New Delhi. Along with a healthy diet and daily exercise, good sleep is considered extremely important to stay fit and healthy, but these days the heat is so intense and along with that electricity is also missing for hours in many cities, due to which people have lost their sleep. Due to lack of sleep, chemical imbalance is occurring in people's brain. In medical language, people's serotonin hormone is getting imbalanced. Due to which symptoms like amnesia, irritability, excessive anger, nervousness are being seen. Serotonin is also called the happy hormone.

work of serotonin hormone

Serotonin is a chemical that transmits messages between nerve cells in the brain and throughout the body. However, serotonin has many other roles. This chemical plays an important role in bodily functions such as mood, sleep, digestion , nausea, wound healing, bone health, and sexual desire. It works with melatonin to help regulate your sleep and wake times. 

Symptoms of disturbances in serotonin hormone

Its deficiency directly affects the mood, which can cause depression and stress. Serotonin is needed to stay happy, relaxed and emotionally stable. Lack of good sleep, drug use, obesity and eating too much sugar and saturated fats increases the risk of serotonin hormone imbalance.

Keep this hormone balanced like this

To balance this hormone, include cashews, pineapple, banana and peanuts in your diet. Also, stay away from gadgets at least an hour before sleeping. Take out time for exercise even if it is for a short time during the day. Apart from fruits, eat green vegetables too.

By adopting these methods you can remain healthy and happy in summer.