Anxiety
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Yoga / Meditation Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: Apricots, bananas
- Vegetables: arugula, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, collard greens, fennel, kale, onions, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
- Garlic
- Almond milk, honey, kelp, nuts (especially almonds), tofu, whole grains (especially oats)
- Bee pollen (as local as possible)
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Caffeine, alcohol and refined sugar & flour.
- Processed foods with artificial additives/preservatives.
- Beef & pork
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Basil, bergamot, cardamom, cedarwood, clary sage, cypress, frankincense, geranium, German chamomile, grapefruit, hyssop, jasmine, juniper, lavender, lemon, lemon balm/melissa, lime, marjoram, palmarosa, patchouli, peppermint, pine, rose, sandalwood, tangerine, vetiver, ylang ylang
- Suggestions:
- Add a few drops of German chamomile, lavender or lemon balm/melissa to bath water.
- Massage back of neck and temples with lavender.
- Apply lavender, tangerine and/or vetiver to temples, wrists, bottom of feet (or diffuse).
- Apply peppermint, tangerine and/or Basil to abdomen, kidneys, bottom of feet (or diffuse).
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Alfalfa, basil, borage, dandelion leaf, evening primrose, garlic, German chamomile, hops, lavender, lemon balm, linden, marjoram, nutmeg, passion flower, St. John's wort, scullcap, wood betony
- Herbal tea (if you can sit, sip and relax for a bit!): chamomile, lemon balm, skullcap, valerian and/or vervain.
- Pour 1 cup boiling water over handful of fresh lemon balm leaves. Steep for 5-7 minutes, strain and drink.
- Add 1 pint of a chamomile, lavender and/or lemon balm infusion to bath water.
- Add 1 teaspoon celery seed in cup of boiling water. Drink as hot as possible (seeds and all)!
- Aerobic exercise daily.
Yoga / Meditation Therapy:
- Yoga For Anxiety and Stress (27 minutes - Yoga With Adriene)
- Yoga for Anxiety (16 minutes - Yoga With Adriene)
- Relax & Restore Yoga (10 minutes - Sadie Nardini- BeFit Yoga)
- Meditation for Anxiety (14 minutes - Yoga With Adriene)
- Instant Stress & Anxiety Releasing Yoga Meditation (4 minutes - sadienardini)
- Forward bends are especially helpful
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Kava: 250 mg 2-3 times a day (should have at least 30% kavalactones).
- Calcium/ Magnesium: 600 mg of each daily (take with food).
- Coenzyme Q10: 100 mg daily.
- Vitamin B Complex: 1 pill, plus extra 100 mg thiamin, each morning with food (look for a B-50 complex with 50 mcg vit B12 and biotin; 400 mcg folic acid; and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- Vitamin C: 3,000 - 10,000 mg daily (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
- Valerian: 250-400 mg twice daily (should have 0.8% valerenic acid, may cause drowsiness).
- St. John's Wort: 300 mg 3 times daily (should have at least 0.3% hypericin).
- Gelsemium 30c: no more than 3 doses per day.
- Argentum Nitricum 6c: no more than 3 doses per day.
- Ignatia Amara 6c: no more than 4 doses per day (specifically good for grief).
Mind-Body Connection:
- Can represent a strong distrust of the natural process of life.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- BananaSauce Smoothie (V, GF)
- Basic Fruit Smoothie (V, GF)
- Kiwi-Pineapple Smoothie (GF)
- Mango-Banana Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Matcha Smoothie (GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Peach-Banana Smoothie (GF)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Superfruit Smoothie (V, GF)
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Japanese Onion Soup (V, GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Mujaddara (V, GF)
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Soy Chicken (GF)
Sides & Salads: