Love is in the air today, but instead of going for supposedly aphrodisiac foods, add these foods to your Valentine’s menu to help you feel great. It’s all thanks to a chemical in the brain called oxytocin. Often nicknamed the love hormone, oxytocin plays a pivotal role in overall wellbeing. It’s is one of the main hormones that’s released during childbirth to help mother-baby bonding - and that fuzzy feeling you get when you do a random act of kindness or fall head over heels in love? You’ll have oxytocin to thank for that.
They say the way to another person’s heart is through their stomach, and according to research - cooking and eating with someone you care about is a sure-fire oxytocin booster, but it’s not just the act of mindfully prepping a meal that will provide a blissful dose of the love stuff, what you pile onto your plate can also help to raise oxytocin levels by helping to fuel your body with all the right nutrients to help support healthy oxytocin production. Here are the love-boosters you need on your radar.
