As the evenings get darker, and the days feel shorter it can often feel like you have been affected by the winter blues. With less natural sunlight and wetter weather it can easily affect your mood and make you feel low and fatigued.
Also, feeling low and fatigued can often lead you to feel de-motivated. To avoid feeling demotivated and to avoid the winter blues, you should when possible consider adding food to boost your mood within your diet. There are many vitamins and minerals that contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, including iron, vitamin B12, magnesium, folate, and vitamin C.
Luckily, all our exante meal replacements contain 27 vitamin and minerals within them including iron, vitamin B12, magnesium, folate and Vitamin C and so following the diet should provide you with the right vitamins and minerals for a healthy lifestyle, but here is a selection of additional food you can to your diet to help avoid the winter blues and to help boost your mood.
Iron
- Spinach
- Red Meat
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Broccoli
Vitamin B12
- Tuna
- Salmon
- Swiss Cheese
- Eggs
- Beef
Magnesium
- Avocados
- Nuts
- Bananas
- Kale
Folate
- Asparagus
- Eggs
- Citrus Fruit
- Brussel Sprouts
- Papaya
Vitamin C
- Sweet Yellow Peppers
- Kiwi
- Lemons
- Oranges
- Strawberries
Find a selection of recipes below that may include some of these foods to help increase this mood-boosting vitamins and minerals into your diet.
Skinny Strawberry Panna Cotta
Anyone for dessert? Two of these delicious Exante strawberry panna cotta contain just 172 calories!
Healthy Protein-Packed Vegetable Omelette
This delicious vegetable omelette is the perfect protein-packed brekkie, lunch or dinner for any day of the week. Plus, it is super simple to make!
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-healthy-iron-rich-foods#section12
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b12-foods#section5
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-high-in-folate-folic-acid
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-c-foods
