Overcoming Emotional Eating: How to Fight Stress with Good FoodThe last few years have been filled with an unbelievable amount of stress and anxiety. Have you found yourself adapting unhealthy eating habits to cope with the stress? Do you crave and give in to your comfort foods more often than you’ll like to admit? Or have you gained weight that you didn’t want, and it’s causing you to be even more stress?
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As a mom to three kids, I know that this is a difficult, stressful time for families. Parents really have to dig deep to find ways to support their kids, especially during the winter blues. I see posts from parents concerned about childhood insomnia, anxieties, and depression every day. With the pandemic increasing stress for everyone, it s crucial to instill coping skills.
Being the co-founder of GoodCap Wellness and a lifelong advocate of natural medicines, I ve been able to draw on my experience with improving mental health to offer a few ways we can guide our kids through the last of the winter blues and beyond. While every kid is unique and there isn t a single path to building these skills successfully all at once, there are a multitude of healthy habits and activities that can foster an improved sense of well-being.
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How To Deal With Anxiety? 9 Foods To Manage Anxiety Naturally - Expert Reveals
How To Deal With Anxiety? 9 Foods To Manage Anxiety Naturally - Expert Reveals
It is proven that when we are stressed, we land up eating the wrong food for comfort. So, why not make the best use of this and choose the right foods that can help calm your nerves.
Highlights
Carbs boost serotonin, which is also known as the happy hormone
Vitamin C has been found to reduce physical and mental stress
Anxiety is a normal response to stress that we experience when, say, we have an interview, a presentation, first day at school or some competition we are participating in. In today s world. these stressful scenarios are more constant and ever-present, some because of life s demands - best marks, best college, best job and some because we set unrealistic goals like owning something way beyond our financial or personal capability, peer pressure for something we aren t comfortable doing or simply office politics