5 Health and Wellness Tips for Reducing Stress Naturally

Daily life is filled with more than enough reasons for stress and anxiety.

There’s work, family, personal projects (whenever you get around to them…), errands, various responsibilities, unexpected issues, special events, and…it all just gets to be a bit overwhelming. Add the state of the world on top of that, and you can end up with a pretty unhealthy amount of stress.

According to the American Psychological Association (APA), fifty-nine percent of U.S. adults say that the current divide within the country causes them stress.

“We’re seeing significant stress transcending party lines,” reports APA CEP Arthur C. Evans Jr., Ph.D.


“The uncertainty and unpredictability tied to the future of our nation is affecting the health and well-being of many Americans in a way that feels unique to this period in recent history.”

With all this on your plate, what are you supposed to do? The truth is, it’s rarely, if ever, as bad as it seems. We’re adept at blowing things out of proportion and overwhelming ourselves in the process. Still, you need to be taking steps to combat this wave of stress if you want to lead a happy and healthy life.

Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to reduce stress and find greater balance in your daily life.

From meditation to medication, there are a lot of stress-reduction coping mechanisms out there. But did you know there’s actually a lot you can do to fight stress through health and wellness? Stress has a lot to do with what we put in, and do with, our physical body as much as it does with any external factor.

Whether you’re skeptical of traditional stress-relief methods or you want a more well-rounded approach to dealing with stress and its symptoms, here are five natural health tips for doing just that:

1. Consume more antioxidants and nutrients

When stress hormones are triggered, the body balances this out by increasing adrenal production.

Why does this matter? When we enter this state, our body consumes nutrients at a much higher rate, which can lead to a deficiency that results in all kinds of problems — from exhaustion to illness — that can end up increasing our stress indirectly.

To combat this, make sure you’re maintaining a healthy, nutrient-rich diet with antioxidants. Green tea is great for this because it’s high in antioxidants along with also having L-theanine, a stress-reducer in itself.

2. Weed out toxins 
 
When the body experiences high levels of stress, it inhibits organs such as the kidneys and liver from functioning correctly. Why does this matter? Because when that happens, it becomes harder to remove toxins from the body, which can result in a kind of toxic build up that causes all kinds of issues.

However, the good news is you can get proactive and start removing these toxins from your regular cycle of consumption to reduce the likelihood of this happening. It’s important to note, however, that our food supply can have its own potentially harmful toxins, so you need to be diligent if you want to remove them, and seek to eat as much organic food as possible.

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