Healthy Foods That Calm & De-Stress
These days people has a busy life and it is very stressful, so, eating healthy food to calm and de-stress is very important.
Drinks like green tea has got ingredients known to be calming and de-stressing. Foods rich in Vitamin D have calming and distressing compounds. You normal source of Vitamin D is the sun but, there are some food sources that provide Vitamin D, such as fortified foods (breakfast cereals, bread, some milks, etc), sardines and tinned salmon. To produce enough Vitamin D it is good to expose hands and arms to the sunlight for 15minutes during safe hours between the months of April and October, when the sun is strong enough. People with darker skins should be exposed for a bit longer.
Folic acid containing foods, such as lentils, other pulses and green leaf vegetables are known to be calming and distressing. Drinking coffee in small amounts has been said to be positive to moods and improve performance. Please note that coffee and drinks containing caffeine can be addictive and not good for the health if drinking more than the recommended amounts.
Omega3 fatty acids are also good for calming and distressing, as well as for the heart and the immune system. Examples of Omega3 rich food sources are oily fish (sardines, tinned salmon, pilchards, herring, mackerel, trout (rainbow), fresh tuna, crab, shrimp and dogfish) and walnuts.
Including the recommended amounts of fibre in your diet is known to smooth out your blood levels, releases sugar slowly in the blood stream, that eventually calms and distresses. Very good sources of fibre are vegetables, fruit, wholemeal foods, such as breads, cereals, pasta, flours and rice.
It is well recommended that exercise such as walking, dancing, cycling, running and others, increase the "feel good" substances in the body.
Eating a well balanced diet is the best way to obtain all the nutrients that will calm and distress, as well as, keep you healthy and in good mood.
