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What are happy hormones?

Apr 10, 2025

Amid rising anxiety and depression from the pandemic, learn how to boost your mood with happy hormones. Discover the impact of food, activities, and behaviors on serotonin, oxytocin, and dopamine levels. Ever heard of oxytocin as the love hormone? Uncover its role in emotional connections. Get ready to explore simple yet effective ways to enhance your emotional well-being in just a few minutes!

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a 25% global increase in anxiety and depression, highlighting the importance of mood management.

Natural lifestyle choices like exercise and social activities can effectively boost the production of happy hormones, enhancing emotional wellbeing.

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Understanding Happy Hormones

Happy hormones, such as serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin, play a crucial role in regulating mood and overall wellbeing. These hormones act as chemical messengers in the body, produced by endocrine glands, and significantly influence emotions and feelings. A recent report highlighted a 25% increase in anxiety and depression globally due to factors like social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the need for effective ways to manage mood. By engaging in activities that stimulate the release of these hormones, individuals can enhance their emotional health and combat feelings of sadness and stress.

Understanding and Boosting Happy Hormones

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A recent scientific brief from the World Health Organisation, explained that anxiety and depression had increased by 25% worldwide over the first year of the Covid 19 pandemic. The massive rise was mostly down to social isolation and multiple stress factors like fear of infection and financial worries.

It’s important to know that we can actually control our mood to some extent. It’s possible to boost our so-called happy hormones in natural ways, by opting for specific foods, activities and behaviours.

So how can we stimulate the production of these hormones and neurotransmitters? Why do they say that oxytocin is the love hormone? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.

First broadcast: 10/6/2023

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