Beat Stress with Stress-Fighting Healthy Comfort Foods

We as Americans have been experiencing high levels of stress. With the Bad Economy, Foreclosures, Unemployment, Layoffs, Rising Healthcare Costs we are all experiencing stress!


Stress is defined as: Your body's way of dealing with a perceived threat, by raising blood pressure, speeding up breathing and heart rat, making the liver turn blood sugar into energy, and diverting blood from internal organs toward muscles.

Stress is a major cause of fatigue, a lower immunity, and as stated before a raise of blood pressure, making it a risk factor for many problems, including infections, constipation, sexual dysfunction, depression, and heart disease.

Even though times are rough we should not resort to eating unhealthy junk food to sooth that uncomfortable feeling.

The following foods can soothe those jangled nerves by evoking feelings of comfort and security:

• Soup
• Whole-Grain Toast
• Yogurt
• Herbal Teas: ginseng, chamomile
• Apples, Oranges, Strawberries
• Eggs
• Fresh vegetables: asparagus, brussels sprouts, broccoli
• Lean Meats
• Low- or Nonfat dairy products
• Whole-grain breads

With the rising cost of health care this "Creative Chic Gal" will be striving to eat healthier !

Check back for some creative, healthy recipes!