When you are stressed, the adrenal glands overproduce adrenalin and it becomes difficult to think clearly. You might look for comfort in food. This means you should eat certain things to support your adrenals. These are primarily fats, such as butter, cream cheese, Brie cheese with apples, chicken noodle soup, coconut butter and avocados. These foods greatly stabilize your blood sugar. The worst thing to do is skip a meal and not eat. Hunger is stress to the body. Overeating and stuffing yourself also stress the body. Eating sugar puts stress on the body.
The other thing to do is take calming minerals – potassium, magnesium and calcium. Make sure you do not take the calcium carbonate version, since limestone is not absorbed too well.
When you or your kids consume refined sugar, large quantities of lactic acid builds up, which is a byproduct of the sugar. Lactic acid makes people restless because it lowers oxygen in the tissues. This is behind restless leg syndrome and hyperactivity in children. Various B vitamins also get depleted when refined sugars and refined grains are eaten. That is why food manufacturing companies enrich grain products with synthetic B vitamins. However, this doesn’t work because of the type of vitamin – synthetic made from petroleum material. One of the best sources of B vitamins is nutritional yeast. Put a little in some plain yogurt each day to supply your B vitamins, as lots of mental stress depletes B vitamins.
Also, organize your life so you have healthy foods available. Don’t keep sweets at home or at work, since they will always be a temptation. You’ll need to purchase some Tupperware and a cooler so you can prepare foods and snacks for the day. Make sure you always have raw nuts, celery, apples, carrots and low-fat plain yogurt in the cooler as well. By keeping your blood sugars level, it will be easier.
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Dr. Glenn Nicholas - www.WholeBasics.com
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