Does eating healthy & exercising help with anxiety?

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It's actually quite sad that this question is posed like so, however given the reliance this day and age it does not surprise me. The answer is a resounding yes!

Supplementation with synthetic (unnaturally derived) vitamins and minerals are the lessor of two evils when it comes to supplying the body of deficient nutrients. When possible it is always best to obtain the body's nutrient needs direct from natural sources. The ultimate source is the sun -> Bio-photons. In this light PLANT FOODS rule the roost! Sadly our planet is riddled with poisons and extremely toxic, therefore supplementation is necessary for many people. From a economic point of view one could say "how appropriate"

Sigh ... I could go on forever on such a topic. "FOOD IS MEDICINE" is the best mind set to adopt if your serious about taking control of your health and well being. Whilst corporations have just about destroyed the worlds natural food chain/reproduction systems - there is still much we can do to minimize the damage. I personally do not select foods based on ethical reasons, although eating clean will do a lot of moral good. I've been eating plant based for quite some time and finally got myself off meat. It's not an easy transition and sees many people fail when adopting such a change based on shallow mind sets often spawn from weight loss and ethical ideals. It takes a LOT of research and trial and error when attempting to take such leaps.

In my experience - Whilst I adopted eating healthy, exercising, meditation, psychotherapy and various others methods to come off my heavy medications and stabilize my anxiety - I have to say changing my eating habits and learning what foods to eat, how much and when - contributed to 90% of my ability to drop close to 1/3 my body weight! Considering I was morbidly obese, this was a life saver for me. It was not a diet - it's been a hard core battle and now it's a life style I embrace. All my kids and extended family are always asking me and my wife for hints and tips. Sadly many of them don't like it when we tell them what is required. Give up the salts, sugar, sweets, savory, meats, packaged foods, sauces, and all things quick and easy. Prepare to spend hours shopping around, in the kitchen, preparing and home processing. Yadda Yadda. That's the long story delivered quick and no doubt it's overwhelming, however to start off, it need not be so dramatic. It all starts when you sick of having to deal with chronic pain and living in shit. That's when we few don't mind breaking the mold and start by dropping the sugar and salt. From there things get better and you then give up the butter and milk ... so on and so on. I really should journal just how it was the my wife and I made such a transition, as looking back, it was not so hard because we just did little bit by little bit.

Food wise - we started cutting things off one by one and now we "only" eat whole foods. The only supp I take is Vitman D3. On occasion, the worst take away we do is sushi and we don't consider that clean by a long shot. Generally we take our own food in an esky when we go long distance or a piece of fruit and home processed nuts. I soak and ferment some foods as well. We now only aim to eat till 80% full which is easier when eating a plant based diet. Small frequent feeds with nutritionally dense foods is key ... keeps the tummy from swelling up which in the past required more food to reach that full/comfort feeling. (eating till full stretches the tummy a little more each time we feed like so ... this requires eating more in order to fill next time around - this is a modern eating pattern that's killing us, and killing as quick! - sweets and savory are meant to keep us coming back there and then as well as later on.)

Learning Hydration is as vital as food. Soft water fruits with and shortly after some meals help to hydrate. Keeping hydration right with well timed and right amount of feeds helps with bowl transition times - Yep - that's right, bowel transition times ... another new one I am learning about! Again, plant based food diet rocks when it comes to health ... add to all this knowing what foods to heat and how much heat to apply over a certain amount of time is a tricky affair ... especially when you have to sift through all the ethical, and club like mentality that holds so many back. This is why I am more into the science of food. Above all - take the time to learn and experiment for one self. Not a problem once you discover just how powerful food is when it comes to taking it like medicine. Taste it secondary, although the more you live this way, the more you taste. Food synergy and learning to avoid various herbs and spices whilst seeking others out if very much for the fine tuning. As addicts, taste is something you do not want to base your diet on. That's a sure fire way to keep one from healing and or reaching their full potential - more so, lead to detoxification and backsliding into old habits. YET - there are those moments, that once you have worked out which healthy fats and how much ... that adding some freshly cut herbs here and there makes eating plants as blissful as any fat festering sugarized mouth foaming patrons.
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Exercise - Yea - I flogged myself with that to good effect early on and still often do. I need a minute to compose my thoughts on that ... time for a herbal tea with some virgin coconut oil ... BRB