The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine July, 2018 | Page 51

1. Get Enough Vitamin B-6
Foods like spinach, turnip greens, garlic, cauliflower,
mustard greens, celery, and non-factory farmed fish
(especially tuna, halibut, salmon, cod and snapper) can
be great sources.
2. Eat Brain Boost ing Seed Grains Inst ead of Wheat
This includes: Amaranth, buckwheat, millet and quinoa are seeds with grain-like taste and
properties. These are healthy, high-protein carbohydrates and small
amounts of the right carbohydrates are critical to boosting
serotonin.
Not only will you improve your mood, you will Sleep better too. A
nice dose of serotonin in the early evening will help you sleep
better at night.
These grain-like seeds also provide important B vitamins. As just
mentioned B vitamins play a critical role in brain health and in the manufacture of all your
neurotransmitters including serotonin. Vitamins B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin) and B6 (pyridoxine)
as well as vitamin D, folic acid and selenium plus calcium, and magnesium are needed to make
serotonin.
For protein meals: focus on digestion and food combining ? Eating foods that are high in protein ?
and specifically have a higher percentage of tryptophan (like sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds),
will provide much-needed tryptophan, the precursor to serotonin. But beware: because research
shows that eating protein with carbohydrates actually works against your ability to make serotonin.
Good to know: Plant-based protein helps to create more serotonin than animal protein does.
To boost your mood and immunity naturally, protein and probiotics ? is the delicious natural
answer!
3. Incl ude Ferment ed Food & Drinks In Your Diet
Fermented foods and drinks greatly assist in digestion and
assimilation of all the important nutrients you need for serotonin.
Additionally, they boost the nutrients in your food by at least a
hundredfold.
Some examples are Sauerkraut, pickles, Kifir, Kimchee, Raw Cheese
and Yogart Probiotics. Pineapple and ginger soda is easy to make
and very refreshing!
4. Get Massages & Ot her Forms of Body Work
We?ve heard about the healing power of touch, but now research backs it
up! A study conducted by the Touch Research Institutes at the University of
Miami School of Medicine shows that massage increases serotonin by 28%
and decreases cortisol (the stress hormone) by 31% .
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