30 Tips To Have More Energy, Ease Pains and Get On Top Of Your Game
Better Nutrition|June 2018

Welcome to our 2nd annual Go Natural in 90, an exclusive 3-part series on improving your life one healthy tip at a time! For our first installment, we carefully selected 30 ways to overhaul your diet, health, beauty, and even mental well-being using vitamins, herbs, and other natural ingredients. Here’s to feeling great!

30 Tips To Have More Energy, Ease Pains and Get On Top Of Your Game

DAY1 Use a Calming Nutrient to Ease Anxiety

Holy Basil: Also called tulsi, holy basil comes from an Indian plant that’s been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine for its calming properties. According to modern studies, holy basil helps address psychological stress, improves memory and cognitive function, and offers powerful anti-anxiety and antidepressant effects.

Passionflower: Several studies, including human trials, support the use of this climbing vine as a treatment for restlessness, nervousness, and anxiety-related disorders. In one study, researchers compared passionflower with a prescription anti-anxiety medication; no difference in effectiveness was found between the herb and prescription drug, and subjects from the passionflower group reported lower job impairment performance than those in the drug group. There’s also some research supporting passionflower’s use for reducing PTSD symptoms.

L-theanine. This amino acid has a measurable calming effect on the brain; it helps increase the body’s production of GABA and dopamine, neurotransmitters that induce feelings of well-being. In one study, people were given L-theanine or an anti-anxiety drug, and subjected to experimentally induced anxiety. The people who received L-theanine had lower anxiety throughout the trial than those who took the prescription.

DAY 2 Cook with Coconut Aminos

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