Want to improve your mood? Change your physiology.
I think the science is strongest for these strategies:
- Move your body (even briefly) and get outside.
- Make your days bright and your nights dark.
- Cover your nutritional bases, and consider omega-3s, magnesium, and creatine. They support pathways involved in inflammation, the stress response, and brain energy metabolism.
- Use sauna and other forms of deliberate heat exposure strategically.