can be used to uplift moods and attitudes.<\/p>\n

Connection Between Mood And Food?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Food has both a scientific and psychological influence on our mood. From a scientific point of view there are a number of examples of how food can affect your mood\u2026<\/p>\n