The happy kitchen : good mood food : joyful recipes to keep you calm, boost your energy and help you sleep

What foods make us happy? Scientists are now discovering a proven link between what we eat and how we feel ...​ In this inspirational book Rachel Kelly, who has had a history of depression, shares her personal experience of harnessing the power of food to stay calm and well. Over the past five years she has worked with nutrition​al therapist Alice Mackintosh to build up a range of delicious recipes, designed to boost energy, relieve low mood, comfort a troubled mind, ​support hormone​ balance​ and help you sleep soundly. Simple meal planners, seasonal shopping lists and invaluable nutrition notes that explain the science of good mood food for everyone... The Happy Kitchen contains all you need. Follow Rachel and Alice's advice and, week by week, you too will feel stronger​ and healthier and ​keep the blues at bay. Did you know that your gut is responsible for producing around 90% of your serotonin, the chemical which makes you feel good? Not for nothing are our stomachs referred to as our second brains ... Since her last serious bout of depression in 2011, Rachel Kelly has evolved a broad holistic approach to staying well, but at the heart of her recovery has been changing the way she eats. Over the past five years, she has worked with nutritionist and Food Doctor Alice Mackintosh to build up a repertoire of recipes that target particular symptoms, from insomnia and mood swings to stress and exhaustion. The result is a cookbook which offers something different: a wonderfully calming and pleasurable read, with delicious recipes and meal planners, as well as sections that cover the Golden Rules for a Happy Kitchen and Super Good Mood Foods