There are many things that can cause anxiety, things both mental and physical, so pinpointing a single person’s specific anxiety triggers can be a very difficult task. Luckily there are some things that can cause anxiety that are relatively easy to fix, and although fixing them might not cure your anxiety …
Read More »Video: How the Gut can Affect the Mind
Here is a TedX talk that beautifully introduces the research that I have been doing over the past few years in how bacteria in the gut can affect the brain and our emotions, and when unbalanced can even cause anxiety. This is a great introduction to how unbalanced bacteria can …
Read More »The Sugar and Anxiety Link
Sugar has become the target of many health crusades over the past few years with it being blamed for obesity, premature aging, and diabetes among many other things. The question here today though is can sugar trigger anxiety? Well it has certainly been shown through national studies that countries with high …
Read More »How Smoking Can Affect Anxiety
It is a common fallacy today, among smokers at least, that smoking reduces anxiety and makes you more relaxed. While It may seem to do so in the short term during the actual intake of cigarette smoke, it is actually only the cessation of withdrawal pangs that gives the impression …
Read More »Problem With The Mind – Should We Always Look in The Brain?
This might sound like a strange question but if someone has a problem with their mind, whether it be anxiety, depression, or whatever, should we always look in the brain for an answer? It would seem the logical place to look and it can probably be stated with some confidence …
Read More »Anxiety Medication: Are SSRIs The Answer to Anxiety Disorders?
After running a survey of anxiety medication on my Facebook page it is clear that SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) are a popular medication with anxiety sufferers with many users crediting it with relieving their symptoms, but are they really as effective as drug companies would like us to believe? …
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