With Christmas and New Year coming up, it’s normal to feel a bit stressed and anxious about the upcoming holiday season. On average, around 40% of adults experience moderate to severe depressive symptoms in the wintertime, and the holidays are just one contributor.
Factors like seasonal affective disorder (SAD), cold weather, increased sedentary behaviour, and more can also contribute to stress and anxiety symptoms. Which, sometimes, can be unavoidable!
What can be helped is how you manage stress and anxiety symptoms. While you can make a range of lifestyle changes, one we highly recommend is adding winter tea blends to your diet.
Today, learn about the best winter tea blends for stress and anxiety relief this season.
What are the main stress and anxiety symptoms?
If you’re unsure if you have stress and anxiety symptoms this winter, here are some common ones that are often linked to these conditions (NHS):
- Feeling irritable
- Excessive worrying
- Tense muscles
- Getting tired easily
- Difficulty concentrating
- Headaches or dizziness
- Struggling to make decisions
- Eating too much or too little
These are just a few stress and anxiety symptoms that you may experience. If you’re experiencing one or several, you may need to see your local GP for further help.
What is a winter tea?
Due to their natural ingredients, winter teas can play a major role in helping alleviate stress and anxiety symptoms. Many winter teas contain a range of natural herbs and spices that can add warmth and soothing moments of calm. In other words, they’re cosy teas you can sip on next to the fireplace or radiator, enjoying the comfort of the indoors.
5 winter tea blends we love
When it comes to winter tea time, there’s a range of teas that can support stress and anxiety symptoms. Here are 5 favourite winter tea blends we recommend trying out:
NutraHead
First on our recommendations is our premium blend NutraHead. It’s a low-caffeine herbal tea that reduces the likelihood of kickstarting anxiety or stress spikes. NutraHead also contains cinnamon, peppermint, lavender, willow bark, passion flower, green tea, ginger, Rhodiola, and feverfew.
Studies often show that peppermint may help improve concentration and alertness, combating a major symptom of these conditions. Lavender can help you relax and support sleep, lowering cortisol levels, a key hormone that contributes to stress. Feverfew and cinnamon may also help you relax and become more comfortable in the head.
NutraRelax
NutraRelax is another caffeine-free premium blend that makes great winter tea. This is partly because the ingredients in NutraRelax are chamomile, hawthorn berry, lemon balm, fennel, passionflower, lavender, liquorice, viburnum, and cinnamon. Liquorice, in particular, helps with mental function and keeps your nervous system strong.
Chamomile, lemon balm, and hawthorn berry help promote sleep onset and healthy sleep. Fennel has high anti-inflammatory properties, calming your brain and body and helping lower your stress level. Lemon balm and chamomile in this winter tea also help support relaxation mental and physical well-being.
NutraBoost
Another winter tea blend that may help your stress and anxiety symptoms is our premium blend NutraBoost. This herbal tea contains a combination of naturally sourced botanicals: green tea, liquorice, gota kola, ginseng, astragalus, ashwagandha, mace, and rhodiola. Ashwagandha is a great herb that can help support periods of anxiousness and nervous tension, while liquorice supports mental function.
Green tea contains high amounts of the amino acid theanine, which can help support cognitive function, reduce stress, and encourage relaxation. Ginseng and guarana also.
Chamomile & Valerian
A flagship winter tea you should try is Chamomile & Valerian. With just two ingredients and no caffeine, this herbal tea can be drunk anytime, even before bedtime! Together, these ingredients contain naturally occurring antioxidants that help fight oxidative stress and support many functions, such as your immune, cardiovascular, and digestive health.
In addition, they also help support your well-being in moments of tension and stress, induce relaxation and help maintain a healthy sleep- a must to control such symptoms!
Liquorice & Cinnamon
Lastly, Liquorice & Cinnamon is a tea worth trying if you’re prone to experiencing stress and anxiety symptoms this season. Packing a warm and bold flavourful punch, this tea can be great for fighting fatigue in cold weather.
Liquorice helps maintain energy levels and supports the immune system and mental function. Cinnamon stimulates blood circulation, supports heart health, and is high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatories, helping fight oxidative stress.
Wrapping up winter tea blends for stress and anxiety relief
Overall, many winter tea blends could potentially help with stress and anxiety relief. At NutraTea, our herbal blends are consciously sourced and formulated by an expert team of pharmacists and nutritionists.
It’s important to note that they won’t entirely erase all of your symptoms of stress and anxiety, but they can help you manage them in combination with other changes to your lifestyle. For instance, getting consistent sleep, staying active, following a routine, connecting with others, and more.
If you’re interested in exploring more calming herbal winter tea blends, check out our post on 7 calming herbal teas you must try.
