ANXIETY can make you feel as if youre walking a tightrope every day.
Symptoms
such as hot flushes and chronic worrying are red alerts that your body
and brain are stuck in fight or flight mode.But how did you get there?
We often blame our jobs or family life, but what’s on our plate can also
turn up the tension.
To reclaim that inner calm, cut your intake of these anxiety-boosting foods.
CAFFEINE
If
you live from one hit to the next, those long blacks, cups of tea or
slugs of energy drink could be taking their toll on your temperament.
“Side effects of caffeine intake can include shakiness, heart
palpitations, difficulty sleeping and anxiety,” Jared Brown, a poisons
specialist from the NSW Poisons Information Centre, says. If you tend
towards caffeine sensitivity (which you may have without knowing it),
even one cup of coffee or tea can put you on edge.
Try this instead:
- Drink more water, and decaffeinated tea and coffee, and ask the barista for only a single shot in your long black.
- Avoid energy drinks. Some have the equivalent of five cups of coffee in one can.