30 Food to Fight Depression and Anxiety and Boost Your Mood

Rice Bran Tocotrienols

Another little-known but highly potent food for depression is Rice Bran. Rice Bran is the delightfully sweet and tasty, extremely nutrient rich outer hull of brown rice that is removed when making white rice. Why anyone would want to remove nutrients from food is beyond me but the benefit of this process is that the companies that make white rice collect and sell the nutrient-dense rice bran to be used as an amazing, mood-boosting food by those seeking better health. Since the virtually nutritionless rice kernel has been removed, which makes up the bulk of a piece of rice, the resulting rice bran is extremely concentrated, meaning that eating a few tablespoons is equivalent to getting the nutrition of eating bowls of brown rice—and brown rice is one of the most nutrient-rich, health-boosting foods on the planet, known, in particular for boosting serotonin levels in particular. Brown rice is almost always listed as one of the most important foods on a depression diet and this is a way to double or triple its nutritional punch.