There are certain foods that will help you rev up your engine, leaving you feel more energized! Many anxiety sufferers feel exhausted and stressed out so it’s important to not only eat healthy and pick super foods that really help but to learn how to cure the anxiety or panic attacks, Panic Away can help.

You remember that feeling after eating a greasy hamburger, fries and soft drink at your favorite fast food restaurant. I know I end up feeling sluggish and a heavy feeling in my stomach. It’s far better to pick a meal that contains complex carbohydrates, protein, and fats to leave you feeling more satisfied.

Don’t rely on caffeine or energy drinks to give you energy. These are short-term and can be loaded with sugar. The key to increased energy is by adopting healthier foods into your diet. Choose complex carbohydrates, they release energy slowly into the bloodstream and help to keep your blood sugar evenly balanced. Limit fats and choose iron rich foods. Reduce your amount of simple carbohydrates like candy bars, potato chips and soft drinks. A healthier snack instead of something sugary is crackers, cheese and fruit or yogurt.

And don’t skip breakfast. When you awake your body has gone without eating for 10 hours maybe more, it’s important to refill and give your body energy so it’s not running on empty. Without eating breakfast your metabolism takes a beating, starts to slow down and converses calories because it’s not sure when you’re going to feed it next.

Top Natural Foods to Eat for Energy

1. ­Oatmeal – Best sources of soluble fiber.
2. Fruits – especially bananas, cantaloupe, grapes and blueberries. Tons of antioxidants with cancer fighting properties.
3. Dried Fruit – These high-energy, low-fat snacks are easy to pack.
4. Orange Juice – an energy food that contains a valuable source of Vitamin C.
5. Green vegetables – The entire complex of B vitamins as well as magnesium and iron. The leaders, broccoli, asparagus and spinach.
6. Whole Grains – High in fiber: whole grain pasta, brown rice, millet, rye and barley.
7. Chicken – great source of protein.
8. Salmon – source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, and can help decrease your risk of heart disease and cancer.
9. Beans - powerful vegetable packed with protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals including black beans and lentils.
10. Green Tea – Green tea is another great source of powerful antioxidants.
11. Nuts - They are a healthy fat and a rich source of protein, especially almonds and sunflower seeds.
12. Yogurt – Excellent source of protein.
13. Sweet Potatoes – They help balance hormones and blood sugar levels.

Boost your energy with these great tasting foods! Not only will it help you feel refreshed and reenergized but it will help in the reduction of anxiety attacks. You can do it!

Anxiety sufferers are usually deficient in vitamins and minerals such as the B-complex vitamins and magnesium.

B-Complex: Help the nervous system to function properly and help to bring energy to people who are constantly stressed.

Magnesium: Helps muscles to relax and maintenance of the heart muscle.

Instead of reaching for your favourite not so healthy foods to comfort you temporarily, reach for a healthy meal or snack, it can even out your mood or emotions and help to reduce stress and give you more energy.

Try to eliminate white sugar or refined products such as white rice, white bread, white sugar, and white pasta, these foods will give you a temporary high but then send you for a crashing low, causing mood swings and leaving you feel tired and lethargic.

Limit your caffeinated drinks or beverages. Consume in moderation, considered as a mild stimulant it affects the nervous system by increasing your heart rate. Also a diuretic, it can increase water loss through urination. Healthier alternatives would be water, herbal tea, milk or natural fruit juice.

Eat foods that give you a boost!

What do I eat?

1. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can boost the body’s stores of vitamins and minerals that are depleted by continual stress.
2. Incorporate beans to your diet. Whether lentils, soybeans, navy or pinto they contain optimal amounts of magnesium that aids in muscle relaxation.
3. Munch on some celery. Celery contains active compounds called phthalides, which can help relax the muscles around arteries and allow those vessels to dilate. With more space inside the arteries, this can reduce blood pressure.
4. Foods high in fiber, such as brown rice, brown bread, whole wheat pasta and low in salt.
5. Skip the trans-fats. These are all bad for your heart so if it says “hydrogenated“ or “modified“ stay away.
6. Eat yogurt. Yogurt contains B-12 which can help in producing healthy nerve cells.
7. Add spinach, turkey and greens to your diet. These foods contain tryptophan which helps to regulate your appetite and can improve your sleep at night.
8. Salmon or chicken. Optimal amounts of niacin (B-3) which is needed for overall energy production.
9. Nuts or seeds. Particularly almonds and pumpkin seeds they are rich in vitamin B12 and zinc which helps to boost your mood.
10. Chocolate – Now we’re talking! this isn`t just any kind of chocolate though it needs to be dark chocolate. Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium which so many people are deficient in.  Make sure to look for the highest percentage of cocoa.

It may not happen overnight, it may be a few weeks before you really start noticing the changes. It worked for me and I was anxiety sufferer for over 10 years but by just incorporating some dietary changes my whole mind and body felt stronger and healthier!

Learn more natural techniques to stop your anxiety or panic attacks. Barry Joe McDonagh was a long time anxiety sufferer himself and his One Move Technique from Panic Away has helped thousands of people conquer their anxiety permanently.