This list is just a small sampling of the results of stress. The AMA tells us that up to 95% of ALL ILLNESS is STRESS RELATED.
Just imagine for a moment what your life would look like without negative stress!
The Math of Stress There are three variables to stress, illustrated by this equation: A + B = C. A is the Stressor. B is your attitude, belief or emotion related to your circumstances. And C is the resulting stress. Change the variables and you change your stress level. Many of the “A’s” we can…
Is Stress Making Us Fat? The short answer is yes. Or at the very least, it certainly can. Cortisol is a natural stress hormone. Its job is to regulate the metabolism. As we explored in another post, stress throws our system into a fight or flight response. Which is fine if a gator is chasing…
Two Types of Stress The National Mental Health Association reports that seventy-five to ninety-five percent of all visits to physicians are stress related. You read it right – seventy-five to ninety-five percent of all illness is stress related! What that means is that, if we can learn to manage or eliminate stress, we automatically reduce the vast majority…