I'm doing fine with the actual dieting, though. No harsh cravings, rarely feel that hungry, etc.
In October 2015 I was at +110 pounds from today and had to take indigestion medicine to sleep at night, as I gradually changed my diet they became less and less needed. Eventually I discovered I don't need them at all anymore.
Now I find myself craving 'healthier' meals. Most nights for dinner I have greek yogurt, apples, pears, berries, and a little cheese. I honestly couldn't feel better.
A few nights ago I decided to eat one of my old favorite snacks, Cheetos and was left feeling hungover in the morning. I know it's anecdotal evidence, but my experience is the lifting of depression was very gradual and in the last three months or so I've been in the best over all mood of my life.
Keep the diet up and try your hardest to find an exercise that doesn't feel like work. Mine was biking, and I firmly believe that to be my source of happiness in life along with a clean diet and good health.
Eating low-quality foods is bad for people's health, and makes them unhappy. When people do that, they instinctively compensate for the low nutrient density in those foods by eating more, which has negative effects. But if you simply reduce quantity without replacing the junk food with healthier stuff, that isn't an improvement; that's malnutrition.
Nothing in the article recommended eating low quality foods.
It's like changing attitudes toward education, spending habits, rules of society, racism, etc. We all will recognize what's better, but will have difficulty executing, either individually or as a society.
So, good news, but... how does it help people in practice?
I stopped smoking after university, not easy but perfectly doable. That was 12 years ago. No cravings anymore or any thoughts. Detest the smell like all others (that's actually easy part). Same for very good friend, he never touched cigarette and he was quite a smoker back then, till one day when he stopped just out of blue. And we're nothing special, just common folks. If we could do it, most can do it too. But not with the attitude you describe, that's for sure.
Let's not try to save humanity in the first step, and just focus on yourself. Self-discipline is not a curse word, it means a lot of mental strength and power in long run
"Effects may be bidirectional given that optimists are likely to engage in health behaviors associated with more serum antioxidants, and more serum antioxidants are likely associated with better physical health that enhances optimism."
But I guess "happy people are more likely to eat well" isn't a very interesting headline....
The people involved were in the upper range for healthy BMI or into the overweight range. It's not surprising healthier weight makes people happier. This doesn't mean that people of low/medium healthy BMI would be happier on a calorie restrictive diet. It would be interesting to know what the BMI range was at the end of the study. Did they just get people into the low/medium healthy range or did they dip lower than that?
More importantly, though, how did they get people to stick with a 25% calorie reduction for 2 years? That's like the holy grail for weight loss research. Almost no one stays with a diet long term.
B) I found the proportion of fruits and vegetables to be much more enlightening in terms of mood improvement, even if the results disappear when looking at the actual study. The clickbait title is annoyingly typical for vice's text "journalism".
Yes, and the poor would be wealthier if they had more money.
What is garbage like this article doing on HN?
