Combat Your Stress Hormones

This article was syndicated from: Laurel on Health Food

Combat Your Stress Hormones

Self Magazine reports that increasing your consumption of potassium and reducing your sodium intake could help reduce your stress levels. Research published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that increasing potassium and cutting sodium helps lower levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in your body. (Self Magazine, Feb. 2009, p. 94)

Remember to always check food labels when you’re trying to cut back on sodium. Or, just eat more whole foods (away from the box and food labels) and be stingy with how much salt you add to them. To boost your potassium, try eating more leafy greens, broccoli, tomatoes, raw celery, bananas, etc.

The connection between food and your mood is clear, but this truth is largely unknown by most of the American public. If you’ve got an extra minute, check out this interesting post from Mark’s Daily Apple on “The Mood Diet.”