{"id":317458,"date":"2026-03-07T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317458\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:41:09","slug":"feeling-low-after-all-the-rain-here-are-the-foods-irish-scientists-say-can-boost-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317458\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling low after all the rain? Here are the foods Irish scientists say can boost mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Berries and citrus fruits tend to be rich in the mood-boosting flavonoids. Photo: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Oranges.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Berries and citrus fruits tend to be rich in the mood-boosting flavonoids. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">If the long-awaited spring sunshine is not enough to boost your mood then adding berries, apples and citrus fruits to your diet could provide the lift needed after weeks of dreary weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Yet more research has emerged showing how eating certain foods can leave people feeling more positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berries and citrus fruits tend to be rich in the mood-boosting flavonoids. Photo: Getty If the long-awaited spring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[29864,134,36572,111,139,556,69,110059],"class_list":{"0":"post-317458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-eilish-oregan","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-hse","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nutrition","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-queens-university"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}