5 Steps to Heal Anxiety

5 Tips to Heal Anxiety

Have you ever felt like you couldn’t control your anxiety? There was no apparent reason for you to feel anxious but you did? Sometimes it feels like your heart is going to bounce out of your chest? Anxiety can be a crippling illness. It can make you feel as if you’re going to die any minute even though nothing is apparently wrong.

Functional medicine is about healing, not merely treating symptoms. Here are 5 tips to help you overcome anxiety, and heal yourself on a daily basis:

1. Eat a high protein diet
2. Don’t skip meals
3. Exercise regularly – at least 10 minutes twice a day
4. Take Holy Basil – it helps balance your adrenals
5. Go to bed by 11pm – sleeping between 11pm and 2am is the best time to build serotonin levels, which will help ease anxiety