For Happiness, Think About How You Eat!
There is a lot of guidance out there about the best diets for your health, but is there any particular way to eat to boost or maintain happiness? “The answer, of course, is much more subjective and individual than figuring out which diet is best for your blood-cholesterol levels,” leading happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks wrote in a recent article for The Atlantic.
Eating food in general activates areas of the brain that are responsible for pleasurable feelings, according to Brooks, who is also the instructor of a course at Harvard University about managing happiness. “But for the stimulation of this whole system to transcend mere pleasure and become a source of happiness, we need to experience enjoyment,” he added.
Brooks did a deep dive into various studies to compile the elements of what he calls the “ultimate happiness diet.” And he found that experiencing enjoyment from eating was less about what you eat and more about how you eat.
Excerpted from CNBC
