50 Dopamine Menu Ideas to Improve Your Mood
50 Dopamine Menu Ideas to Improve Your Mood | Feeling stuck in a social media spiral or binge-watching TV? A dopamine menu could be your game changer! Curate a list of activities that spark joy, boost your mood, and improve productivity—perfect for anyone, including those with ADHD. These dopamine menu ideas will help you get off the couch, ditch the screens, and spend your time doing what truly makes you happy. Create a routine that fuels your energy and creativity every day!
Elizabeth Pendleton | Natural Wellness on Instagram: "Increasing your dopamine levels can make a huge difference for all the seasons. Dopamine, the “feel-good” neurotransmitter, plays a crucial role in mood regulation. More ways to help increase dopamine: 🌿Sauna and warmth exposure causes a significant release of Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, and Beta-Endorphin, a neuropeptide hormone. These substances cause a sense of euphoria, as well as improved mood, energy, sense of calm, and pain tolerance. 🌿Get moving: Exercise releases dopamine and enhances overall well-being. 🌿 Eat dopamine-rich foods: Incorporate apples, almonds, avocados, bananas, beets, and dark chocolate into your diet. 🌿Soak up sunlight: Limited winter sunlight can affect dopamine levels, get the sunshine on your fa
Nicolle | Metabolism + Nervous System on Instagram: "Real dopamine over fake dopamine will save your life, mental health, motivation… What you need to remember is that none of these neurotransmitters/neuromodulators + hormones (dopamine, cortisol, etc etc) are inherently ‘good or bad’. They all need to exist in balance. Unfortunately, we live in an environment full of instant gratification and easy access to “cheap pleasure”: have you ever reflected on how modern factors such as your relationship to technology, stimulating environments, etc. impact your well-being? This is especially true if you’re doing all the “right” things; eating “healthy,” working out...but something just feels off...your anxiety is through the roof. Your motivation is 0… That’s why habits that support your nerv
UNMOTIVATED? ANXIOUS? MOODY? FEELING BLAH/TIRED? HORMONES UNBALANCED? HIGH CORTISOL? AGITATED? CAN’T SLEEP? GUT ISSUES? SKIN PROBLEMS? UNHEALTHY HAIR? FRUSTRATING WEIGHT GAIN/LOSS? What if it’s Not Your Fault How You Feel? What if it’s in your gut? 90% OF YOUR NEUROTRANSMITTERS LIKE SEROTONIN, DOPAMINE, AND GABA ARE REGULATED IN YOUR GUT, NOT YOUR BRAIN. 🤯 Our gut health plays a huge role in our overall well-being.🌿 I recently got to travel around Australia and New Zealand with Dr. Peter...