Not a week goes by without us being reminded how eating fruits and vegetables is good for your health (by the way, did you know that in reality, it would be better to eat 10 than 5?!). An Australian study, published in the medical journal BMJ, looked at the impact of vegetable consumption on stress and the verdict is clear:yes, vegetables can reduce it (but fruit alone does not). have no impact)!
Researchers at the University of Sydney analyzed the data of more than 60,000 people aged 45 and over, using the Kessler scale which measures stress and evaluating the daily consumption of fruits and vegetables of each. Thus, in participants consuming 3 to 4 servings, a 12% reduction in stress was observed (compared to people not consuming one or only one), a figure which rises to 18% in women. On the other hand, eating even more vegetables does not have a significant impact. Vegetables with the most effect are green vegetables, especially spinach which is rich in vitamin B9 and helps increase the production of serotonin and dopamine, hormones that stabilize mood.
The results of this study still need to be confirmed, especially in terms of quantity, but hey, anyway, we know that eating vegetables is good for your health, so if it's not already the case, we put it!
