Reducing stress, removing feelings of overwhelm and improving all-day energy levels could be as simple as adding a few different foods to your current diet. Importantly, it doesn’t need to be hard or time-consuming. Here are 5 superfood tips that are delicious and easy to implement.
- The brain needs protein to function properly. Without it, drops in blood sugar levels can mimic panic attacks – unpleasant at any time and not what you want to experience at work. Protein also helps to ease stress. Foods such as chicken, eggs, fish, almonds and oats are all good sources of protein.
- To work efficiently, the brain also needs mono-unsaturated fats. These healthy fats are found in foods such as olive oil, avocado and nuts. Saturated fats (found in dairy products and meat), as well as hydrogenated oils (like those found in margarine), can impair thinking.
- Including fibre-rich foods in your daily diet can improve gut health which will ease feelings of stress and overwhelm. Fibre-rich foods include whole-grains, fruits and vegetables.
- Magnesium is nature’s tranquilliser so to reduce anxiety, stress and feelings of overwhelm, include foods like soy milk, avocado, potato with the skin on, brown rice, beans and lentils.
- If you’re a person who just can’t “do” breakfast, pop some fruit into your briefcase and/or store a packet of wholesome cereal and a bowl in your desk drawer. Then when you’re ready for breakfast, you have a delicious, nourishing and easy to prepare a meal to enjoy. This will help steady your blood sugar levels and assist in stabilising your mood and stress levels.
Common Sense HR
Sometimes, it’s simple things that can make the biggest difference, like small changes to your diet and workplace behaviours. Our role is to help business owners with all their personnel challenges and recruitment needs. We’re always happy to help so give the End2End team a call on (02) 8977 4002.