Stress and Nutrition

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"There is a great deal of evidence which indicates that a link exists between nutrition and stress. Most researchers agree that diet is important and that it can have either a positive or negative effect on the experience of stress in one's life. Some food items, such as those containing caffeine, increase the stress response in people. By contrast, certain other foods have been found effective in terms of coping with stress. Stress occurs whenever a "stressor" (or threatening stimulus in the environment) causes a "stress response" within the body (Cotton, 1990, p. 29). There are many possible causes of stress; these can be broken down into either psychological factors or physical conditions (Scott, 1989, p. 2466). Physical conditions include not only one's work and home environment, but also the degree to which the individual exercises and maintains a proper diet. In ..."

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