How many carbohydrates do you need to boost your mood?

Often when people are feeling down they reach for the comfort foods like chocolate, cakes and other sweet indulgences, as these simple carbohydrates help boost mood. This approach may bring short term pleasure but it does not take long for the feelings of guilt, sadness and depression to creep back in.

If this high carbohydrate/ high sugar approach does not work to improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, what about the growing trend of high fat and low carbohydrate diets to help with anxiety and depression?

Low carbohydrate diets have become popular in the last few years as they are quite effective …read more