Stress is usually caused by numerous day to day physical,mental and emotional challenges. Stress can impact a body in a positive or negative way. Too much stress becomes distress to the body and can affect the overall state of wellness.
Common Symptoms:
- Increased heartbeat
- High blood pressure
- Tense muscles
- Unwell stomach,constipation or nausea
- Exhibits Low energy in day to day activities
- Headaches
- Body Aches or pains
- Insomnia
- Easily prone to infections
Common Causes:
- Lack of exercise
- Over working at job
- Financial obligations
- Family issues
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Excess Caffeine consumption
- Irregular sleeping pattern
- Unhealthy eating habits
Natural Remedies:
- Drink a glass of warm milk when feeling stress or nervous
- Drink chamomile or mint tea to help ease stress
- Include green salads in diet. Spinach helps to reduce stress
- Eat berries, particularly Blueberries
- Practise breathing exercises
- Practise Yoga (More beneficial if practised with a group)
- Do Meditation (follow guided meditation or meditation groups). Read more about meditation benefits.. Click here
Natural food Supplements:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B Complex
- Magnesium
- Calcium
Vitamin C rich food:
- Peppers
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Brussels sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Potato
- Bok Choy
- Sweet potato
- Asparagus
- Turnip greens
- Tomato
- Guava
- Papaya
- Kiwifruit
- Orange
- Lychee
- Strawberries
- Pineapple
- Grapefruit
- Clementine
- Cantaloupe
- Mango
- Avocado
- Tangerine
- Grain Products
- Milk and Alternatives
Vitamin B Complex rich food:
- Potato, with skin, cooked
- Sweet potato, with skin, cooked
- Carrot juice
- Balsam-pear/bitter gourd, bitter melon, cooked
- Banana
- Durian
- Prune juice
- Avocado
- Grain Products
- Wheat bran
- Cereal
- Oatmeal, instant, cooked
- Milk and Alternatives This food group contains very little of this nutrient.
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils)
- Chickpeas/garbanzo beans, cooked
- Soybeans, mature, cooked
- Beans, pinto, cooked
- Lentils, cooked
- Nuts and Seeds
- Pistachios, without shell
- Sunflower seeds, without shell
Magnesium Rich Food:
- Spinach
- Swiss chard, cooked
- Soy beans, cooked
- Okra, cooked
- Cereals
- Quinoa, cooked
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils), cooked
- Peas, cooked
- White kidney Beans
- chickpeas
- Lentils, cooked
- Pumpkin seed
- Brazil nuts
- Sunflower seed
- Almonds
- Cashews
- Pine nuts
- Flaxseed
- Sesame seed
- Peanuts
- Hazelnuts
Calcium Rich Food:
- Milk
- Buttermilk
- Cheese
- Yogurt
- Kefir
- Spinach
- Turnip greens
- Kale
NOTE: Natural Remedies are NOT a substitute for proper doctor’s diagnosis or medication. It may or may not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question.