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Right Vitamins means less Stress
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Mental attitude and habits of thought have a powerful effect on vitamin requirements!
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Right nutrients can prevent stress and to prevent nutrient deficiencies
controlling stress is very important.
Thinking Positive and keeping good emotions are like feeding good nutrition
to the mind. Without a positive thinking, even the simple stresses of daily
life can eventually lead to disease. One of the most serious stress related disease
results from chronic tension in the body.
Tension affects most of the organs, restricting circulation
of blood and preventing proper nutrient assimilation by the cells, further
resulting in breakdown and early aging. Stress contributes to many common diseases including
ulcers, hypertension, arthritis and heart disease.
Some people may feel frightened or angry or
anxious to face public or they may even go unnoticed by the people. This may be
due to vitamin deficiencies. Some seem to remain healthy with few supplemental vitamins and minerals. Mental attitude and habits of thought have a powerful effect on
vitamin requirements. So right Vitamins means less Stress.
Some chronically anxious persons tends to interpret events around him as disturbing.
As a result more
frequent occurrences of those metabolic events that accompany his tense and anxious behavior, use up more of certain
nutrients which are involved in his characteristic responses. Some combination of
vitamins B or vitamin C may be required in most unusual quantities. Unless
these critical nutrients are quickly replaced, coping mechanisms further break down and emotional problems worsen.
When
you're under stress, hormones are released and they in turn increase the speed of many functions and systems of the
body. With faster rate, a large amount of nutrients are pushed into the bloodstream and excreted.
The body loses nutrients all the time, but when you're pressured you lose more.
Vitamin B are among the most important in preventing long-term damage. The B vitamins came to be known as antistress
nutrients, as they are often the first deficiencies to develop during periods of
stress. Water-soluble nutrients such as the B vitamins, vitamin C, and all of the minerals are generally excreted at a faster rate
during periods of stress. Because they are not stored to any great extent, deficiencies can develop rather
quickly.
For human energy metabolism Thiamine (B1) and
riboflavin (B2) play an important role. Thiamine converts carbohydrates to
glucose which provides energy to the nerve cells. Glucose is an important
source of energy for nervous system. So we should have adequate Thiamine
(B1) in our diet. Deficiency of thiamine leads to hypersensitiveness of
nerves and causes irritability and stress in human body.
People who are given only half of the minimum daily requirement of thiamine
became very depressed, irritable, fearful, in cooperative and
quarrelsome. So the physical and mental sense of well-being are
maintained when adequate amounts of thiamine are provided daily. But the amount needed varies according to the individual needs of the
body. There is no guidance by the Food and nutrition for the dosage of vitamin
B1. You may have to supplement vitamin B1 depending on your stress
level. So right Vitamins means less Stress
Energy from carbohydrates, proteins and fats
are released by Vitamin B2, or Riboflavin. Riboflavin helps in
producing antistress hormones in particular hormones produced by the
adrenal glands. Adrenal glands control the body's sodium/potassium levels
which in turn controls muscles. So proper amounts of adrenal hormones are
required for nervous system.
If you're a vegetarian, it's important to pay extra attention to obtaining adequate amounts of riboflavin, especially if you
do not drink milk or eat dairy products, one of the vitamin's richest sources. An excellent source is soybean milk, which can
provide extra calcium and riboflavin. All soy products are also excellent sources of
riboflavin.
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