Fruit juice – the fibre in whole fruits fills you up and slows down energy intake. Without fibre fruit juice is like nutritious sugar water that hypes you up and brings you down fast.

Toast – particularly made from highly processed white flour turns to blood sugar quickly after eating. It can cause energy spikes, the crash can be bad for anxiety.

Coffee – the stimulant creates nervousness and can mess up your sleep. It’s not good for anxiety or depression. If you think it’s causing problems cut caffeine slowly.

Frosting – it has trans fats that have been linked to anxiety. Trans fats are also in friend foods, some pizza doughs, cookies and crackers.

Sauce – it can have lots of sugar and artificial sweeteners in lite sauces can cause anxiety and depression. 

Some great anti-anxiety foods include; Fatty fish, asparagus, avocados, eggs and dark chocolate.

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