Foods that Reduce Stress
Posted on January 23, 2010 by admin
1. Oranges – A German study in Psychopharmacology discovered that vitamin C are a stress reducing foods and retains blood pressure and cortisol to a normal level after a stressful situation. Also vitamin C is known to boost your immune system.
2. Sweet Potatoes – Sweet Potatoes are also a stress reducing foods because they can meet up with the urge you get from carbohydrates and some sweet foods in a stressful situation. It packs up also with beta-carotene and other vitamins and fibers.
3. Dried Apricots – Dried apricots are also a stress reducing foods as it is full of magnesium which is a stress-buster and a natural muscle relaxant.
4. Almonds, Pistachios & Walnuts – Almonds are full of vitamin B and E that help boost your immune system, walnuts and pistachios help lower blood pressure.
5. Turkey – The meat of the turkey have an amino acid called L-tryptophan. These amino acid will trigger the release serotonin which is a feel good chemical. It is one of the best stress reducing foods as a person who is in a stressful situation can feel a relaxing mood.
6. Spinach – Lack of magnesium results to migraine headaches and fatigue. 1 cup of spinach will give you 40 percent of of your daily needs for magnesium.
7. Salmon – Diets that are high with Omega 3 fatty acids help protect a person from heart diseases. A study from Diabetes & Metabolism founds out that omega 3 controls the rising of stress hormones and and cortisol.
8. Avocados – Monounsaturated fats and potassium from avocados lowers blodd pressure. According to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute it is very helpful to to consume potassium as it lowers blood pressure. Avocados have more than a banana.
9. Green Vegetables – Broccoli, kale, and other dark green vegetables are powerhouse with vitamins that help sustain the body in a stressful situation.
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