date:Oct 13, 2012
One of the secrets to happiness and mental health may be as simple as eating seven portions of fruits and vegetables a day, according to a new study set to be published in the journal Social Indicators Research.
Economists and public health researchers from the University of Warwick studied the eating habits of 80,000 people in Britain, and found mental wellbeing appeared to rise with the number of daily portions of fruit and vegetables people consumed. Wellbeing peaked at seven portions a day.