Foods that Help Decrease Anxiety: Anxiety Therapy and Bariatric Evaluations in NJ

Mental health and food have an interesting relationship. This article will discuss the relationship between mental health specifically anxiety and food including foods to eat and those to avoid to help manage your anxiety.

Understand Your Relationship With Food: Bariatric Psychological Evaluations in NJ

The word on the street and in the literature says, “You are what you eat!” If that’s the case than what are we!!! Food impacts our physical, mental, and emotional health. Foods can provide the energy, vitamins, nutrients, and minerals that we need to function daily. If we don’t eat healthy, then this has a direct correlation to our health, and if we do then likewise. There is a relationship between how our brain functions, deficiencies that may occur if it lacks what our bodies need, and the symptoms that may arise. It’s also important to note that people tend to use food as an unhealthy coping strategy which can result in unhealthy eating habits and detrimental effects on your mental and physical health.

Attached you will find two worksheets titled Anti Anxiety Diet. The author of these worksheets are unknown. The information is invaluable. Remember always do your own research to fully comprehend information before implementation. The Anti Anxiety is an informational worksheet that provides food that can help with decreasing anxiety and foods that increase anxiety. Hope you find the information on these sheets helpful.

The video below (click underlined title below) explains the relationship between food and mental health and how food plays a part in our everyday functioning. For more videos related to mental health, follow our social media accounts for our weekly lives every Wednesday at 12noon on Facebook and Instagram @4thandgrovecounseling

Relationship Between Food and Mental Health Video

Foods that Help Decrease Anxiety: Anxiety Therapy Sewell, NJ

Good Anti Anxiety Foods

Anti Anxiety Diet

Specific foods that can help decrease your anxiety

Foods That Can Decrease Anxiety

Anti Anxiety Diet

Food that can decrease anxiety and food to avoid that can increase it

I hope this provides some insight on how food can affect your mental health and ways to manage your anxiety. If you’re looking for a therapist in New Jersey who can help with your relationship with food or managing your anxious mood, feel free to give me a call at 856.441.5216.  You can read more about how I can help here.  

Rosana Lamontagne, LPC

Rosana Lamontagne is a black therapist in NJ, an approved clinical supervisor, and licensed professional counselor. Ms. Lamontagne has 20 years of clinical psychotherapy experience. She specializes in trauma counseling and bariatric psychological evaluations.

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