Understanding Food and Stress

Dr. Gary Deng on coaching patients: "If you want to change people’s diet, you have to change their mind first. Reducing stress helps." 

It's not just the foods we eat but how we eat that can impact how we feel. Find out how yogic breathing can calm and combat stress.

Foraging is not only for gathering wild edibles; it's also a meditative outdoor immersion that can reduce stress.

Registered Dietician Karman Meyer discusses magnesium-rich "sleepy foods" that are essential for stress reduction.

Ayurvedic scholar Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya explains how following an Ayurvedic food pathway can help with stress.

Your brain and body require healthy fats, and nuts like cashews offer support for stress, mood, and focus.

Avocados are one of the best foods for lowering levels of cortisol, the "stress hormone."

A cashew cousin, pistachios offer many of the same versatile benefits like healthy fats, making them a perfect snack.

Cheerful mandarin oranges not only have visual appeal, but in Ayurveda they are used to make an oil for relieving stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

Indian borage is used widely in Indian, Chinese, and other medicine systems. In Ayurveda, among other applications, it is used to reduce stress and anxiety.

No need to turn on the oven to create a cookie that can actually serve as a healthy breakfast or snack on the go.

If you're looking for a way to incorporate more pistachios in your cooking, try the dressing for this fiber-rich salad.