Ten foods that help reduce stress

Medicalxpress.com reporter Diane Toroian Keaggy interviewed Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis. Among the stress-fighting foods: whole grains, hot tea and nuts. 

"Some foods appear to soothe us; others fight the inflammation that comes with stress," Diekman said. "Stress eating, however, can be a problem this time of year. During stressful periods, there is the mental response of 'I need to do something.' And that 'something,' for some of us, is eating as much as we can as fast as can. We have learned. 'If I eat, I can avoid' or 'I can energize.' The problem is, of course, once people do it, they realize it didn't help."

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