Your brain keeps you happy with four amazing chemicals: serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, and oxytocin. These hormones regulate your mood, motivation, pleasure, and social bonding. Here’s how to boost them naturally with simple lifestyle changes and diet tweaks.
Several neurotransmitters, often referred to as happiness hormones or feel-good chemicals, play a significant role in regulating our mood and emotions. The four primary happiness hormones are serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins.
Germany: Ice swimming against pandemic blues
In the pandemic winter, more and more Germans are regularly taking a dip in icy-cold lakes and rivers. They believe that ice swimming triggers the release of endorphins, or happiness hormones,’ and helps them overcome the frustrations of lockdown.
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