There is now a website where you can shop for foods according to which mood you want to induce! The MoodFood Company has information about which foods are likely to help in nurturing different states of mind, and has a shop where you can buy a variety of natural and organic produce.
I feel quite strongly that a diet can have a huge impact on your emotional and mental health, and a long time ago I wrote an article (ironically, for a diet magazine, this was before I re-educated myself on the perils of dieting!) on eating mood food. I don't believe that you can single out certain foods to help certain moods, but I do think that aiming for overall balance and an inclusion of certain food groups can very much help maintain stable mental health.
In fact, one of the books I recommend and have reviewed on my site - The Food and Mood Handbook by Amanda Greary - is an excellent and comprehensive resource on the subject. Amanda suffered with depression for years before having a complete overhaul of her diet, and I know that for me, if I get crashing blood sugar I'm a nightmare to be around!
Worth checking the MoodFood site, especially if organic is your thing as there is quite a considerable range of organic foodstuffs (and vegan, too).
I'm Andrea, and am obsessed with creating fabulous food. After I managed to ditch dieting, the reason Chocolate and Beyond was born, it seemed natural to evolve my site into a foodie blog. More so since I also ditched animal produce to be vegan. Now, I love showing how inventive cruelty-free cooking can be. And sometimes I like to rant, too. I wouldn't be myself otherwise :) x 
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