While most of us try our best to reduce our stress levels and exercise, what we eat also needs to be taken into account.
Here are five things you need to do every day iorder to have a good mental health:
1. Eat enough
Make sure you are eating enough every day and aren’t allowing yourself to go hungry. Skipping meals can make you feel angry, irritable and tired.
2. Reduce caffeine consumption
Caffeine not only affects your sleeping pattern it can also make you feel anxious and over-stimulated.
3. Cut back on sugar
Most of us have experienced that sugar rush that comes after eating sweets, but it is never worth it when the crash starts. Sugar can also make you feel irritable and tired neither of which are good for your mental health.
4. Limit your alcohol levels
Alcohol can affect your sleep patterns, cause you to feel stressed and make you emotional. By all means enjoy a glass of wine every now and then but keep it to a minimum.
5. Eat a good healthy diet
Make sure you are eating plenty of vegetables, fruits, nuts, fish, unsaturated fats and protein, and consume about 2 litres of water a day.
