For more details, see the American Chemical Society’s press release
New research, screening the chemical structures of over 1,700 flavor ingredients, reveals a significant similarity between some natural food flavors and valproic acid – a prescription mood stabilizing drug. The study, presented by Karina Martinez-Mayorga, Ph.D., at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, supports previous evidence showing that what you eat affects how you feel (see: Omega-3 Deficiencies and Mood Disorders). As Martinez-Mayorga notes,
“The large body of evidence that chemicals in chocolate, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, teas and certain foods could well be mood-enhancers encourages the search for other mood modulators in food.”
Hoping to identify the chemical compounds in foods that moderate mood and maintain cognitive health, Martinez-Mayorga says her team’s next step is to begin testing their flavor/mood hypothesis experimentally. The end result, she explains, could be dietary recommendations or new nutritional supplements with beneficial mood effects.
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Luke 1:26-27:
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
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