Mood boosting foods start with one missing ingredient in most diets: leafy greens. Alyssa B says spinach, kale, broccoli, and watercress contain every vitamin and mineral your cells need. When you eat them consistently, something shifts. You stop craving sugar at 4 PM. You sleep better. Stress doesn’t hit as hard. Not because you eliminated anything. Because you added what your body was lacking.

Alyssa walks Shane through her nutrition approach, which rejects labeling foods as good or bad. Instead, add serotonin-boosting foods to what you already eat. Throw spinach on your pizza. Add flax, hemp, or chia seeds to your baking. Eat blueberries and dark purple foods for phytonutrients. Choose dark chocolate with 70% cacao for a natural dopamine hit. Prioritize omega-3 rich fish like salmon, mackerel, or eel because your brain is 60% fat and needs the good kind to function. She notes that when your body is satiated with nutrients, cravings disappear. You’re not reaching for chips because your cells finally have what they need. Shane mentions switching from thick crust to thin crust pizza without trying. Alyssa confirms that’s typical when nutrition is handled correctly.

Learn why the number one missing food in the standard American diet is also the most powerful for mental health. Discover how omega-3 seeds and fish eliminate brain fog and fatigue naturally. Understand why adding nutrients works better than restricting calories or labeling foods as bad. Alyssa’s full mood-boosting food list is available on her blog. Feed your cells, boost your mood, watch cravings vanish.

GUEST: Alyssa B | http://nourished.ca

Originally aired on2026-01-08