Eat your greens! Eating foods that are green can help you manage stress because they are a great source of micronutrients. Green foods contain micronutrients ranging from magnesium that can help your muscles relax to B-vitamins like folate that helps with energy metabolism. Another reason to eat greens is that they contain polyphenols (what makes olive oil bitter and green) that helps manage inflammation. These polyphenols might even be why olive oil has been shown to more cardioprotective than other fats (I will go into this more in a later post). I hope these are enough reasons to help you eat more greens and olive oil!
Can we all agree that dark chocolate is amazing?! I want to talk about dark chocolate for stress management because it is a great source for polyphenols, which can induce nitric oxide that helps relax blood vessels and is cardio protective. So the next time you eat chocolate, make sure that it is dark chocolate. Lastly, if you are sensitive to caffeine, don't have it at night or a lot of it. I plan to write more about dark chocolate on my blog, so click on my bio link for more information.
