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Topic: Top 10 anti-stress foods
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Yang
Knowflake Posts: 1041
From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 02:57 PM
 
The following foods, I read in a magazine, are stressbusters. They help you to cope with stress, provide antioxidants to fend off oxidation damage and keep your neurotransmitter levels steady for an improved mood. Here they are:1) Asparagus
2) Beef
3) Milk
4) Cottage cheese
5) Oranges
6) Almonds
7) Blueberries
8) Tuna
9) Fortified cereals
10) Potatoes IP: Logged |
Yang
Knowflake Posts: 1041
From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 03:06 PM
...and substances to avoid:Caffeine
Alcohol
Sugary snacks
Cigarettes IP: Logged |
LibraSparkle
Moderator Posts: 5427
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 03:11 PM
bah! I'm screwed!Alcohol? Are these supposed to be foods to eat if you want to be stressed?... because alcohol alleviates anxiety. Granted, long term effects from alcoholism can bring about stress in your life. But, as far as stress goes, it sort of takes it away for the minute. Hence all of the alcoholism. Maybe alcohol should be replaced with marijuana on the list. Marijuana tends to give anxiety rather than inhibit it. Just a thought.  IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Moderator Posts: 1845
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 19, 2005 03:48 PM
Well.. major staples in my diet...
bright side, down side.cottage cheese
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cigarettes blueberries
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alcohol Asparagus
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caffeine fortified cereals
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sugary foods. well.. I think I'm about balanced.  IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22549
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted September 19, 2005 04:25 PM
Bananas should be number one on that list. No competition.------------------
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sue g
Knowflake Posts: 3492
From: ireland
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 04:28 PM
Yeah Randall, I agree, bananas rock !!!!xxxx IP: Logged |
Yang
Knowflake Posts: 1041
From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 05:30 PM
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pixelpixie
Moderator Posts: 1845
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 20, 2005 01:30 AM
This Sh!t is Bananas!
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like bananas.
Try typing it a bunch. banabananabanabanabanas.
You inevitably screw up.No.. I am not drunk.  IP: Logged |
LibraSparkle
Moderator Posts: 5427
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 20, 2005 01:31 AM
I  Gwen Stefani! (I Pixie too!) AND... I organic bananas IP: Logged |
Ra
Moderator Posts: 430
From:
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 20, 2005 03:37 AM
Cayce was kind of funny about bananas. He warned to be careful about them - only well ripened, i.e. at least speckled. I forget the reason. I suppose I could look it up. Compare antioxidant and stress reducing chemical levels on that list to cacao. It seems to be in a league of it's own.  IP: Logged |
SunChild
Moderator Posts: 1982
From: Oz
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted September 20, 2005 06:33 PM
I'd like to add Raw Oats to that list. Ra, if you could find what cayce said specifically that would be great, I couldn't find anything in my searches. ------------------
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-Linda Goodman IP: Logged |
Ra
Moderator Posts: 430
From:
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted September 21, 2005 04:05 AM
I've got his readings on cd-rom somewhere ... I'll look it up as soon as I get the chance.  IP: Logged |
trillian
Moderator Posts: 3629
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 21, 2005 09:25 AM
Thanks Ra, I'd be interested, too. Perhaps I'll do a little google search.
 Beef? Eating a cow would do nothing but stress me out.
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AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 2789
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted September 21, 2005 12:46 PM
I like beef, but I can't imagine it's on the stress-buster list.I love bananas too.
 I think that lately what's been playing havoc on me are salt and sugar. Both seem to be tougher for me to deal with lately. Kinda thankful for my Virgo moon about now. Putting me back into more of a health kick.
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Gemini Nymph
Knowflake Posts: 950
From:
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted September 21, 2005 09:40 PM
Beef provides certain animo acids (namely L-carnitine) that help your nerves utilize Essential Fatty Acids and other nutrients. It is also an excellent source of iron and certian B vitamins. Just don't eat too much and stick to lean cuts. I wonder how potatoes got on that list. The skin is highly nutritous, yes, but how many people eat the skin? The inner flesh/pulp is very starchy and isn't much better than white rice. You'd do better with carrots and apples (with thw skin still one them!). I love almonds and oranges...in fact, they're great togehter (mandarin oranges sprinkled with slivered roasted almonds...yum yum yum...), but cottage cheese? Gross. It's like eating curdled snot. Yuck. I'll stick with yogurt as far as spoiled dairy goes. I am a huge fan of wakame (a type of edible seaweed) - it provides various minerals, including potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron, as well of a wide variety of other trace minerals. It also has other benefical properties, as seen in the low rate of heart disease, cancer and diabetes in Asian culture like Japan that use wakame a lot. You can usually get a big bag of dried wakame at you Asian grocer for $3-4 and when rehydrated, you just add them to whatever you want - salad, soup, sandwiches (you might wisht o avoid prepared soups with wakame, though, as they tend to be very high in MSG). I think it's yummy, but I'm kind of addicted to it. IP: Logged |
belle
Knowflake Posts: 8
From: Quezon city, Philippines
Registered: Sep 2005
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posted October 09, 2005 01:35 AM
... everyone's going BANANAS!!!------------------
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BlueRoamer
Knowflake Posts: 1053
From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 10, 2005 04:35 PM
What if you put all those foods in a blender, and drank it every day, would you live forever? Or barf?IP: Logged |
SunChild
Moderator Posts: 1982
From: Oz
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted October 10, 2005 07:00 PM
 I think just the pure sight of it would be enough to make me sick... What a funny thought BR!  ------------------
"...and dreams, don't ever forget, are the first step in manifesting wishes into reality"
-Linda Goodman IP: Logged |
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