Unfortunately, too many people who suffer from anxiety,
are put on prescription medications that aren't doing anything to help them manage their anxiety and might even
be causing them more harm. Fortunately, there are several ways
that you can control your anxiety without resorting to taking a bunch of prescription medications. Here are some tips to help you manage your blood sugar naturally.
Maintain Stable Blood Sugar
Our Western diets do nothing to promote healthy and stable blood sugar levels, and every time we experience a drop in our blood sugar we can
start to feel anxious. To maintain your blood sugar levels, you need to incorporate plenty of proteins and healthy fats into your diet and avoid sugar and refined carbohydrates.
Avoid Caffeine
You can't underestimate the relationship between caffeine and anxiety. Caffeinated beverages amp up our nervous systems getting us ready for a fight. Try to reduce your intake of caffeine gradually to avoid any withdrawal symptoms. Within a few weeks, your anxiety symptoms should
start to decrease.
Get Adequate Sleep
Your best protection against your anxiety symptoms is to get enough sleep at night. You can
start to get better sleep by reducing or eliminating caffeine, work on maintaining your blood sugar levels and
find ways to unwind before you go to bed.
Get More Exercise
Participating in more physical activity
on a regular basis is a great anti-anxiety alternative to prescription medications. If you struggle to fit in regular exercise, start by taking a brief walk outside or
participate in simple mini-exercises from the comfort of your living room.
In general, you need to
try to sit less and stand more. Try to get up and walk
whenever possible and lower your standards for exercise. Yoga and Tai Qi are
incredibly beneficial for anxiety, but you need to find something
that you enjoy
to increase your odds of sticking with it.
Increase Your Magnesium
Many people are deficient in magnesium since
our food is produced in magnesium-deficient soil. You can supplement your magnesium in a few different ways. You can take a daily magnesium supplement, try a topical magnesium gel, or enjoy a nice relaxing Epsom salt bath.
Anxiety can have a significant impact on your quality of life.
Finding natural alternatives to prescription medication can
go a long way toward reducing your symptoms of anxiety. By
making simple changes to your lifestyle, you can stop anxiety and finally get your life back.
Health advice is great. What I have read and seen is that in recent time there is a rise in anxiety disorder among people. I didn’t know about some of the facts that you have shared in this post. Its really informative. Nice Thank you again. I did not know that sugar has an impact on our mental health as well. Now that I know that fact I will keep a check on it in spite of me having a sweet tooth. You know this helping me a lot- because I am really a coffee lover. I use to take 3 to 4 cups almost daily. Is it bad? But now I have brought it to 2 and plan on 1- 0 daily.
ReplyDeleteSleep and exercise are good for health- I do try to do some. I plan to follow a strict schedule . And yes thanks for the Magnesium. This is really good , I will share this with my friends. Thanks again.