Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Carbohydrates work to reverse the down-in-the-dumps mood of winter depression and will do the same during the summer. Serotonin, the feel-good chemical in your brain, will be made only when you eat starchy or sweet carbohydrates. What better way to increase this vital brain chemical than with the early summer offerings of tiny new potatoes cooked with fresh dill, steamed sweet peas with mint leaves or newly-picked sweet corn?
Who knows? After a repast like that, the hot sun or incessant rain may not seem so bad after all.
