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食物如何影响心情 Scientists are proving that what’s in the foods you eat can effect the chemical composition of your brain. The foods you eat can affect your mood, including your level of alertness and your perception of pain.科学家证实了人们吃的食物会影响人脑的化学组成，你所吃的食物会影响你的心情，包括你警觉的程度以及对疼痛的感知。What is it about foods that yields this kind of power? It is foods ability to alter the production or release of neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers that carry information from one nerve cell to another. Neurotransmitters are responsible for such important bits of information, like “I’m full” or, “AGG! I’m very anxious about this!” 食物怎么会产生这样的功效？原来食物可以改变神经递质（一种在神经细胞之间传递信息的化学物质）的分泌与释放，神经递质可以产生这样的信息，诸如“我饱了”，“我对此十分焦虑”等等。The Theory理论介绍 Just how does a food affect neurotransmitters? According to Dr. Richard Wurtman at MIT, who is involved in numerous studies on nutrition and the brain, the nutrients in foods are precursors to neurotransmitters, and depending on the amount of precursors present in the food you eat, the more or less of a certain neurotransmitter is produced. Although this process may seem fairly straightforward, it is complicated by the fact that foods most often are made up of more than one nutrient, and how those different nutrients interact will also impact the production and release of neurotransmitters. 那么食物是如何影响神经递质的分泌与释放的呢？据在“营养与大脑”领域进行了大量的研究的麻省理工的Dr. Richard Wurtman，食物中的营养是合成神经递质的原料，并且它的合成取决于食物中营养素的多少。虽然这个过程看起来很简单，但是事实上它由于食物中不仅含有一种营养而变得复杂，而且不同营养物质的相互作用也会影响神经递质的释放。The Practice实际运用 Despite the complexity, there are certain established bits of knowledge of how food affects your mood that you can put into practice. 尽管理论很复杂，这里有一些实用的知识有关食物怎样影响心情的，你可以运用到实际生活中。 Boost your alertness with protein. Protein foods are broken down into their amino acid building blocks during digestion. One amino acid, called tyrosine, will increase the production of dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine. These neurotransmitters are known for their ability to increase levels of alertness and ene