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5 Best Ways to De-stress Effortlessly in just 5 minutes!

5 Best Ways to De-stress Effortlessly in just 5 minutes

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5 Best Ways to De-stress Effortlessly in just 5 minutes!

Research by the American Medical Association has found that stress is a major cause in 75% of all modern world diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, ulcer, emotional disorders, and premature aging.

What is Stress?

In Layman terms, Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.

Scientifically Speaking, Stress is our body’s primary physical response. When we get stressed, the mind thinks that the body is under attack and switches to ‘fight or flight’ mode, causing our body to release a complex mix of hormones and chemicals such as adrenaline, cortisol, and norepinephrine to prepare the body for any physical activity it might get into.

Causes of Stress

  1. Our Environment: We are bombarded with several demands to adjust like weather, pollens, noise, traffic, pollution, etc.
  2. Social Stressors: We, human beings are social animals and live in society. We have to cope with Love, insult, fear, breakups, Office meetings, presentations, deadlines, competitions, death of our loved ones and the list can go on and on!
  3. The 3rd source of Stress is physiological. Lack of exercise, poor nutrition, menopause in women, adolescence, inadequate sleep, injury, aging, etc. These all tax our body causing it to trigger stress.
  4. The 4th source of stress is our thoughts, what we think. Let’s take an example, interpreting a sour look from your boss can make you think that you are not performing well and is likely to give you a lot of anxiety about your job security. Interpreting the same look of your boss as tiredness or a possible fight with spouse will not trigger that stress response from your mind.

Symptoms of Stress

Emotional symptoms of stress include:

  1. Becoming easily frantic, annoyed, irritated and moody
  2. A feeling of being overwhelmed
  3. Unable to relax and make your mind quiet
  4. Feeling bad about yourself
  5. Avoiding Friends and even Family

Physical symptoms of stress include:

  1. Feeling Fatigued and Low energy
  2. Unexplained Headaches
  3. Stomach problems including diarrhea and constipation
  4. Tensed muscles with aches and pain
  5. Rapid heartbeat without doing any physical activity
  6. Chest pain
  7. Insomnia
  8. Low immunity causing frequent cold and cough
  9. Loss of sexual interest and/or ability
  10. Ringing in the ear
  11. Cold or sweaty hands and feet
  12. Excess sweating without any physical exercise
  13. Dry mouth and difficulty swallowing

If you often get stressed (like 99% people), here are 5 Unique and Easy ways to De-stress in under 5 Minutes!

1. Take a bite of Dark Chocolate

Just 1.4 ounces, roughly a square of the sweet dark stuff can calm your nerves in less than 5 minutes. Dark chocolate helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol, therefore relaxing the mind.

2. Enjoy a cup of Green Tea

Green tea is a source of L-Theanine, a chemical that helps relieve anger

3. Have a Spoon Full of Honey

Honey is a natural sedative and helps in relaxation.

4. Eat a Mango

Take a 5-minute break and bite into a ripe, juicy mango, which packs a compound called linalool that helps lower stress levels.

5. Chew gum

Just 5 minutes of chewing a piece of gum can help in reducing anxiety and lowering cortisol levels to almost normal.

Whether you are in the office, in the middle of a meeting, a presentation, or at home. Take a 5 Minutes break. That’s all you need to Relax, Calm down, and relieve yourself from Stress!

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