Anxious? Consume 5 Drinks with Calming Effects

Jakarta –

Often feelings of anxiety hit you, making it difficult to focus. To relieve it, try consuming delicious drinks with the following calming effects.

Stress and anxiety are normal feelings that everyone experiences. They must have experienced the psychological condition of being under pressure.

This psychological condition often makes daily activities chaotic. Daily activities are also disrupted.

Relaxation techniques such as meditation and taking a leisurely walk can actually relieve stress and anxiety. However, not everyone is used to meditating.

As an alternative, you can use drinks. Consuming several drinks is known to have a relaxing effect and make the mind calmer.

Here are 5 anxiety-reducing drinks with calming effects:

1. Chamomile tea

Chamomile tea can calm your stomach and make you sleep easier. Photo: doc. detikFood

For those of you who have trouble sleeping or insomnia, chamomile can help calm the mind and sleep more easily.

Quoting Eating Well, this tea can relieve anxiety because it contains apigenin. Apigenin itself is a flavonoid compound that has been proven to have anti-anxiety effects.

2. Hot chocolate

Hot chocolate can also calm you down from anxiety. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/fcafotodigital

The cocoa in hot chocolate contains tryptophan, an essential amino acid that produces serotonin and melatonin.

Apart from its delicious taste and calming properties, this warm drink can also help calm you from anxiety.

3. Cherry juice

Quoting Real Simple, cherry juice contains lots of melatonin, tryptophan and procyanidin B-2 which can help reduce oxidative stress. This drink can also increase relaxation and improve sleep quality.

4. Warm milk

Warm milk can also cause relaxation. Photo: thinkstock

Milk contains ingredients that can cause relaxation, starting from tryptophan, melatonin, lactose, vitamin B and magnesium.

5. Green tea

Green tea contains ingredients that can relax. Photo: iStock Illustration

Green tea, including matcha, contains L-theanine. The last name is an amino acid known for its ability to promote relaxation without drowsiness.

This article has appeared on CNN Indonesia with the title “5 Drinks That Can Relieve Anxiety, Are Delicious and Calm”

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