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Anxiety is a normal part of your body's response to stress and it allows you to cope with threats or dangers by flooding your system with "fight or flight" hormones. However, anxiety can interfere with everyday life, causing panic attacks, depression, sleeplessness, digestive problems, and lowered resistance to infection. Your diet needs to contain adequate nutrients to stabilize blood sugar levels. Effective stress management is also essential.
Recommended Vitamins:
Vitamin B Complex: 25 Ð 50 mg daily
Vitamin B-1 improves mood
Vitamin B-6 is essential for a healthy nervous system
Vitamin B-12 helps to produce feel-good brain chemicals
Pantothenic acid is needed to make anti-stress hormones
Folic acid reduces homocysteine levels, which can increase depression
Vitamin C boosts your immune system
Vitamin D controls calcium absorption
Vitamin E helps brain cells to get oxygen
Recommended Minerals:
Calcium helps you relax (500 Ð 1,000 mg daily and older women take 1,500 Ð 2,000 mg)
Chromium stabilizes blood sugar levels
Magnesium is a muscle relaxant and is crucial for nerve function (250 Ð 500 mg daily)
Multi-trace mineral formula
Zinc boost brain function (15 mg of elemental zinc once or twice daily)
Recommended Supplements:
Amino acids tryptophan alleviates insomnia
Chamomile
Hops
Inositol hexanicotinate: 250 Ð 500 mg daily
Kava
Scullcap
St. John's Wort / Phenol complex improves mood (300 mg one or twice daily)
Valerian helps you sleep
Foods to Choose:
Wholemeal pasta
Brown rice
Wholemeal bread
Oats
Fresh fruit and vegetables
Low-fat dairy products
Pumpkin seeds
Foods to Avoid:
Fast-releasing or refined carbohydrates (in sugar, white bread, white rice, and refined cereals) cause blood sugar levels to fluctuate, affecting energy levels and mood
Sugar
Stimulants such as coffee and caffeinated soft drinks make you jittery
Alcohol increases depression
Aspartame
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
The information obtained for this website was partially gathered from the book, Vitamins & Minerals, written by Sara Rose and published by Hamlyn in 2003. Other sources for this website were gathered from Reader's Digest The Healing Power of Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs: The A-Z guide to enhancing your health and treating illness with nutritional supplements. Along with these two resource guides, material has been found in The Doctor's Complete Guide To Vitamins and Minerals, written by Mary Dan Eades, MD. Another resource for this website was The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines, written by Charles W. Fetrow, PharmD and Juan R. Avila, PharmD. Along with these is a book written by Earl Meindell, RPh, PhD, Recipes for Healthy Living Dr. Earl MeindellÕs Natural Remedies For 101 Ailments. Plus, the Alternative Health Dictionary. Viable Herbal Solutions website was a great help as well with this information.
The material you find should not be considered a replacement for professional medical treatment. A medical practitioner should be consulted in all matters related to health. While the advice and information are believed to be accurate and true at the time of gathering them, neither the authors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions.
This document is provided for information only; it is not intended to diagnose symptoms, prescribe treatment, or to substitute for consultation with a physician. While we have made every effort to ensure that this information is accurate and extensive, only your doctor can tell you if a medication, or drug combination, is safe for you.
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