Stress and anxiety can become a huge contribution to heart disease, immune system breakdown, sleep interruption, anxiety depression and even cancer. Health expert, Bryce Wylde has ways to better your health and manage your stress and anxiety.
How do we manage anxiety better?
- GABA is one of the central nervous system’s most important neurotransmitters responsible for calming down activity in the brain.
- It can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, reduce blood pressure, and provides an overall sense of calmness.
- GABA is not found in fresh food but it can be found in fermented foods. These foods can stimulate your body to produce more GABA.
Add one fermented food of choice to every meal:
- Kefir
- Miso
- Sauerkraut
- Tempeh
- Yogurt
- Pickles
- Natto
- Kimchi
- Raw milk cheese
- Kombucha
- Pu Erh tea
- GABA capsules
Kimchi
- Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish. As fermented cabbage that tastes both spicy and sour. Kimchi has been fermented with lactobacillus which contains GABA and also promotes general gut health.
Natto
- Natto is a popular dish in Japan consisting of fermented soybeans. Natto contains the extremely powerful probiotic bacillus subtilis, which has been proven to support the immune system and cardiovascular health. It also enhances the digestion of vitamin K2. In addition to these Natto benefits, it contains a powerful anti-inflammatory enzyme called nattokinase that has been proven to fight cancer and prevent blood clotting.
Raw milk cheeses
- Raw milk cheese are made with milk that hasn’t been pasteurized. Goat milk, sheep milk and other soft cheeses are particularly high in probiotics, including thermophillus, bifudus, bulgaricus and acidophilus.
