Christmas parties, office deadlines, gifts shopping, traffic anxieties, unrelenting parties, party cooking , family demands ,etc , ... all these are stressful activities during this Christmas Season until after the New Year celebrations!
In the meantime , we need to watch out for our health due to what those various stressful activities can or may bring bring!
Tip? Watch what you eat!
Read this ...
7. When You're in Gridlock : Gridlock adds half an hour to your commute.
Stress
antidote: A Starbucks skim-milk chai latte and half a bagel with cream
cheese. The carbohydrates in the bagel provide energy, and they're
balanced by protein from the milk in the latte, which makes you feel
alert. And both items are portable.
6. When You Have a Big Presentation: The IT guy never reserved the PowerPoint projector for your departmental presentation.
Stress
antidote: Milk, hold the coffee and sugar. Stress may lower your levels
of serotonin, one of the body's critical stay-calm chemicals. But milk
contains whey protein, which Dutch researchers found can help boost
tryptophan, one of the building blocks of serotonin, by 43 percent.
5. When Eating Lunch with the Boss: Your boss asks you to lunch—for no apparent reason.
Stress
antidote: A manly salad with grilled chicken or fish. Leafy
greens—arugula, chard, spinach—are rich sources of B vitamins, which
are part of the assembly line that manufactures feel-good hormones such
as serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. In fact, according to a
study published in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, a lack of B6
can cause nervousness, irritability, and even depression.
4. When You Flub a Pitch to a Client : Your pitch to a potential client bombs. You escape to the nearest vending machine.
Stress
antidote: M&M's. And if you have a choice, pick the peanut kind.
The chocolate will trigger the release of relax-right-away endorphins,
while the nuts will replenish your protein stores to help keep you
focused.
3. When She's Mad at You : The wife is angry because you've worked late for the second week in a row. Likelihood of sex diminishes.
Stress
antidote: Grilled salmon—for two. Eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty
acids—salmon, mackerel, trout—can lower the likelihood of feelings of
hostility by almost 20 percent, according to a recent study by Kaiser
Permanente, a California-based health-care provider.
2. When the Game Goes into OT : Favorite baseball team locked in extra-inning battle with archrival.
Stress
antidote: A piece of fruit. Any kind of fruit is fine—the sugar in it
will give you the little burst of energy that your adrenaline-charged
body is craving. But go for oranges in particular, says Pam Peeke,
M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of medicine at the University of
Maryland. "Most people get manually or orally fixated when they're
stressed out—that's why some people smoke," she says. Or why they fail
to notice they emptied an entire bag of Doritos two innings ago.
Peeling an orange will keep your hands and mouth busy.
1. When You Can't Sleep : Team's win has you too keyed up to sleep.
Stress
antidote: Oatmeal and a banana. The rush from your team's last-minute
heroics may be interfering with production of the sleep-promoting
hormone melatonin. Give your body a boost by whip-ping up a bowl of
instant oatmeal and topping it with a sliced banana. Melatonin is found
in only a few foods, and these are two of them.
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