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NATURAL HIGHS OF CHILL: CUT BACK ON CAFFEINE, SUGAR AND CIGARETTES: WHY THEY'RE BAD

Fewer nutrients, more stress and anxiety

Sugar and stimulants use up your body's stores of vitamins and minerals while providing next to none. Sugar uses up  vitamins. More than 90 per cent of the minerals present in grains and sugar cane are lost during refining, including the mineral chromium, which is vital for keeping your mood, stress and energy levels stable.

Worse energy, not better

The more sugar, stimulants and alcohol you eat, smoke and drink, the more you become unable to maintain an even blood sugar level. These substances provide or cause a rapid release of sugar into the blood that the body usually over-compensates for, and your blood sugar level then drops too low. This makes you crave more sugar or stimulants to try to keep your energy level up. Soon, symptoms such as fatigue, irritability, anxiety, reduced stress tolerance, insomnia and more will surface.

They’re addictive

Once you gel on this roller-coaster ride it can be extremely difficult to get off. If smoking is relaxing for you, that suggests you're addicted. Cigarettes are actually a stimulant, causing the release of adrenalin and consequently raising your blood sugar level and energy. When you're addicted to any substance, you get nervous, anxious and tense without it. These are withdrawal symptoms, and the only way to relieve the stress and feel better is to have another 'hit'.

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