All of us face different challenges and
obstacles during life and sometimes the pressure is hard
to handle. When we feel demands placed on us, we
experience stress. Stress is a psychological and
physiological response to the events that upset our
personal balance in some way or upset other. The study
was carried on Arni Taluk of Thiruvannamalai District
of Tamil Nadu, where a number of silk fibre mills are
located. The main objective of this study was assessed
the stress level through the Occupation stress index for
250 working women. From these scale the investigator
was selected 40 women from high stress group. Some of
the foods that can help in reducing stress and anxiety are
Almond, Ashwagandha, Banana, Broccoli, Cottage
cheese, fortified breakfast cereals, Ginseng, green tea,
lime juice, milk, blue berries, oranges, oats, whole-grain
rice and spinach. Based on the investigator was
supplemented the experimental group (E1=10, E2=10,
E3=10) such as Lime juice, Milk and Banana
respectively. The impact of supplementation was
evaluated by studying the changes in their stress level by
the occupational stress schedule and their performance.
Lime juice and Banana was highly significant at one per
cent level. The effectiveness of the nutrition education
imparted to improve nutritional knowledge of the
selected women was evaluated using the same
questionnaire at the end of the study. The impact of
nutrition education was evaluated by comparing the
mean pre test and post test scores of the selected women
Keywords : Working Women, Stress, Spinning Mill, Milk, Lime Juice & Banana.