Our Stress Response: How to Manage Merry Vs. Mayhem. Holidays got your mind in a bunch? Heres some wisdom from Marks Daily Apple on managing stress, anytime of the year. NAFC agrees: Managing stress is paramount to maximizing optimal health. To the extent that you can, reduce the “noise” in your life – from entertainment, from frivolous or excess obligations, from fractious relationships, from debt, and so on. For now, here are the key factors I believe are necessary to reducing stress: – Consume antioxidant-rich foods such as fruits and vegetables. I also recommend a multivitamin that contains a comprehensive and potent antioxidant profile. Completely avoid processed, empty calories found in snacks, junk food and fast food. – Consume adequate beneficial fats to utilize antioxidants, vitamins, enzymes and co-factors. Wild Alaskan salmon, pure fish oil pills, olive oil, nuts and avocados are good places to start. – Manage expectations: your own and others’. Ambition and motivation and generous support are all great traits to possess. But don’t over-promise to others or yourself. – Exercise daily. we cant stress this enough: Exercise releases endorphins and helps to regulate the production of critical brain hormones. – Unhook daily. Most of us spend so much time on the input-output cycle, and we don’t give adequate time to simply absorbing it all. Reflect, relax, restore. Spend a little time each day reflecting on what youre grateful for. Do activities that get you out of your head and into the moment are vital to helping you manage the stress of constant stimuli and energy demands. Today, find an immersing action that works for you and do it religiously. Fuming not recommended. We hope youre enjoying a fun, stress-free day! Read more: marksdailyapple/cortisol/#ixzz3MqDUlzDM
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:35:12 +0000