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so today we’re gonna talk about the best

foods for stress okay let’s start with

what foods that lower stress okay

chocolate now I’m talking about

sugar-free chocolate not the regular

chocolate with sugar but there’s a

certain chemical in chocolate that

reduces stress so that’s one thing I

don’t recommend consuming chocolate and

the later half of the day because it’s

going to possibly keep it from sleeping

because it does have something that is

similar to caffeine it’s not actual

caffeine but it’s similar so if you’re

gonna have a little bit maybe in the

late morning okay

nutritional yeast why because of the B

vitamins specifically b1 will really

help lower stress this is a really a

good one right here you can get them in

tablets or just get it in a powder you

can put it on your food celery celery

has a chemical that helps lower blood

pressure it helps you sleep it helps you

feel calmer so celery is really good you

can also put nut butters on the celery

good idea

okay a fermented drink called kombucha

tea if you haven’t heard about this get

the one that has no more than two grams

of sugar that’s great to consume in the

evening when you’re trying to wind down

its your alcohol replacement it gives a

calming effect on the nervous system so

kombucha tea is really good for reducing

stress I would not recommend consuming

more than a half of a bottle at any one

time because it’s very acidic it’s very

thick and if I has a texture of beer

because if you have too much you could

shift your pH over to being too acidic

and your pulse rate will start going

higher and higher and higher so just

take a half a glass and sip it just like

you’re drinking alcohol or wine when

you’re really not and it will it’ll calm

you and you’ll feel good and then we

have bacon okay now I’m talking about

the high quality bacon you can get from

the farmers market I’m not talking about

processed bacon Oscar Mayer type bacon

any pork by the way is loaded with b1 b1

lower stress and you can also have

chocolate covered bacon right well I’ve

never had that but I’ve hear people

actually consume them egg yolks

okay our eggs in general the whole egg

why because

certain hormones specifically cortisol

that help you do a stress are made from

cholesterol fat so egg yolks are really

helpful in that area plus egg yolks have

a lot of other nutritional properties

like choline for example which helps

with the nervous system and relaxation

in general asparagus which is also high

in b12 help lower stress and it’s also

going to be a really good fiber for your

friendly microbes which actually will

also produce chemicals to help you feel

calm pecans are one of the best nuts for

stress they have a certain chemical I’m

not going to give you the long names but

it’s really good to help reduce stress

and of course if you actually have

chocolate-covered pecans coarse sugar

free that would be a great dessert after

you eat butter everything tastes better

with butter but butter has cholesterol

that is a precursor for cortisol that

will help in making those hormones

because one thing that you don’t want to

do is do a low-fat diet because you’re

starving off the hormones that help

counter stress especially when you’re

actually sick or you’re stressed out

it’s best that you consume more fat not

sugar because this list of the foods

that will increase stress in your body

number one sugar sugar it will deplete

your B vitamins it depletes calcium

magnesium and your stress will go up of

course you’re gonna feel better when you

consume sugar for about a minute but

then your blood sugars crash and you’re

gonna feel worse any of the refined

grains again it will deplete certain B

vitamins and stress you out probably

five to ten to twenty minutes later

starch is the same thing if you’re doing

rice you’re gonna feel great when you

consume it but then an hour later you’re

gonna actually have a crash with your

blood sugar so when you have low blood

sugars you’re gonna have more anxiety

you’re going to be irritable and so

these right here will create that effect

alright alcohol now of course a lot of

people are consuming a lot of alcohol

and it has the appearance e of reducing

stress but it’s kind of a trap because

it will deplete certain nutrients that

will

prestress a day later or two days later

because alcohol in general is notorious

for depleting your B vitamins so one cup

of coffee is not going to be a big

problem but if you’re consuming a lot of

coffee like I did in college your stress

will go up and again I already mentioned

this but low-fat diets can also increase

anxiety and stress it’s because that is

needed as a precursor for certain

hormones to help counter stress alright

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