According To Experts, These Are 5 Recommendations For The Dinner Menu To Relax Stress
Illustration of the dinner menu to relieve stress according to experts (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA On a day that makes you work a lot and stress, it's time to eat foods that can be calming and beneficial for health. Instead of potato chips, it's better to eat foods that can control stress homons.

According to Dr. Barry Spears, a leading expert in controlling diets and writers as well as president at the Inflammation Research Foundation, the excess of cortisol has a negative impact on anxiety, depression, and suppressing immune responses. This also causes hypocampus damage to affect memory. Cortisol also increases insulin resistance and has a negative impact on blood pressure. Therefore, stress moments you can eat healthy foods.

When you lack the idea of a dinner menu, take a pan and prepare this easy dish for just 30 minutes. Magnesium-rich foods such as quinoa, can help stabilize your mood, lower blood pressure, and fight stress-induced insulin resistance. In addition, this magnesium-high diet tends to be high in fiber which helps stabilize blood sugar and mood.

This protein-rich ball contains stress-releasing ingredients. Such as including walnuts that contain healthy fats and other nuts that contain complex carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are good for balanced diets because they help produce serotonin. Because stress increases blood sugar levels, it is appropriate to process various types of nuts into delicious balls without additional animal or meat proteins.

A study conducted in 2013 reported by NBC News, Wednesday, November 22, found students tend to feel calmer, happy, and energetic in their days eating more vegetables and fruit. The latest research, reported by PLOS ONE, confirms that young adults who are given two additional servings of vegetables and fruit have increased significantly in psychological welfare. Salad Badminic is served withiri, dried cherries, and candiary can be your choice for dinner after experiencing a stress day.

Oatmeal is not only for breakfast. A choice of savory food for saturation but also helps reduce stress, so oatmeal is one of them. Oat will signal the brain to release a serotonin dose that increases the mood. While kale is rich in folates that help lower the stress hormone. You can add boiled eggs to increase endurance and triplet doses that are proven to help release dopamine.

For those of you who have sugar after a tiring day, end the dinner with chocolate chili seeds. A study found that cocoa flavanol helps improve mood and maintain clear thinking for adults who have a lot of activity.

In addition to the recommendations for a dinner menu that relieves stress after all day of activities above, are there special foods that make you more relaxed? You can choose healthy foods that support your health both physically and mentally.


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