Healthy Comfort Foods

Healthy Comfort Foods

Next time you want to make yourself feel better, rather than reach for the stodge, try the following healthy, calming foods instead:

* Cherries, rice, lentils – scientists at the Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology in Stuttgart have found that these foods contain tiny amounts of Valium-like chemicals, although the amounts are probably too minuscule to have a pharmaceutical effect. However, these foods are filling and nutritious and help keep cravings at bay.
* Celery, anise, cloves, cumin, fennel, ginger, sage, spearmint and parsley- these foods have a naturally calming effect, because they stimulate the production of serotonin.