Article on Good-Mood Foods That can Ruin Your Mood [Article Review]

Reviewing this article on good-mood foods almost ruined my mood. Here’s why…

How These Foods May Make You Become Addicted To Staying In A Good Mood For Martin Carter of California, it’s that time of the year again. With shorter winter days and grey skies, his usual sunny day vanishes and his energy changes. “I am usually very active and very concerned about by health,” He says. “But during the winter I just want to curl up in my sofa and eat heavy energy giving soups and fresh baked bread.” A couple of individuals suffer from winter blues, and this is brought about when the fewer hours of the day change your body natural rhythms. While Carter may have not noticed this, his carbohydrates cravings might be the only way his body is helping him feel happier. For the past three decades many researchers have confirmed that a link between certain kinds of foods and the ability to stay more calm, alert- even upbeat. Some foods influence the production of some brain chemicals that directly determine our mental energy, moods, behaviors and performance. A lot of these foods might be in your kitchen now. Below are some of the important ones; – WHOLE-WHEAT BREAD Think of this scenario; Enthusiastic fans are jostling around their favorite superstar. Automatically a picture comes in your mind. This is what happens in your brain when you are eating. Most foods contain one or more than twenty amino acids. Amino acids are molecules found in either plants or animal proteins and are necessary for good health.  Like the above fans, amino acids compete to convey a certain message to your brain. In this case consuming whole-wheat bread helps the amino acid tryptophan to deliver its message to the brain. You will feel relaxed and happy. Once this amino acid gets into the brain; it helps in boosting the levels of the mood-elevating chemical known as serotonin. The secret here is to eat the bread before eating protein-rich foods like meat or cheese. This will allow tryptophan to engulf the brain before any other amino acids do. – TURKEY Turkey has low-fat proteins which provide an amino acid which is known as tyrosine. It boosts the level of some two types of brain chemicals and this helps in improving time used in motivation and reaction. Studies have indicated that tyrosine upgrades the energy levels thus helping the body to cope better under stress. Other studies have also shown that most protein rich foods can keep at bay the tired feeling which usually results after one has consumed a high carbohydrate meal. Go for turkey sandwiches or turkey soup. You can also interchange this with chicken or tuna. – BEEF Many people are advised to totally avoid red meat. However this might cause more harm than good. People under a low cholesterol diet may experience iron deficiencies and this will result into tiredness. The main work of iron is to re-energize the cells by fuelling them with the adequate amount of oxygen. You should eat at least 85grams of beef to improve your iron absorption. – WATER Never rely on thirst. A healthily human should drink 8-10 glasses of clean water in 24-hours. Never substitute this with soft drinks or caffeinate rinks since they might increase dehydration. – RIPE BANANAS Most doctors and dietitians advise people who have a busy day to eat magnesium rich foods such as banana so as to reduce the levels of stress. Women should eat at least 280 milligrams of magnesium and for men its 350 milligrams. If one undergoes through a hectic day, the problems might worsen: stress hormone which surrounds the body during tension drains magnesium from the cells resulting in lower resistance of colds and other viruses. Researchers have also said that increased magnesium intake results in less anxiety and better sleep. If bananas are not your favorite, you can substitute it with nuts, wheat germ, beans and leafy vegetables. – CHOCOLATE When boredom or stress strikes most ladies crave for chocolate. There are a number of reasons for this. Most studies show that many sweet carbohydrates and chocolate in particular have a soothing effect. Other suggests that caffeine and similar substances in chocolate acts as stimulants. In addition, the pleasure achieved from eating it may be all is needed to lift an individual spirit. Conclusion: The lesson learnt from the above story is that: When you consume certain kinds of foods you might become addicted to staying in a good mood.

1. Is It Practical/ Useful and Authoritative?

Since you’ve mentioned scientific research, it would be great if you also included hyperlinks to several research studies, or mentioned them.

2. Is It Logical/ Coherent and Comprehensible?

With the introduction, it’s not clear whether you’re talking about mood, weather or health. Maybe it’s just me… Also, after reading the article, the title doesn’t seem right. It seems to promise more than you offer in the content. The conclusion is also a bit overstated.

The metaphor under the first subtitle isn’t quite clear. And the description just doesn’t cut it.

Too many syntactical errors (poorly formed sentences), grammatical errors galore, and frequent instances of poor word choice (make use of a thesaurus).

3. Is It Unique and Captivating?

Looks like an interesting article, based on the title; but the topic isn’t particularly unique. There’s quite a bunch of articles on the same topic. In fact, a couple of sentences had to be deleted from the section under “Water”, since Copyscape marked them as plagiarized content.

Preferably, create subtitles longer than one word and make them more like teasers to encourage people to read the content.

4. Is It Presentable and Relatable?

Make your sentences concise and create more paragraphs, especially in the section under “Ripe Bananas”.

Avoid all-caps and third-person narration (instead, use second-person narration).