Stress is what many call the silent killer in America sabotaging the health status of the people.
It does this by over-riding most safety factors within your body's built in defenses against bacteria, viruses, blood sugar balance, and digestive restoration.
Stress can present it self in three ways: Physical stress which is by burning the candle at both ends, as we chase the American dream, chase schedules, and chase our career ambitions.
Emotional stress, which just watching one night of the nightly news can create enough emotional stress to last months.
Emotional stress can be birthdays, holidays, or the death of a loved one.
As of the time of this writing the economy is uncertain and people are stressed about there jobs, their health, and their family foundation.
The third stress is Bio-chemical (nutritional) which is the one we will spend the bulk of this article addressing.
With people eating the '4 deadly food additives' found in every fast food restaurants, dine-in restaurants, and most frozen dinners we are doomed to believe that our body can withstand life's curve balls with an unstable foundation to build good health.
I briefly mentioned the above three stresses but all kinds of stresses causes hormonal imbalances with cortisol (adrenal hormone) and stress management, insulin (blood sugar hormone) and diabetes, digestive hormones and reflux, irritable bowel, and finally neuro-hormones and depression.
If you are struggling with chronic stress I encourage you to take immediate action by following our 5 simple strategies for stress management.
#1.
Is start an aerobic exercise routine which starts by taking a simple walk around the block 2-3 times per week.
This will keep excess sugar and insulin out of your blood stream.
#2.
Get involved in daily stress reduction programs in the work place.
This can be achieved through deep breathing exercises, looking yourself in the mirror and speaking positive affirmations into your left eye as this will stimulate your right brain and visual centers calming down the adrenaline response.
#3.
Verbally ask yourself "how do I want to feel right now?" By asking this simple question you are leaving the reactive portion of your brain (the brain stem) and moving back into the responsive centers of the brain (the cortex) which allows for stress hormones to be produced less allowing you to de-stress.
#4.
Eat less sugar, that includes, candies, cakes, ice-creams, soda, (anything from a vending machine) and even tropical fruits.
As all these disrupt blood sugar causing more stress and more disruption of your body's balance of hormones.
I will also add here that eating more often will keep your blood sugar from fluctuating up and down keeping your mood from shifting up and down like a roller coaster.
#5.
Last and certainly not least support your adrenal gland and pancreas during times of high stress or chronic stress.
That means utilizing Drenamin or Adrenal Complex, and natures tranquilizer Min-Tran (all depending on your blood type of course) from Standard Process and Cod Liver Oil from Nordic Naturals.
I encourage all my patients to make a simple note card for the bed room, wallet, purse, or job with these ideas written on them so when you are in the moment, faced with a reason to stress and can't think rationally because you are thinking from the part of the brain that reacts (the brain stem) as opposed to responds (the cortex) you can avoid disaster.
You will never fall into adrenal exhaustion and end up broken-down with diabetes, hypoglycemia, heart attack, anxiety problems or depression.
Following our 5 step plan to wellness can also manage your weight.
Live life with less stress and find yourself better, more involved as a spouse, a more attentive parent, and a more productive employee or business owner.