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Healthy Eating During Times of Stress

Healthy eating is a key contributor to overall wellness and stamina, especially during times of extreme stress, like we find ourselves during COVID-19. Stress is a natural reaction to challenging situations. Small amounts of stress can be helpful in responding to situations, like meeting work deadlines, avoiding danger, or dealing with a significant life event. But effects of stress can subtly build and result in poor physical and mental health. We might recognize the feelings of stress but often don’t realize it manifests in sleep disruption, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, and sometimes poor eating habits.

Grocery shopping is not as easy as it used to be. While you may get out for an "essential" trip and see what kind of homemade mask your neighbor is sporting, trips to the store may be met with depleted or empty shelves, long lines, and a laborious wipe-down process with your new goods once you return home. Consider ordering groceries for home delivery, or curb-side pick up to save yourself time and exposure risk. Healthy food options usually live in the periphery of your grocery store, rather than up and down the aisles of packaged foods. Shop for color. A meal full of a variety of colors (gummy bears don't count) is usually nutritionally rich. An example of a colorful nutritious meal, if you can envision it, may include chicken stir-fry with green beans and carrots, brown rice, and a side of fresh strawberries with a glass of milk. Don't you feel healthier just thinking about it?

It's important to be mindful of eating habits, as you try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals, drink plenty of water, get your rest, and avoid alcohol and excessive caffeine. Whether it’s a creative recipe that uses ingredients already in the pantry or food substitutions to consider when groceries are out of a key ingredient, we hope the recipes in this blog and in the cookbook will help promote the habit of healthy, mindful eating and also serve to boost morale in such an uncertain and stressful time.

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