Avocado Anxiety: and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From

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For those who performed a surgery, dug up a dinosaur, built a wind turbine and coded their own robot at City Art Centre, or got hands-on at the National Museum of Scotland with FutureFest, Experimental Life and EarthFest interactive exhibitions, the Festival fun continues with various activities around the city. The environmental credentials of avocados were also under scrutiny. What was the carbon footprint of this fruit transported great distances? Could it be driving climate change? How about its water consumption? Reports emerged of rivers drying up in Chile because of thirsty avocado orchards. A report by the University of Cranfield for the British government recommended that the UK should be seriously looking at its reliance on exotic fruits like avocados from water-stressed countries; it concluded Britons should be eating more fruits and vegetables sourced at home. Most of the imported fresh tomatoes we eat are from the Netherlands, grown in glasshouses. But Thanet Earth in Kent, a joint British and Dutch venture, grows 400 million tomatoes every year, while APS, the UK’s biggest producer of tomatoes, grows an additional 500 million in vast greenhouses across the UK. I can speak from my own experience that matcha helps me whenever I struggle with anxiety. It keeps me grounded and calm. I like to add matcha powder to my smoothies, as well as replace my morning cup of coffee with matcha.

Avocados are a good source of folate, which plays an important role in overall dietary health. Studies have also found links between low folate levels and depression. Gray, a journalist who specializes in food and environmental issues, is not afraid to get her hands dirty. With comprehensive research and intelligent, fair-minded writing, this is an informative, optimistic read." It may have helped, a little bit. Avocado sales continue to rise, and it is predicted to become the second-most traded tropical fruit by 2030, after bananas. Avocado anxiety, on the other hand, is here to stay; it’s a useful stand-in for our concerns about the cornucopia of food we see in the modern supermarket. Is it any wonder we are worried about where our food comes from? The food system is responsible for around a third of the human-made greenhouse gases blamed for driving climate change, as well as driving a worldwide collapse in biodiversity.

They are grown on vast monocultures, up to 300 acres in size, where people and plants are rigidly controlled. Bananas are sprayed with more pesticides than any other crop in the world. Wages are low and since 2007 at least 68 trade unionists have been murdered in Guatemala alone. It's not uncommon to suffer from some of the above, if not all of them, but what can we do about it?

Turmeric might help you raise anxiety-reducing neurotransmitters such as serotonin, as well as lower cortisol stress hormones. Please make sure to clean your blender jar directly after making this smoothie to prevent turmeric stains. One study found that fermented foods may be beneficial for reducing social anxiety in young people. Another reviewfound that there is a link between mental health and probiotics, the bacteria found in yogurt. Avocados contain lutein and zeaxanthin, two phytochemicals present in eye tissue. They provide antioxidant protection to help minimize damage, including from UV light.You may not be aware, but what we eat can have a profound effect on our mood. And this works both ways - good food can elevate our spirits while bad food can send us spiralling into the doldrums. Your body isn’t able to produce tryptophan, so you should include tryptophan-rich foods into your diet. Other sources of tryptophan include dark leafy greens, seeds, soy products, nuts, and milk. Peel the banana. Add everything to your blender jar and blend for one minute until smooth. If you’re using fresh strawberries, add ½ cup of ice to make this smoothie more refreshing. Enjoy! Breakfast Smoothie for Anxiety