If you are looking for a simple way to nurture your happiness and mental well-being – eat your produce. In an uplifting report that followed the dietary habits of 80,000 British adults, researchers uncovered a “surprising” relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and enhanced mental well-being.

In this analysis, happiness rose in tandem with the number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables consumed and peaked at seven portions a day. Fruits and vegetables are a nutritional treasure and eating them in abundance is one of the easiest ways to become a biological fortress – oh what a feeling!

Click here to see how I personally build at least seven servings into my diet each day.

(University of Warwick (2012, October 9); also published in Social Indicators Research)

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