Anxiety -Nutrition and Diet Therapy

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Anxiety -Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Dec 30, 2004 13:56 PST

 

 

 

Refined, white flour and sugar products, and processed foods starve the

body of B vitamins. This weakens the body and promotes feelings of

anxiety. Sweet foods are especially harmful, since their digestion

causes a dramatic drop in blood sugar which can be experienced as

apprehensive jitteriness.

 

Take a healthy, whole foods diet containing organic fresh vegetables and

fruits, raw nuts and whole grains. It is the best insurance against

attacks of anxiety. Fruits and vegetables are best eaten raw, such as in

a salad. (Many vitamins and the enzymes are destroyed by cooking.)

 

Make sure your diet contains foods rich in the B vitamins, such as whole

grains, nuts, green, leafy vegetables, nutritional yeast, organic eggs

and fish for healthy nerves.

 

Oats are important for the nervous system. Hazelnuts are a valuable

healing food for the nerves, most effective when freshly ground. Honey

dissolved in warm goat milk also has a calming effect on the nerves.

www.meyenberg.com

 

Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and sugar. They worsen anxiety.

 

Keep a diary of foods you eat and your anxiety attacks. Food allergies

and sensitivities may trigger panic or anxiety attacks.

 

Eat small, frequent meals rather than the three big meals we generally

eat.

 

Foods to Eat

 

Whole grains, especially brown rice, barley, millet,rye and buckwheat

Apricots

Asparagus

Avocados

Bananas

Broccoli

Blackstrap molasses (organic)

Brewer's yeast

Brown rice

Dried fruits (organic)

Figs

Fish (such as salmon, sardines)

Garlic

Green leafy vegetables

Kasha

Legumes

Pulse

Raw nuts and seeds

Seaweeds

Soy products (organic)

Whole grains

Yogurt (organic)

 

Foods to Avoid

 

Coffee

Chocolate

Alcohol

Coke,Pepsi

Sugar

 

Highly acidic foods, such as tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers, which are

injurious to spleen

 

http://holisticonline.com/Remedies/Anxiety/anx_nutrition.htm

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