The happy-go-lucky hormone, dopamine, gently nudges the body out of bed, maintains attention, and provides little doses of satisfaction that make the effort worthwhile. Though sleep, exercise, and tempo are important, food is the daily stitch that maintains the flow of dopamine. Some foods give the brain its building blocks, others maintain the brain chemistry and these are some of them. While dopamine is produced in the brain, certain foods can naturally induce dopamine in the body.
These are five that nourish the brain’s feel-good hormone!
