Here’s how to use food to help get your body back to baseline.
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TheBest(&Worst)ThingsYouCanEatWhenYou’reStressed,FromAnRDAuthor:
February10,2025
RegisteredDietitian
ByMichelleShapiro,RD
RegisteredDietitian
MichelleShapiro,RDisanintegrative/functionalRegisteredDietitianinNYCwhohashelpedover1000+clientsreversetheiranxiety,heallong-standinggutissues,andapproachtheirweightinalovingway.Michellehasavirtualprivatepracticewhereshehelpsclientsworkoneononetowardsthesegoals.SheisthehostoftheQuiettheDietpodcast,whereshehelpslistenersbridgethegapbetweenbodypositivityandfunctionalnutrition.
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February10,2025
Stressfuleventsarefeltinthemindbutalsoexperiencedbythebody.Theycauseacascadeofbiologicalreactionsthatrapidlyreleasestresshormones,namelycortisolandadrenaline.
Frustratingly,excessstresshormonescancauseaslewofphysicalsymptomsthatmaylastforawhile—evenaftertheinitialstresseventends.Thegoodnews?Therearesomanywaystosupportyourbodyafteraperiodofhighstress,andeat
