Stress is becoming an increasingly common word nowadays especially with us all working hard to beat the current ‘Credit Crunch’ (whoever thought of that saying? – I bet they wish they’d patented it).
It’s putting us all under huge amounts of pressure, leading us to allow stress to flow into our lives, which quite frankly has just got to stop. Right here, right now.
Natural Tonic Bar (www.naturaltonicbar.com) nestling within St James’ Park underground station has a few simple dietary tips to help us combat stress.
The best thing is to avoid eating fast-releasing carbohydrates - not surprisingly all the ‘naughty’ things - such as white bread, sweets and foods with added sugar. These foods cause a rapid increase in blood sugar levels and stimulate the stress hormone, cortisol.
On the other hand slow-releasing carbohydrates – all the ‘nice’ things - are the best anti-stress foods. Slow-releasing carbs include fruit, oats, whole grains, beans, lentils, carrots, nuts and seeds. Carbohydrates with proteins such as these reduce the stimulation of cortisol, thus lessening stress and providing a flow of constant energy, keeping us uplifted and invigorated but not in a pressured, stressful way.
Visit www.naturaltonicbar.com for more information or pop along to the store but for now I’ll let you get on with eating your ‘nice’ foods, not ‘naughty’ ones, until next time...
Natural Tonic Bar, 55 Broadway (just outside St James’s Park underground station, in Broadway Shopping Mall), London SW1H 0BD.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
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