Yes, food affects your mood—but the effects change as you get older

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When thinking about the perfect diet, people usually try to hit a single "ideal" number of calories or macro count. The ideal diet usually involves a laser-like focus on optimizing your intake of fruits and veggies, proteins, carbs, and healthy fats so you're feeding your body the best to stay healthy and strong.

But what you eat can also affect your mental health, depending upon your age, says recent research published in Nutritional Neuroscience.

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For the study, researchers polled people of all ages around the world with the Food-Mood Questionnaire, which includes food-related questions focused on neurochemistry and neurobiology. After crunching the data, the researchers noticed a distinct trend: Younger people (ages 18-29) prefer food like meat, which can improve a person's mood by increasing the intensity of neurotransmitter precursors in the brain.

“Young-adult mood appears to be sensitive to a build-up of brain chemicals,” said study co-author Lina Begdache,...

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