5 Drinks that Calm You Down
Common Drinks for Stress and Anxiety Management
One of the misgivings of this modern world in which we live is the stressful environment everywhere be it your job or your home. High blood pressure, anxiety disorders are very common these days because of this stressful life. 
So if you have a crazy stressful day at work or home, you surely need to relax and calm down. There are many ways to calm down – take rest, talk to someone, listen to soothing music, take a hot bath or read an inspiring book. But do you know that there are some drinks which can also help you calm down and bring down that anxiety and blood pressure levels? There are indeed some drinks that have properties that help calm you down naturally. There are five commonly available drinks that can help bring down your pressure levels, as per Reader’s Digest magazine.
1. Drinking a glass of cold water, then going for a walk in the fresh air can do the magic of calming you down. The water improves your blood circulation and the fresh air stimulate the endorphins that de-stress your body and energizes it.
2. Drinking a cup of green tea also has therapeutic effect. Green tea is packed with theanine, that augments the brain’s output of alpha waves which are responsible for inducing relaxation and reduces the output of beta waves that create tension.
3. Drink black tea instead of coffee. In a research undertaken by the University College London showed that if one drinks black tea 4 times a day for 6 weeks, it would lower the stress hormone cortisol after a stressful situation.
4. Drinking hot cocoa also helps you to calm down. Hot drinks raise the temperature of your body which is simliar to a feeling that is associated with comfort. Thus, drinking hot cocoa triggers a similar feeling of calmness in our brains.
5. Drinking a glass of milk – preferably warm is recommended in many cultures. Milk contains tryptophan, that is converted to mood-boosting serotonin as it is metabolized. Moreover, milk has a high content of magnesium, calcium and potassium that also aids to keep blood pressure down.
So, next time you want to calm down, don’t ever think of alcohol. It can take you to a comfortable world for few moments, but you will have to face the dreadful aftereffects later. Rather calm yourself down with these 5 commonly available drinks that also have a therapeutic effect on the overall health of your body.
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