I have been really good about my diet lately - meaning eating healthy. While I wanted to see how my diet could effect my anxiety, I was not all that excited about taking action. But then because I was experiencing a lot of discomfort which I beleive is due to acid reflux, I HAD to change my diet.
OUT went my one coffee in the morning.
OUT went a lot of my fvaorite foods because they had tomato or were spicy or had bell peppers and so on.
My diet now is not perfect, but it is relatively bland. While I can't say I was noticing a change in anxiety, I have noticed my acid reflux getting better. So today after dinner I decided to have a treat. I had one little fruit-flavored candy cane. I liked it. Then later I was annoyed with my husband for something so I told him about it. I was calm. I didn't explode, I just explained. However, his reaction really pissed me off and I started to lose it. I didn't go over the top but I was mad. Then it was bathtime for the kids and I noticed myself being short with them. I was just so cranky and upset!
That's when it hit me. That darn sugar was getting to me! It was helping my emotions get the better of me! I really didn't believe it. So now I have proof of what sugar can do to me and I am not real happy about it! But at least I know.
BTW - my husband did screw up and he did make me mad. It wasn't all the sugar. The sugar just intensified it.
Whoa Sugar!!!!
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but it's so yummy! And, it's in almost everything! Argh!