Diet Regimen for Stress related Patients:
Foods that increase the ability to handle stress is soaked walnuts, soaked almonds and sweet, juicy fruits. These are medhya, or enlivening to the connection between dhi, dhriti and smriti. Milk also is medhya, as is Ghee.
These foods supply the brain with intelligent, easily digestible protein and glucose. To nourish the brain, it's important to combine the best quality glucose and protein together in a balanced way. For example, soak nuts and seeds overnight and then blend them in a drink with dates and raisins. This provides a balance between glucose and protein.
1. Panir (a fresh cheese made from milk), lentils, and other split beans and pulses are also excellent sources of protein for the brain, but because they are naturally a bit heavier, they should be cooked with spices to make them easily digestible.
2. Always use olive oil or Ghee for cooking, and sauté spices such as turmeric, black pepper and cumin. These common spices are excellent aids for nourishing the brain and fortifying it against stress.
3. Turmeric has been found to help prevent Alzheimer's and other degenerative brain diseases.
4. Black pepper enhances the ability to absorb more nutrients from food, thus helping to supply the brain with nutrition and oxygen. Black pepper also has the property of increasing Medhya agni, the agni or digestive process existing in the gap between dhi, dhriti and smriti, which enhances the transformation of thought.
5. Cumin opens the channels of the brain, thus improving coordination.
6. Ginger also helps the brain absorb more nutrients by burning ama, or toxins, from the digestive tract.
Eating intelligent foods is extremely important for feeding the brain. If you eat something less intelligent, such as dead, old, packaged, canned or frozen foods, the brain cells are not going to be able to use the food, creating leftovers, or waste-products such as ama. If the situation continues for some time, the more reactive toxin called amavisha can form, which can lead to Alzheimer's and other problems related to the brain.
Ama and amavisha also block the channels of communication and flow of intelligence between dhi, dhriti and smriti; between the heart and the mind; and between the brain and hormones throughout the body. If ama is blocking this natural communication, what happens is that people feel fatigued without even working hard. This starts a chain reaction, where brain fatigue causes a worker to make mistakes and wrong decisions on the job, which in turn invites more stress and fatigue.
The tendency when this kind of syndrome sets in is to blame others, when in fact, the problem is malnourishment of the brain due to eating foods that are not intelligent and create ama.
Some Do’s and Don’ts
1. Never take important decisions while under stress.
2. Learning to create or be part of interactive groups/communities helps in weaning away an individual from stress and its effects. Sharing of personal views, experiences, even getting consultation and involving in meaningful activities play an important role in lessening or managing stress.
3. Planning ahead is the secret of sound financial management without which one can invite a lot of stress. Allocate your income across the categories you need to fund each month. These might include mortgage, clothing, food, holiday, medical, children’s education, traveling expenses and so on. Assign a part of your income to each of these categories, regularly.
4. You spend a lot of your life on the road. Do whatever it takes to make the journey a pleasant one.
The following attitudes may help make your life on-road safe and enjoyable:
a. Give other motorists the benefit of doubt. The slow driver in front of you could be sick or aged.
b. Travel with someone whose company you enjoy.
c. Listen to a humorous tape or radio station.
d. Listen to music that you really enjoy.
e. Try to figure out what the crazy drivers you encounter are going to do with the extra few minutes that they gain on the journey.