Stress Can Be Reduced by Increasing Antioxidants-Natural Supplements in Our Daily Diet

When we feel overwhelmed or unsure how to meet the demands placed on us we experience stress. It's essential to learn how to deal with stress in a more positive way and reduce its impact on your daily life.

One way to reduce it is to improve our health by consuming more antoxidants in our diet along with physical activity (exercises). If you don't know what antioxidants are please see my Home Page . We need them to improve and maintain our health and in turn we have more energy and feel better. I know the better I feel the less stress I experience.

• Increase your antioxidants in your daily diet such as fruits and vegetables, healthy chocolate, or other natural supplements (see below).
• Increase your physical activities such as walking, jogging, aerobic exercising, etc.
• Try different types of meditation such as prayer, etc.
• Try listening to music, hobbies, volunteer work, keeping a daily journal of events and how they feel, laughter, playing with pets, playing with grandchildren, and taking short breaks for shopping always helps me to relax.
• Try various progressive muscular relaxation exercises such as massage therapies or deep breathing are popular among others. Check out this website on Chair Massage is For You . It provides information on massage therapy to relieve stress and pain and make you feel better. Also, tips on how to become a massage therapist.
• Try acupuncture, acupressure, biofeedback and other bodywork and postural techniques.
• Very importantly, have a strong emotional support such as family and/or friends, very powerful stress buster.

We all respond to stress in different ways. Some people blush, some eat more while others grow pale or eat less. There are numerous physical as well as emotional responses as shown by the following list of common signs and symptoms of stress:

• Frequent headaches, jaw clenching or pain
• Gritting or grinding teeth
• Stuttering or stammering
• Tremors, trembling of lips, hands
• Neck ache, back pain, muscle spasms
• Light headedness, faintness, dizziness
• Frequent blushing, sweating
• Cold or sweaty hands, feet
• Increased or decreased appetite
• Insomnia, nightmares, disturbing dreams
• Difficulty concentrating, racing thoughts
• Feeling overloaded or overwhelmed
• Frequent use of over-the-counter drugs
• Increased gambling or impulse buying
• Increased smoking, alcohol or drug use

This list can go on and on, but we can find ways to relieve stress.

I'm a firm believer in natural supplements. I realize some people have to take prescription drugs, but they scare me. Here are a few natural supplements and/or Antioxidant-Rich Foods to reduce stress and calm nerves:

• Dark Chocolate: As we know chocolate is a stress-reliever. People has used this for many years to relieve stress. Now you can eat chocolate and not have to worry about gaining weight or hurting your health. I have found Healthy Chocolate that is great for your health, just like eating your fruits and vegetables, except you have a lot more fun eating chocolate. This chocolate is made with unprocessed cacao, freeze-dried acaiberries, blueberries and many other natural ingredients that can benefit your health by lowering blood pressure, decreasing your risk for heart disease, cancer, and many other diseases. This is my favorite!!
• Fruits & Vegetables: Most of our Moms have told us to eat our fruits and veggies-well guess what she was right. Please see my Fruits and Vegetables Page.
• Acai Berry: Acai Berry is a fruit from the Amazon Rainforest. It is know as Nature's Superfood Antioxidant and has been around for thousands of years. It is also known as the Number 1 Superfood in the world.
• Nutri-Calm: This is a key product designed to support the nervous system, especially when under stress. During times of stress, the body rapidly loses B vitamins. Nutri-Calm provides generous amounts of these nutrients in a base of herbs known to support optimal nervous system health.

Just remember you have to keep stress under control. Take a stand against overscheduling, be realistic, get a good night's sleep, learn to relax, treat your body well, watch what you're thinking, and solve the little problems. Make up your mind today that you are going to manage your stress so that it doesn't effect your health and wellness.

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