Our PT and nootropics expert James Dixon gives you some helpful tips to boost your mood and also brings you his verdict on the best mood boosting supplements available should you need a further pick me up. Read on to find the optimal approach to boosting your mood and alleviating stress and anxiety.
It can be hard to stay in good spirits. There are a lot of factors at play, all or most of which have to converge to make us happy. We need to be relaxed, energized, free and open. We need the energy to keep up and nothing to drag us down. These are all hard to achieve or attain, especially in today’s fast-paced world.
Many more people than you might imagine suffer with some form of depression and anxiety – more than 40 million Americans, according to some estimates.
This makes complete sense, too. We are all buzzing around the whole time, spending more and more energy just to keep up with the pace of modern life. Priority is given less and less to the things that actually make us happy – social interaction and human contact, time spent relaxing or enjoying nature, the head space to think clearly.
Too much emphasis is given to negative, mood sucking elements and activities – social media, commuting to a 9-5 grind, juggling work and personal life, living far too much of our lives connected to the internet.
We need not be too fatalistic about our moods, however. There is plenty you can do – and plenty you can cut out – to boost your mood. Supplementation can play a big part, here. Our moods are very much dependent on our nutrition – what we eat governs how we feel. Because of this, clever supplementation can aid you in gaining relaxation and a heightened mood.
We’ve rounded up some of the best ones on the market. Any one of them should go a long way to helping you to boost your mood and live a happier, more fulfilling, less stressful life.
