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“Food will help us to better manage stressful external situations”, explains Laëtitia Agullo, dietician. Our plate indeed brings us nutrients (lipids, protein, carbohydrates) as well as micronutrients directly involved in the biochemistry of the brain. “What we eat plays an essential role in the secretion of neurotransmitters, including those linked to our good mood: serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline. Food will also provide cofactors for these neurotransmitters, that is to say substances which will indirectly participate in their production, ”explains the specialist.
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