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The Effects of Stress on Health
Experts in the scientific community are continually learning about
the effects of stress on health. Stress seems to be a contributing
factor to everything from cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome to
backaches and insomnia.
Stress takes its toll on your health by killing us from the inside
out. Throughout the day we experience stress, whether it's the
stress of getting children off to school, fighting our way through
traffic or dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Stress impacts health by lowering our resistance to diseases and
making us more vulnerable to illnesses. Our body responds to
emotional stress the same way it reacts to physical danger. When
we feel the effects of stress, our health is compromised by
a primitive fight or flight response that produces stress hormones
even when we are not really in immediate danger.
Each day, situations that cause stress affect our health by making
us prone to heart attacks, diseases and making us age more
rapidly. Stress, which research has linked to a variety of
diseases, becomes toxic to our overall health when we process
stress as a negative factor and let it continually eat us up on an
emotional level.
To ease stress and improve your overall heath, don't push yourself
so hard. Choose your battles carefully, letting the little things
slide instead of boiling over with anger. Your health will improve
and you will notice you feel less fatigued, irritable and uptight.
Don't let the effects of stress rule you or negatively impact your
personal relationships.
Statistics back up the theory of the negative effects of stress on
heath. In fact, stress accounts for two-thirds of family doctor
visits and half the deaths to Americans under the age of 65,
according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If you have a stomach, heart or mental disorder, your doctor may
have attributed your condition to stress. Stress is also
associated with headaches, backaches, cholesterol and high blood
pressure.
Studies by the American Medical Association have also shown the
negative effects of stress on health. They say stress is a factor
in more than 75 percent of all illnesses today.
The negative effects of stress on health is indisputable.
Interestingly enough, stress has been the subject of more than
20,000 scientific studies.
One 10-year study by Kiecolt-Glaser looked at the effects of
stress on health of medical students. The researchers found
decreased levels of the body's natural killer cells, which fight
infections and tumors, during even the familiar stress periods of
exams. Whether you are studying for a test or just trying to pay
the family bills, stress can have an irreversible negative effect
on health.
Another study published in ``Circulation: Journal of the American
Heart Association'' showed how mental stress can decrease blood
flow to the heart. The study on the effects of stress on health
equated stress with bad cholesterol and smoking as risk factors
for coronary heart disease patients.
Even though studies confirm stress has devastating consequences
for your overall heath, Americans often pride themselves on
working longer and harder, staying on top of the competition and
working late at the office.
To break free from the vicious stress cycle and stave off
emotional fatigue and depression, try relaxation techniques. Your
overall health will improve as you get plenty of rest and let go
of tension. Exercise, eat right, and avoid drugs and caffeine to
heal your body of the negative effects of stress on your overall
health.
We
also recommend using
Extress to
decrease stress.
The natural ingredients in Extress complement the body's natural powers
to reduce stress and anxiety. The specific doctor-formulated Extress
formula naturally diminishes emotional sensitivity and mood
swings, calms and focuses attention, relaxes muscles and reduces the possibility of stress-induced head pain and muscle aches.
Extress also helps diminish hyperactivity, aggression and anger
outbursts.
