Controlling Stress

Controlling Stress

Controlling Stress:

Healthy living is not just eating the right kind of food; it is a way of life based on four principles or four lifestyle habits. The four habits are:

Friendly-tips.com has already dealt with eating smart & exercising; today we will look into some simple tips to reduce stress.

Being stress free would mean abstaining from certain stress inducers & cultivating stress bursting habits.

Let’s look at these stress inducers & de-stressors.

Stress inducers (Food):

  • Products with caffeine like tea, coffee, energy drinks etc –  Try limiting your intake of these products.
  • Refined Sugar – This is one food that has absolutely no benefit to the body. Do strictly monitor sugar intake.
  • Salt – Salt & any other product that has more salt -like junk food, cured meats & pickles can cause emotional instability if consumed in excess.

De-stressors (Food):

  • Raw food – It is recommended that 70% of the food we consume should be raw food.
  • Carbohydrate – Carbohydrate rich food like potato, brown rice & other whole grains have a calming effect on our brains.
  • Fiber rich food like oats & nuts – Fiber would help in relieving cramps & constipation that often sets in as a result of stress.

Stress inducers (Lifestyle Habits):

Procrastinating – By doing this we are constantly thinking about it rather than completing the task, this certainly can’t be good for the brain. Studies have proven that procrastinating can lead to chronic stress

Sedentary lifestyle is the biggest stress inducer – Watching too much of television & being an internet addict will cause unnecessary stress.

De-stressors (Lifestyle Habits):

“To- do list” will do wonders in controlling the stress. Click here to read “Tips on using a to-do list”

Physical activities like walking or jogging. Human body is meant to be active & perspiration is a great de-stressor. Read here on “How to stay fit in office”

Here are some more friendly –tips to reduce stress:

  • Excessive smoking & drinking are the biggest contributors to stress in today’s world. Abstain from them or at least do it in moderation.
  • The activity we do in first five minutes of the day determines how our entire day will be. Develop a habit to get up 15 minutes earlier than usual, this additional time will ensure that you do not rush into each activity & be stressed the whole day.
  • Choose friends wisely – Friends who always complain & find fault in things around us will cause unwarranted stress. Surround yourself with positive people/friends.
  • Practice breathing exercise: Proper breathing will give us more energy, improves blood circulation & also calm the nervous system.  5 minutes of focused deep breathing, where you breathe in to the count of five & then breathe out. While doing this, keep your focus on the air going in & out of the lungs. This is the best stress reliever that I can suggest.

Of course if you are serious about distressing, you may also consider the “Pranayama yog”.

Watch the video of proper pranayama yog technique demonstrated by the gorgeous Shilpa  Shetty  by clicking here.

Yeah learning Yoga & watching Shilpa – This is waht I call a de-stress combo package ! ;-)

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