| More and more anxiety sufferers are overcoming | | | | juices. |
| anxiety without using medication. You'll discover here | | | | 2 - Ensure you eat plenty vegetables and fruits. |
| why diet is one of the most effective natural ways to | | | | 3 - Eat meat sparingly, just enough to provide enough |
| help overcome anxiety disorder. First, let's look at why | | | | fat and protein. |
| more and more anxiety sufferers are turning away | | | | 4 - Consume plenty of complex carbohydrates |
| from drug-based medication towards natural ways of | | | | (potatoes, pasta, rice, cereal, etc.) to help balance your |
| overcoming their anxiety. | | | | blood sugar. |
| The usual medications prescribed by a doctor are | | | | 5 - Make sure you're getting enough essential fatty |
| anti-depressants to help regulate mood, tranquilizers to | | | | acids (tuna, salmon, fish oil, etc.) since there is evidence |
| help calm, and, beta-blockers to help control the | | | | to suggest that not enough fatty acids can be a factor |
| physical symptoms of anxiety and anxiety attacks. | | | | in anxiety and depression. |
| And these can work well when accurately prescribed | | | | 6 - Consider taking natural supplements to make up |
| and followed to the letter by the patient. So why do so | | | | for some of the important vitamins, minerals and |
| many folks prefer not to take anxiety medication? | | | | nutrients that might be missing from your diet. For |
| Mainly, it's because of their pretty severe side effects | | | | example vitamin B complex, vitamin E, etc. |
| that include dependency issues in some cases. And | | | | 7 - Eliminate caffeine. Coffee, tea, chocolate and fizzy |
| also because these medications don't work for | | | | drinks, etc. should be avoided as they are known |
| everybody. | | | | stimulants. At the very least, dramatically reduce their |
| [Now, a word of caution here: Do not stop taking any | | | | consumption. Also, avoid alcohol which acts as a |
| medication for anxiety without consulting your doctor | | | | stimulant during the first couple of drinks but then can |
| first. If you suffer any bad side-effects from your | | | | act as a depressant with higher intakes. |
| medication, go to your doctor immediately and discuss | | | | [Note: If these are very drastic changes to your |
| the issue with him or her.] | | | | existing diet, consult your doctor before implementing |
| So to natural ways of overcoming anxiety: The | | | | them.] |
| objective is to reduce your stress and anxiety levels | | | | Now, whilst these dietary changes can be significant in |
| as much as possible. Now, when you suffer from | | | | helping you to eliminate your anxiety, there is another |
| general anxiety, and perhaps regular anxiety attacks | | | | issue that you must address, and that is your 'fear |
| as a result, you might think this is difficult. And it can be. | | | | factor.' If you suffer from general anxiety, then you |
| But there are natural steps that you can take to help | | | | probably suffer from anxiety (panic) attacks. Now, |
| you do this. And one of the most important and | | | | what happens once you've had a panic attack is that |
| effective is your diet. | | | | you're terrified of having another. This fear can be |
| The key here is to use a healthy diet to help relieve | | | | recognised for what it is or be in your subconscious. |
| fatigue, stay hydrated and build up your auto-immune | | | | And this fear can actually build on your general anxiety |
| system, etc. Poor diet does the opposite and so can | | | | to such an extent that it can actually trigger an anxiety |
| make it very difficult to overcome your general | | | | attack. So fear of an attack can actual cause one! |
| anxiety. Here are some important dietary measures | | | | You need to break this anxiety cycle so that you can |
| you can take to overcome anxiety... | | | | eliminate anxiety attacks and be better placed to |
| 1 - Stay well hydrated by drinking at least 12 x 8oz | | | | overcome your general anxiety. |
| glasses of water per day. Also drink 100% natural fruit | | | | |