Foods create mood swings more than most people think. Have you ever 
noticed that when you eat your favorite foods you tend to feel good? Husband and wife team Drs. Richard Wurtman… and Judith Wurtman … from the
connections between the foods you eat and behavior you engage in. Check out their book, The Healing Secrets of Food.
Interested in how comfort foods soothe the brain? This couple studied why your brain craves sweet and starchy foods like pizza and chocolate, and why you often instinctively reach for carbohydrate laden foods to cope with mood problems such as PMS, depression, loneliness and seasonal blues.
Based on their discoveries about the effects of carbohydrates on people’s mood, the Wurtmans show supportive evidence that low-carbohydrate dieting tends to leave some people, particularly women they observed, feeling crabby and more depressed. What have you found that links certain kinds foods with how you feel or cope at work? Why not try your own research for one day…. Jot down specific foods you eat and then note how your coping skills worked for or against you later in the day…? Then tell us what you find out about foods and moods….
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