Stress and Anxiety

The effects of stress can take their toll on our physical and emotional health. Prolonged stress can lead to anxiety, insomnia, depression and is associated with many chronic illnesses such as cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Everyone is affected by varying degrees of stress. It is experienced by those who work in polluted atmospheres, by those who are immobilized at control desks with machines or instruments demanding continual attention, by those who travel coast to coast constantly, by those with mundane, boring jobs, etc. At best, stress causes useless fatigue; at worst, it is dangerous to health. Profound stress, such as that caused by job loss or the loss of a loved one can take a serious physical toll.

You can never avoid all stress, but you can maintain a high degree of health to handle and survive stress well. The failure to manage stress in your life can kill you. Many people seek the "fast fix" with drugs. Each year 60-80 million prescriptions are written for Valium, Librium, and Tranxene, powerful drugs used to help reduce symptoms associated with stress. However, extended use of these drugs can lead to side effects including depression, headaches, mental confusion, and drug dependence.

How To Reduce The Affects Of Stress and Anxiety:

1. Get a good nights rest.
2. Reduce tobacco, caffeine or alcohol.
3. Reduce environmental pollutants.
4. Reduce the negatives in your life.
5. Observe good food combining.

Helpful Supplements and Herbs:

1.drhealth Super Stress Complex is an excellent combinations of B complex and vitamin C, supported by herbs such as Valerian Root with supporting herbs.

2.drhealth Kava Root Extract-Plus 250 mg is a very relaxing supplement with no side effects. Kava Kava root has been used in the South Pacific for centuries as a relaxant herb.

3. drhealth Valerian Root is one of the more effective calming herbs.

4. Hylands Calms and Calms Forte is a homoepathic supplement that can be placed under the tongue anytime of the day or night. It is also known as a sleep aid. An effective supplement for nerves.

5. drhealth Ultra VM-T with 72 trace minerals is a superior One-A-Day multiple vitamin/mineral.

6. drhealth 5-HTP is helpful for anxiety relief. Ten patients diagnosed with anxiety syndromes were treated with 5-HTP. A significant reduction in anxiety was observed on three different scales designed to measure anxiety. In a study of 20 people with panic disorders, several experienced a feeling of "relief" after receiving 5-HTP.