Take a few minutes to try this...
Shut your eyes and recall your last tropical vacation. Envision the beach you went to, the balmy breeze caressing your skin. The lethargy of utter relaxation as all of your daily worries seem so far away...
Believe it or not, inside your body at this very moment, millions of cells are hard at work in response to these thoughts. Your brain is transmitting hormonal messages through your nervous system. Your heart is slowing. Your muscles are relaxing. Your breathing is deepening.
You are not consciously willing these responses. Your body is a powerfully interconnected system of unconscious triggers and responses. It is this network that makes all of us vulnerable to the effects of stress.
Short term, a little stress can be a good thing, increasing performance and stamina. Long-term, however, stress of any kind can cause contribute to underlying hormone imbalances that influence everything from how you sleep, how you handle stress to how your body burns fat can all be attributed to stress.
A seemingly simple issue like losing weight takes on new insight when you look at it hormonally. You could be working out every day, but if you are not addressing underlying stress-induced hormonal imbalances, and of course trying to reduce those stressors, you won’t achieve your ideal figure.
The same is true for all other health conditions including heart disease and cancer. You cannot truly heal these two leading killers without understanding stress, and dealing with that stress head on...
stress is a big factor for diseases nowadays that we have to examine it in 3 posts.
