Research say; If you want to be happy? Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

Recently, a research had been conducted in University of Warwick, telling that eating more fruit and vegetables have significantly increases people’s level of happiness. This research will be publish shortly to a prestigious American Journal of Health. This study is one of the major attempt to explore the psychological aspect beyond the finding that fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of cancer and heart attacks.

 During the research, happiness had been detected for consuming fruits and vegetables for up to 8 portion per day.

Researcher concluded that people who consumed eight portion of fruits and vegetables from not consuming any of it, find themselves to be satisfied life which have equivalent to moving from unemployment to employment. Those people’s well-being occurred in 24 months.

This study have followed more than 12,000 randomly selected people. They will keep a food diaries and have their psychological well-being measured. The researcher found out that within 24 months, a large positive psychological benefits occurred on the subjects.

 "Eating fruit and vegetables apparently boosts our happiness far more quickly than it improves human health. People's motivation to eat healthy food is weakened by the fact that physical-health benefits, such as protecting against cancer, accrue decades later. However, well-being improvements from increased consumption of fruit and vegetables are closer to immediate," said by Professor Andrew Oswald of University of Warwick.

The researcher found out that happiness increases when an extra potion daily of fruits and vegetables up to eight portions being consume. This study is a collaboration between University of Warwick in England and University of Queensland in Australia.

Many professor thinks that it may possible to link this study to the current research into antioxidants that might have a connection between optimism and carotenoid in the blood. But, many others thinks a further research is needed on this area.

According to Dr. Redzo Mujcic, of University of Queensland “Perhaps our results will be more effective than traditional messages in convincing people to have a healthy diet. There is a psychological payoff now from fruit and vegetables—not just a lower health risk decades later."

Authors found out that alterations in fruits and vegetables intake predictive of later alterations in life satisfaction and happiness. Also, this alteration may be influence in changes, such income and life’s circumstances.

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