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STRESS

Kim Blair

Stress is not necessarily something bad
– it all depends on how we take it -

Stress can create positive feelings, help compel us to action, and add excitement to life.

However, stress can also create negative feelings, make us worry, or cause us to go into a state of depression.

OUR BODY sees stress as ‘changes in our lives’, and it does not matter if they are good or bad, happy or sad.

Physical changes and allergic reactions cause stress to our bodies.

'Imaginary Changes' causes stress because we are worrying as if it is true.

Note: It is believed that 90% of the things we worry about never happen!

CAUSES OF STRESS:
Change in daily routine
Staying in overdrive
Emotions
Extreme climates
Smoking
Hormone problems
Illness
Allergic Reactions

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
Lack of sleep (difficulty falling asleep, or sleeping through the night, dreams), lack of energy, aches and pains, overwhelmed with life, cry easily--your feeling depressed; all of this can be brought on from stress.

AFFECTS FROM STRESS YOU MAY NOTICE:
Decreased appetite
Weight loss
Neck pain
Fatigue
Aches and Pains
Headaches
Crying spells
Depression
Sleeping problems
Heart palpitations
Chest pains
Panic attacks
Heartburn
Anxiety
Loss of consciousness for a few minutes
Becoming short tempered
Getting bored
Fearful thinking
Angry thinking
Cramps and Diarrhea
Colitis
Irritable bowel
Itchy skin rashes

AFFECTS FROM STRESS YOU MAY NOT NOTICE:
Lowered immune system
Damaged organs
Disease
Minerals depleted from teeth, hair, organs, and bones
Swollen adrenal glands
Rise in blood pressure
Shrunk lymph glands
Shrunk thymus gland

RESULTS FROM LONG TERM STRESS:
Total exhaustion
Cancers
Strokes
Nervous breakdown
Heart attacks
Liver damage
Kidney damage
Worn down adrenal system
Nutritional deficiencies

FOODS FOR STRESS:
Eat vegetables fruits and whole grain type snacks every couple of hours.
Eat seafood, fish, eggs, sprouts, and soy foods.
Carrot juice or beta-carotene

STRESS DEPLETES OUR NUTRIENTS:

Stress speeds up our metabolic rate so our nutrients are burned up faster.

Increase your vitamin C during stressful times.

While under stress your body needs an extra boost of vitamins. Consider a multi-vitamin that includes: calcium, potassium, and magnesium. A multi-vitamin is best because Magnesium must be balanced with calcium and potassium.

Magnesium is needed for the heart.
Magnesium rich foods include:
Dark green leafy vegetables
Dry beans
Dry peas
Soybeans
Nuts
Whole grains

Highly recommended: Increasing our B Vitamins along with extra Vitamin B6.
Note: It is essential when taking any B vitamin supplement that you include the entire B-complex of vitamins. You could become deficient in other B vitamins if you only take one, because they need each other and work together.

Studies have found those suffering from depression have commonly been found to be Vitamin B deficient.

VITAMIN B
(Dark green leafy vegetables)
Collards
Greens (mustard)
Greens (turnip)
Kale
Lamb's Quarters
Sorrel
Spinach

Eggs
Whole Grains

Get all of your B vitamins by eating:
Black-eyed peas,
Pinto beans
Black beans
Lima beans
Lentils barley
Corn
Millet
Bran
Blackstrap Molasses.

High amounts of B-6
Brewers yeast
Royal jelly
Alfalfa

Soybeans
Brown rice
Whole wheat
Rye
Oats
Lentils
Peas
Beans

Sunflower seeds
Hazelnuts
Walnut
Cashews
Peanuts

Salmon
Tuna
Halibut

Liver
Turkey
Chicken
Beef
Lamb

Banana
Avocados

DAILY STRESS FORMULA MIX:
Toasted wheat germ
Sunflower seeds
Brewer’s yeast
Flax oil
Molasses
2 Tablespoons with food

TRYPTOPHAN FOODS FOR SLEEP:
(Ask your dr. if you can have these if you are on anti-depression drugs)
Chicken Breast
Turkey Breast
Beef Tenderloin
Lamb
Yellow fin Tuna
Halibut
Chinook Salmon
Shrimp
Snapper
Cooked Soybean

STRESS REDUCING NUTRIENTS:
Borage Oil can stabilize an increased heart rate or blood pressure during stress; it also allows us to think better during stress.

Magnesium shown to reduce response to stress

DON'T:
Have caffeine, sugar, alcohol and saturated fats
Don’t eat on the run

DO:
Walk or aerobic exercise at least 30 min a day
Laugh daily
Listen to soft music

REMEMBER:

Faith in God is shown to reduce stress; He will not allow more to happen to us than we can handle.

Keep walking through the trial; all problems have a beginning and an end.

Have courage to be true to your own values.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control how you deal with it and where you end up emotionally and spiritually in the end.

MANAGE STRESS
1. Recognize your stress when it happens
2. Change or shorten stress as needed
3. Put the situation in perspective.
4. Know what helps you relax
5. Take breaks
6. Make realistic goals

REDUCING YOUR STRESS LOAD
1. Keep a regular bedtime.
2. Make a to-do list then cut it in half
3. Say no to others that ask for your time
4. Don’t change living environment for a while
5. Only work 40 hours per week
6. Eat healthy
7. Reduce your pick-me-ups
8. Find allergies
9. Exercise
10. Enjoy a hobby

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Disclaimer:
I am not a doctor, and I do not attempt to give medical advice, diagnose medical conditions or to keep you from consulting a licensed health professional in any way.
All I can do is share with you what others have wrote on the subject, with the hopes that it will assist you in finding your own path to health and wellness for your family.