The body wants food for one reason only - fuel. If we all listened tour our bodies, we'd never have a problem with nutrition or weight. Unfortunately, our minds are usually in charge of deciding what and when to eat.
The stress response not only indicates how much and how often we eat; it also affects what we want to eat. Sugar, caffeine, and high fat snacks with their strong flavors and aromas, offer quick distraction and a brief surge of energy. Sadly, the energy is short lived because these foods typically pack little nutritional value. If the body keeps craving nutrients and the mind keeps responding with convenience foods, it generally becomes a vicious cycle that is a setup for overeating.
Food Vitamin B
Recently a lot of attention has been paid to the relationship between food and mood - what you eat and how you feel One of the major biochemical reactions involved in your stress is something called serotonin. Serotonin is a naturally occurring chemical in your brain.
Vitamins play a major role in the way you handle stress. Vitamins C, E, A and some of the B vitamins are known as anti-oxidants" and are believe to have powerful healing, calming and anti-aging qualities As a general rule choose as many foods as possible form the following:
- Vitamin E foods mostly vegetables, fruit, eggs
- Vitamin A foods yogurt, eggs, carrots, leafy green vegetables
- Vitamins C foods all fruits and vegetables,
- Vitamin B foods beans, lentils, peas, nuts.
Whether certain foods will have an instant effect on your calm state is a matter of experiment. Some will be immediate, others will take 30 minutes or so. If you doubt this, I urge you to try the following: spend one entire day eating nothing but raw vegetables and fruit. At the end of 12 hours or so you will feel more calm and relaxed.
Try these 7 calming foods:
- Sprouts - they are a great source of B vitamins and Vitamin C all useful vitamins in treatment of stress.
- Bananas - To handle stress well, you need to maintain a correct balance between sodium limiting you salt and eating more potassium rich foods such bananas.
- Kiwifruit - known to be high in vitamin C and rich source of potassium
- Beans - Good source of potassium
- Eggs a great source of vitamin E, B2 A and D
- Wheatgerm - a great source of vitamin E
- Oats - a rich source of Vitamin B2
Now it's your turn to eat your way to a calm stress free life. Choose wisely.
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