Serotonin is not only linked to depression but moods, energy and cravings. The research I’m finding basically says that you can trigger the release of serotonin by eating just carbs. It’s very specific. If you eat just protein, or even protein and carbs you will not increase you serotonin levels enough to make a difference or even at all.
I had been eating protein with all of my meals and for any additional snacks. My ratio for food was Protein 40%, Carbs 40%, and Fat 20%. When I needed to be more like Protein 20%, Carbs 60%, and Fat 20%. Not only that I needed to be eating just carbs once in a while. More specifically not even while I was digesting protein. Protein is very essential in the diet in order for the body to producing serotonin, but is not part of releasing it. In fact while protein is being digested it actually prohibits the release or production of serotonin because of other amino acid processes. It’s all very technical and there are all sorts of studies that explain it all better then I can. I’ll find the most reliable, scientific, and verifiable sources and add them to the site. Most of them are from test done at MIT back in 1970.
