Making a conscious choice to eat healthier can reduce or ease the anxiety or panic attacks that inflict you.
Anxiety sufferers are usually deficient in vitamins and minerals such as the B-complex vitamins and magnesium.
B-Complex: Help the nervous system to function properly and help to bring energy to people who are constantly stressed.
Magnesium: Helps muscles to relax and maintenance of the heart muscle.
Reach for a healthy meal or snack instead of your favorite 'comfort' foods that only comfort you temporarily, it will help to reduce stress, give you more energy and can even keep your mood and emotions more stable.
Try to eliminate white sugar or refined products such as white rice, white bread, white sugar, and white pasta, these foods will give you a temporary high but then send you for a crashing low, causing mood swings and leaving you feel tired and lethargic.
Limit your caffeinated beverages. Consume in moderation, considered as a mild stimulant it affects the nervous system by increasing your heart rate. Also a diuretic, it can increase water loss through urination. Healthier alternatives would be water, herbal tea, milk or natural fruit juice.
So eat foods that give you a boost!
What Do I Eat?
1. Eat yogurt. Yogurt contains B-12 which can help in producing healthy nerve cells.
2. Incorporate beans to your diet. Whether lentils, soybeans, navy or pinto they contain optimal amounts of magnesium that aids in muscle relaxation.
3. Salmon or chicken. Optimal amounts of niacin (B-3) which is needed for overall energy production.
4. Eating fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can boost the body's stores of vitamins and minerals that are depleted by prolonged stress.
5. Chocolate, certainly last but not least. Now were talking this can`t be just any kind of chocolate though it needs to be dark chocolate. Dark chocolate is rick in magnesium which so many people are deficient in. Look for the highest percentage of cocoa.
6. Munch on celery. Celery contains active compounds called phthalides, which can help relax the muscles around arteries and allow those vessels to dilate. With more space inside the arteries, this can reduce blood pressure.
7. Add spinach, turkey and greens to your diet. These foods contain tryptophan which helps to regulate your appetite and can improve your sleep at night.
8. Foods high in fiber, such as brown rice, brown bread, whole wheat pasta and low in salt.
9. Nuts or seeds. Particularly almonds and pumpkin seeds they are rich in vitamin B12 and zinc which helps to boost your mood.
10. Skip the trans-fats. These are all bad for your heart so if it says ``hydrogenated`` or ``modified`` stay away.
If you don't see changes right away don't be surprised, it takes time, maybe a few weeks before you start to notice changes but when you do, you'll feel great!
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An aspiring journalist, Kirsten strives to research topics of interest. Today her focus is on her children. One aspect she's had to face head on is her son's panic attacks and all that entails. Kirsten doesn't shy away from disorders and has become quite an expert in the field.
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