What is the right food and diet if you have high anxiety levels?

thing to avoid is nicotine (This was one of the hardest for me because I was a smoker for three years before I decided to quit) Nicotine is also a stimulant as strong as caffeine, it promotes psychological arousal and makes your heart work harder. Although many smokers claim that they smoke to "calm their nerves" usually in the long run it causes you more anxiety. So if you smoke this if one big reason to quit.

Reducing the amount of refined sugar you eat may also help to control anxiety. The sugar found in refined foods such as white bread, ready made biscuits and cakes and processed food will create mood swings - when you have eaten these types of food you will initially feel great, then as the effect wears off you start to come down from the 'high'. These mood swings can trigger anxious feelings and the physical side effects such as shaky hands or palpitations can also trigger anxiety. By changing your diet so that you eat less processed food and more fruit, vegetables, wholegrains, fish etc, you will be giving your body a head start in controlling anxiety and its symptoms.

food that can be added in the diet.

It is really easy to become mildly dehydrated and this will affect your body. This is one I always struggle with and when I make an effort to drink more water, I always feel less anxious... Mild dehydration can result in symptoms like dizziness, clammy hands and headaches - again, this will either worsen existing anxiety symptoms or make you think you're anxious when you're not! If you don't enjoy drinking large amounts of water, try adding a slice of lemon or lime as flavour. A cup of hot water mixed with fresh lemon juice is a great start to the day and lemon has digestive and antiseptic qualities.

Some people also find that their anxiety starts or becomes worse just before mealtimes. It is thought that low blood sugar just before mealtimes may cause this. You can help prevent this by eating small but frequent meals which will help to stabilize your blood sugar levels - big gaps between meals destabilizes your blood sugar. Rather than eating three main meals a day, try eating five or six small meals throughout the day and see if this improves your anxiety symptoms.

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What causes your anxiety? For example: Lets say you have anxiety about going to parties. In order to overcome this you must go to parties. If someone invites you, go. You'll realize once you get there your anxiety that starts out at a 10 (super high) will slowly go down to a 1 or a 2 (barely any anxiety at all). The more parties you force yourself to go to the less, and less anxiety you will have. At the end of the day the smartest thing to do is see a therapist. They have special programs that will really help get rid of your anxiety, and they will be there through the whole thing. And you wont need to take any medications.

I don't understand really what you mean by high anxiety levels, but there are certain things you can do to raise your serotonin levels; serotonin is the hormone that makes you feel better.

Some foods are called comfort foods, because they temporary make you feel better, like sweets, but that's just temporary.

What's actually better is exercise and sun exposure, the easiest thing would be to just to take a short walk outside when you feel anxious.

Vitamin B in supplement or natural form is said to work wonders on the nervous system and help give you feeling of well being. Sounds like this could be what you need.