Anti-stress diet: Food is your friend!

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Stress and irritability are most often part of everyone's life. A job gone bad, an issue in the family and suddenly we trigger violent adjustment reactions, that develop into a sense of anxiety and restlessness. Many times, we end up unloading all our tension into eating food. With Bioimis, you will be learning healthy and balanced eating habit, and can say goodbye to the bad ones!

Excessive stress? Here's how your body recognize it

What happens to our body when the stress level exceeds the limits? The body stimulates the production of certain hormones at the expense of others, causing dangerous imbalance:

  • While the level of insulin increases, the sugar is assimilated into a form of fats
  • Cortisol increases, causing swelling and increased abdominal fat
  • Reduction of leptin, the hormone that indicates the level of fullness
  • Reduction of the adiponectin, a hormone that stimulates the catabolism of fats

Emotional eating, learn to control it!

The emotional eating is the main cause of overeating, weight accumulation, and the subsequent negative effects.

The best foods to choose to satisfy the impulses of hunger are those rich in carbohydrates. Pasta and bread, for example, give a sense of gratification and relaxation due to the tryptophan action (the precursor of the good mood hormone: serotonin) but create at the same time dependence: the more we eat, the more we want them.

The right diet against stress

The foods most indicated during stress-time are:

  • Coffee: its stimulating action counteracts fatigue and eliminates the excess cortisol
  • 100% dark chocolate: helps the good mood and satisfies the sweet tooth
  • Walnuts and almonds: keep the concentration levels high, calm down anxiety, counteract stress, and muscle fatigue
  • Oats: its anti-stress and anti-hunger actions avoid insulin peaks
  • Bananas: their relaxing effect, counteracts fatigue, stress, and insomnia
  • Lentils and chickpeas: contribute to the detoxification of the body by removing stress caused toxins
  • Salmon: stimulates the production of cytokines (molecules providing a satiety feeling), strengthens memory and concentration skills
  • Yogurt: regenerates the intestinal flora and has a calming effect
  • Bitter vegetables: help lower cortisol levels

Bioimis, to combat stress and live with a smile!

Proper and balanced nutrition allows you to stay fit while, at the same time, effectively combat the irritability caused by difficult situations. With Bioimis advice, you will learn to overcome emotional eating and lose weight by controlling your level of satiety!



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