3 ways how you body condition is influencing your mood

“There are certain things that are influencing your mood directly and I want you to be aware of them. In this blog you will find 3 direct ways how your body is influencing your level of happiness and what you can do in order to make it work for you.” 

Our body is our temple. We have only one body to live in for the rest of our lives. Your body will always want to support you, no matter how you treat it, it will always try to take the best out of what you are providing and try to make it work.

If you have ever been impressed by any technology that is surrounding us, be aware that none of the technology we have invented has come close to what is happening within our body. Every single molecule in your body has its own role. Everything is there for a reason. Every action has a reaction and every single thing you do with your body will have an influence on the molecular level.

The body’s main goal is to maintain the balance. Nothing is ever still, everything is moving and there is a flow of life happening. You have mechanisms to clean up the mess that was created, you have mechanism to rebuild the cells, structures… Everything is there to support you on your mission.

However, even though your body is capable to adjust on your way of eating and living, it’s not a never ending story. We cannot go above the nature laws. There will come a point where your body will not be able to maintain the balance anymore. Your body will warn you when that happens. It tries to communicate with you through symptoms and markers. However, first reactions of the body are usually not painful so we often don’t even notice them. But if you keep on doing the wrong thing and not understanding the messages your body is sending you, your body will start to scream – and there comes an illness. Any kind of illness is developed through time, nothing comes all of the sudden. Therefore, it’s crucial to take care of your body before it screams. It’s our job to make sure you provide the right nutrition for it and it will keep on supporting you.

We are often not aware how much are we influenced by our inner system. When you are having a mess within you, you can practice mindset work as much as you can, but finding sustainable inner peace and happiness will remain very hard if you don’t fix your inner system.

I want you to be aware that happiness and health are the closest friends possible! You cannot have one without another.


There are certain things that are influencing your mood directly and I want you to be aware of them. Below you will find 3 direct ways how your body is influencing your level of happiness and what you can do in order to make it work for you.


1. INFLAMMATION

If you are like more than 90 % of people, you are likely to have increased inflammation in the body. It was confirmed that inflammation is the root cause of many lifestyle diseases and that you can decrease your chances to develop those diseases dramatically with focusing on the right food. As you know, our body has incredible immune system that is there to protect us against toxins, bacteria, viruses etc. When our body is attracted by any of those, the inflammation rate is increased – meaning your body create more “solders” and bigger army to fight against foreigners. Inflammation results in fever, sour through, swollen glands, skin irritation and redness etc. However, there is certain food that make our body believe it has to fight, when it’s actually not necessary to do so. Certain food, environmental conditions and also certain way of exercising is increasing the inflammation in your body. This state is very energy-consuming for your body and it drags the energy away from what actually needs to be done. Moreover, it makes your cell believe there is “fight-o’clock” which you can imagine is not a pleasant and nice vibration. There are trillions of cells within you having a battle and you wonder how come you are not able to relax and decrease the stress in you mind? Well, here is the answer.

So what can you do?
Be aware of the inflammatory food and implement as much anti-inflammatory food in your diet as possible. I suggest that in the beginning you mostly focus on introducing more anti-inflammatory food than eliminating what is bad. The reason behind it is psychological – without paying too much attention to eliminating the inflammatory one, your will reduce its intake effortlessly by focusing on what is good for you.

Lower the consumption of pro-inflammatory foods and drinks:
– highly processed food
– foods that contain lectins and anti-nutrients: wheat (noodles, pasta, bread, crackers) and potentially other grains *(depends on your body type), potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peanuts
– certain legumes (beans, soya)
– dairy products
– gluten and other food allergens
– beer – can trigger inflammation of the joints/other areas and other allergy like symptoms
– nightshades (peppers, tomatoes, eggplants etc)
–  fried food

• refined oils and products containing them (mayonnaise, margarine etc.)
  – high glycemic index foods meaning all simple carbohydrates (white bread, pasta, pizza, potatoes, white rice) and sugar
  – processed, highly sugary and salty foods
  – fluoridated water
  – coffee
  
  Increase consumption of anti-inflammatory foods, drinks and supplements:
  – raw and gently cooked/baked vegetables
  – certain fruits (pick less sugary fruits like berries or eat high sugar fruits on empty stomach without anything else) 
• whole grain food
  – grass fed meats (if you choose to eat meat, that is the preferred option – otherwise eating meat is not going to make you healthier)
  – wild fish (for fat, protein, omega 3 and other nutrients) – max 2 times per week
  – olive or hemp oil for seasoning and coconut oil and ghee for cooking (instead of margarine always choose butter)
  – nuts and seeds *(Peanuts are not nuts!)
  – tubers such as sweet potatoes and yams
  – water without fluoride
  – Green tea and other teas (for antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties and other nutrients)
  – other healthy drinks, freshly pressed juices, smoothies
  – certain anti-inflammatory flavourings such as ginger, turmeric, garlic, cayenne pepper, black cumin etc.
  – anti-inflammatory supplements and supplements that promote joint health and overall health (antioxidants, omega-3, greens powder, spirulina and chlorella, minerals, vitamins) – you should only use what you need – this advice have to be personalized
  
  
  
  2. GUT WILL
  You are sharing your body with billions of microorganism that are mainly there to support you. However, you are daily exposed to internal microorganisms that can find a way to live in your body. There are also many of the microorganism that are beneficial for you only to certain degree, if they keep on growing too much, they start behaving like they want to own your body.
  
  Since they are part of nature too, be aware that they have consciousness too and they also want to survive. Due to their desire to live and reproduce, they will often send you signals what to eat in order to feed them. Yes, you guess correctly: signals like you need sugar! “Give me chocolate. I need to eat right now or I will die.” You are growing the population of your gut bacteria based on the food you are eating. Their will is very connected to the inflammation rate.
  
  The aim is to feed the right type of bacteria – the one that support your body, they consume calories from food instead of you, and create beneficial byproducts for your metabolism. However, if you are eating sugar and simple carbohydrates, you are feeding microorganisms that will eliminate toxins, causing brain fog, fatigue, lack of concentration… There is so much more to explained here, but let’s keep it simple for now.
  
  What to do? Supplement simple carbohydrates with complex, whole grain options. Focus on increasing your fiber intake: lots of vegetables, seeds, nuts + legumes and grains *(pay attention to how different grains and legumes works for your body – this should be evaluate individually). Avoid high sugar products and processed food.
  
  
  3. HORMONAL BLUEPRINT
  The body is always in a dynamic balance – it’s never still, it never rest but it always makes sure that the balance is maintained. On the outside the body looks so steady and persist but in reality it does have many amplitudes up and down every second. Every single micro part of your body has it’s own function, every cell, every molecule – nothing is lead by a coincidence. Every action has its reaction. Every action with and in our body has its consequences. And everything is controlled by our hormones. Based on your hormonal blueprint, your body keeps you within certain emotions all the time. If I simplify it: your hormones keep you in your comfort zone.
  
  If you don’t stretch your body out of that comfort zone, it will only provide you enough energy to survive – and not enough to thrive. First part of your body that loose the energy if there is not enough available are brains, which reflect in lack of concentration, ability to think and being focus. You can survive without thinking (a.k.a. when you sleep) but you cannot survive without breathing/blood circulation etc. Therefore, your body will firstly supply the energy where it’s crucial to have it. Remember: your body will only produce the amount of energy you demand from it. Meaning, if you don’t expose your body to the healthy stress where extra energy is needed, you won’t be able to perform at your best.
  
  How to demand more energy from your body (with changing your hormonal blueprint):
  – exercise (specially short high-intensive trainings where your heart beat is elevated dramatically) – cold showers (it improve your circulation, shock your system and make your body produce more energy + many more positive consequences)
  – fasting (give your body a break from digesting food and offer it time to clean up the mess – it can be only 12-16h hours fasting during the night for at least a week or you can make few days water/juice fasting, whatever you feel yourself capable to do)
  
  
  
  Each of these topics could be further explained and everytime I’ve read what I wrote I wanted to add more explanation. 🙂 However, sometimes less is more and let’s not make it too complicated for the beginning. I hope that this post gave you a new perception on your body and some useful tips! If you have any specific questions regarding your body type – send me an email on info@tajakarner.com and I’d be happy to assist you.
  
  Stay blessed,
  Taja