Anxiety
Anxiety is a nervous system disorder, where your body gets locked into a state of fear. This is called “fight or flight”. Your mind perceives that there is some kind of threat or danger, so your body starts releasing more cortisol and adrenaline. These raise your blood pressure, make your heart beat faster, rush blood to your muscles, and cause breathing changes so that you can either escape a situation or attack the threat as a survival instinct. Unfortunately, your mind can’t tell the difference between a real threat, or an imaginary threat. So if you’re feeling lots of worry, doubt, and fear in your life, Such as financial concerns, Worrying about different people that stress you out, Or are listening/reading too much bad news on the internet or the TV, Over time you become emotionally involved with these fears, And your body and mind perceive a constant danger, so it locks you into this “fight or flight state”.
Sleeping problems
Finding it hard to switch your thoughts of or get into a proper sleep cycle. Constant Problem Solving – your mind is constantly trying to analyze and fix problems, causing a stream of mental chatter Memory Problems – The high level of stress can also cause you to find it hard to access memories, you may draw a blank and forget things more often, especially when you aren’t sleeping right. Lump in the throat – Some people also experience a tightness in their throat, causing a lump sensation and the voice sometimes sounds higher and softer the more anxious you become.
Nausea may develop Negative Mindset –
People with chronic anxiety will find that they fall back into a negative mindset, where they see the bad in the world but not the good. You can fall in and out of this if you have chronic anxiety.
Avoidance
You may also start avoiding normal life situations such as social events, because you don’t feel you can handle the emotions and feelings of it. If you suffer from anxiety for many years, it can raise the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems. because of your adrenal glands start wearing out, causing hormonal imbalances in both women and men.
In this article, I’m going to share with you the top 6 Vitamins that help to turn off anxiety, by calming down the stress response in your body. You’ll also learn about simple lifestyle changes you can make to fix the root of the problem.
I use the word “Vitamins” broadly to include phytonutrients, minerals and herbs that you can use to ease your anxiety permanently. Just a quick reminder this article is for educational purposes only, so do speak to your doctor before replacing or supplementing alongside your existing medication.
3 best Vitamin to kill Anxiety
1. Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
The first item on my list is Vitamin B1 Most people with anxiety suffer from Thiamine deficiency (Vitamin B1). Parts of your brain like the amygdala and the hippocampus use up your B1 stores to make energy whenever you are stressed, emotional, or threatened. Eating lots of sugar, refined foods, or drinking caffeinated drinks can also deplete your Vitamin B1. Start taking 2-3 tablespoons of unfortified nutritional yeast daily to load up on Vitamin B1 and the B-complex. You can eat this in yogurt, soups, and stews, or sprinkle it over a salad. Within minutes of eating this, you will start to feel calmer and more relaxed, because B vitamins are water soluble and absorbed very quickly. The B vitamins help to calm and bring the autonomic nervous system into balance, which turns off the “fight/flight” response that’s causing your anxiety. You’ll notice that you’re less nervous, less irritable, have less nightmares, and less panic attacks. You can get more B1 by eating sunflower seeds, organic pork, pasture-raised eggs, and wild fish.
2. Probiotics
Inside your large intestine in your gut, there are lots of live-friendly microbes. These help you to break down and digest foods and maintain a healthy overall body. These microbes actually produce B Vitamins, like Vitamin B1, B2, B12 etc… that all help to keep your mood stable and prevent prolonged states of anxiety. Unfortunately these microbes are very sensitive and can easily be destroyed when we take antibiotic drugs/medications, Consume artificial sweeteners such as aspartame. (e.g. diet soda drinks) Or by eating non-organic produce that are sprayed with chemical weed killers and insecticides. Or you may not be eating enough soluble fiber, causing the microbes to become sluggish. To boost the health of your friendly bacteria and microbiome, start eating fermented vegetables as a side dish at least 3 times per week, Such as sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and also kefir which are all loaded with probiotic bacteria. And also foods rich in soluble fiber (prebiotic) like chia seeds, avocados, asparagus, cocoa powder, and pecans. If you wish you can also take a probiotic supplement (at least 100 billion CFUS daily) As you boost the health of your microbes, they will reward you by producing neurotransmitters used by your our brain that calm you down and make you feel happy, like GABA, dopamine and serotonin.
3. Vitamin D
People who have anxiety, struggle to sleep soundly at night, or have problems with overthinking usually have high levels of cortisol. This hormone is part of the fight or flight mechanism, and it keeps the body in an alert, responsive state when it perceives a threat. However, if you’re trying to calm down and relax, it’s important to find ways to switch this off. Going outside into nature and getting sunlight on your skin, triggers the production of Vitamin D, which counters the high cortisol and makes you feel more relaxed. Unfortunately, billions of people worldwide are deficient in Vitamin D, because of living/working indoors and other factors, which can make anxiety symptoms much worse. So it’s recommended to take 10,000iu of Vitamin D3 along with 100mcg of K2 on a daily basis. This will help to counter the stress hormone (cortisol) and put your body into a state of focus, calmness, and balance. (homeostasis)
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