Gisele Bündchen cured her panic attacks by changing her diet
Gisele Bundchen.
James Devaney/GC ImagesGisele Bundchen reflects on her ‘long journey’ to overcoming ‘severe’ depression and anxiety when she was younger.
“I had no idea it was related to my lifestyle, and food was a big part of that,” the 43-year-old supermodel said while promoting her new cookbook. To feedon Thursday, March 21 episode of The view.
Bündchen further explained that although she led an accelerated lifestyle as a teenager – emancipating from her parents at age 14 to pursue modeling and “traveling the world” at age 15 – it wasn’t until her early 20s that she started doing that. suffer from debilitating panic attacks.
“I didn’t know what to do,” she continued. “One of the worst things about panic attacks is the intense fear that you will have another one.”
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Panic attacks are “sudden, intense feelings of anxiety that cause physical symptoms such as a racing heart, rapid breathing and sweating” and “can make you feel like you are having a heart attack,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. They are typically treated with therapy, medications, or a combination of both, and differ from anxiety attacks in that they occur suddenly.
“I wanted to feel better… so I found this wonderful naturopath and he said to me, ‘Gisele, we need to change your diet.’ And I thought, ‘Diet, what does that have to do with panic attacks?’ And he says, ‘No, it has everything to do with it,'” Bündchen explained. “I told him about my day. I drink, I smoke, I have coffee – and he said, ‘Listen… stop right there.’ He says, ‘You’re not sleeping. You are constantly in different time zones. You eat terribly all day long. ”
Bundchen’s naturopath essentially prescribed her a regimen of three things: changing her diet, getting “at least eight hours of sleep,” and exercising daily — a lifestyle change that ultimately benefited her mental health and overall well-being.
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“After having a year and a half of what I would say [was] one of the worst times in my life, everything changed,” she added. “I have become a different person. I started practicing meditation. I started practicing yoga. I started with breathing exercises. It was a long journey.”
Although some followers were surprised last year when Bündchen announced she was releasing a cookbook, the former Victoria’s Secret model has been sharing recipes and healthy lifestyle tips on social media for some time now.
Nourish: Simple Recipes to Strengthen Your Body and Nourish Your Soul will be on the bookshelves on Tuesday, March 26.