Whoa! This is amazing. Check out some foods that can relief stress

 Someone told me that Nigeria itself is a stress.. And stress can be very deleterious to health if not relieved..

Stress can take a toll on your body’s natural defenses, but eating the right foods can offer relief.
We all feel wrung out sometimes by the stress of daily life and, unfortunately, we tend to reach for junk food.

But high-calorie or sugary foods only trick us into thinking we feel better. End the cycle of eating bad-for-you foods and find relief elsewhere. Instead, add these truly anti-stress foods to your diet.
Eating healthy food—and making that a conscious choice—can actually offer some real stress relief

 Is not every time we take drugs or run to the hospital when you have foods that can actually relief you of stress.. The foods are:

1. Snack on Nuts
Stress depletes our B vitamin stores and snacking on nuts helps replenish them. "B vitamins keep our neurotransmitters in their happy place and help us handle the fight-or-flight stress response," The potassium in nuts is also key: a couple servings of potassium-packed nutrient a day can lower blood pressure and reduce the strain stress puts on our heart. Is easy to get nuts.

 2. Add in Red Peppers

While oranges get all of the vitamin C hype, red peppers have about twice as much (95 vs. 50 mg per 1/2-cup serving). Via research , people who took high doses of C before engaging in stress-inducing activities had lower blood pressure."Diets loaded with vitamin-C-rich foods lower cortisol and help people cope.
[05/09 05:48] M I. O: This leafy-green veggie is rich in stress-busting magnesium. People with low magnesium levels (most of us, actually) are more likely to have elevated C-reactive protein levels—and research shows people with high CRP levels are more stressed and at a greater risk for depression. "Magnesium helps regulate cortisol and blood pressure too. And since magnesium gets flushed out of the body when you’re stressed, it’s crucial to get enough. Other solid magnesium sources: beans, brown rice.


3.Fill Up on Oatmeal
Oatmeal is warm and comforting—and it also helps your brain generate the destressing neurotransmitter serotonin,"  Research in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows carb-eaters felt calmer than those who shunned carbs. The carb-avoiders reported feeling more stressed. Any carb won’t do, however. Refined carbs (white bread and pasta) digest faster and spike blood sugar, messing with moods and stress. Complex carbs like oatmeal are digested more slowly and don’t spike blood sugar.

4. Indulge in Dark Chocolate
If you crave chocolate when you’re on edge, have some. Research showed people who ate the equivalent of an average-size candy bar (about 1.4 ounces) daily for two weeks had lower cortisol and fight-or-flight hormone levels. To reap the feel-better rewards, choose chocolate that’s at least 70 percent cocoa. And remember: dark chocolate is a high-calorie food, so mind your portions.

By : Ugochukwu Ejiogu