Battling Stress

Regular exercise is one great way to deal with the symptoms of stress. Combining a proper diet with that makes for a terrific, positive addition.

Nutrition studies are always difficult to interpret and any conclusions drawn should often be tentative. Later ones often appear to contradict earlier ones. But overall the research suggests what is consistent with ‘common sense’: a balanced diet, with adequate amounts of fruit and vegetables, and some proteins is an aid to reducing stress.

Supplements can be helpful if your diet doesn’t contain a large enough amount of chemicals that help reduce stress. Serotonin, for example, is a brain chemical that helps induce calm. A diet that already contains it, or that contains compounds that help the brain produce it, assists the body in combating stress.

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By Donald Saunders

Over the years there have been many studies into the benefits of good nutrition and, like many things in life, these studies often contradict one another leaving us wondering where the truth really lies. In general however there is agreement that a healthy and balanced diet does have an important role to play in reducing stress.

There is also general agreement that, where a diet is not particularly well balanced, supplements can be helpful. For example, serotonin is a chemical produced in the brain which helps to induce calm and, in the case of a poor diet, taking a supplement which helps the brain to produce serotonin can assist the body in combating stress.

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