Food, Stress & Eating for Energy

Morella Devost, EdM, MACounselor, Holistic Nutritionist,NLP Coach and Hypnotherapist

Food, Stress & Eating for Energy

Check in…

• How do you feel when you are stressed?  

• What is one challenge you have when you are stressed?

• Do you tend to eat when you are stressed? What are your go-to foods/drinks for stress relief?

STRESS = FIGHT OR FLIGHT

FIGHT? OR FLIGHT?

This day and age…What puts us in “fight-flight”?

• Constant negative thinking• Deadlines• Health issues• Competing priorities• Demands from others• Financial issues• Not enough time…• Etc.

They all have a common underlying theme…

FEAR… of ____________________

• Chemical stress– Chemicals in the household– Chemicals in the environment– Chemicals in our food

• Malnourishment:1. We are what we eat2. We are what we eat, eats

• Stimulants & sedatives

“fight flight” is worsened by…

“Rest & Digest” is the opposite of “Fight or Flight”

In order to recover from stress effectively you need to help your liver

and digestive system:

Eliminate the extra chores of processing toxins, stimulants and

fake food.

Energy Principle #1

StimulantsInsulin curveDesired blood sugar curve

Energy Zappers: Toxins and fake food

• Caffeine• Sugar• MSG• Chemicals• Processed foods• Junk food

The Worst Offenders1. Caffeine (stimulant)2. Junk food (dead fake food, liver burden, toxic)3. HFCS (stimulant)4. Alcohol (sedative, liver burden)5. Chemicals, sweeteners & coloring (toxic, liver burden) 6. Allergens (tax your immune system)7. Trans fats (toxic, doesn’t exist in nature, liver burden)8. Refined carbs (bread, pasta, crackers, chips = stimulants)9. Sugar (stimulant)10. Excess chocolate (stimulant)

Energy disasters: Energy drinks: Red Bull, 5-hour energy, etc.

Stimulants: caffeine, HFCS/sugar, synthetic aminoacids Hormone disruptors, liver burden, fake food

If a food doesn’t give you anything GOOD

Then it is giving your body more WORK!

Energy Principle #2

Energy Boosters1. Live food vs. dead food

2. Whole foods vs. processed foods

3. Super-foods = colorful foods (phytonutrients, antioxidants, anti-inflamm.)

4. Greens!

5. Slow-burning carbohydrates:

It was alive recently: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables eaten mostly raw: smoothies, salads, fruit…

No ingredients lists, made from scratch, no additives: vegetables, soups, casseroles, brown rice

Berries, plums, beets, carrots, squashes, tomatoes… seaweed, unsweetened cocoa, turmeric, ginger, garlic, mushrooms, aloe… smoothies, juicing (vegetables), salads, soups

Kale, collards, chard, spinach, lettuces, seaweed, spirulina, chlorella… in smoothies, salads, soups, casseroles, juices, etc.

Whole grains: brown rice, oats, quinoa, barley, etc.

You are an electrical being

To improve energy transfer (conductivity) you

need: Minerals

Water

Energy Principle #3

Water & Minerals!

• H20: Body weight ÷ 2 = # ounces to drink daily• Minerals = Greens

Write in your worksheet what action you will take this week

Take action!