04/07/2006
Stress – Are you sick and tired?
Stress can cause havoc . It can suck out energy and leave you sick and tired. Stress is our biggest enemy because it’s the trigger that causes heart attacks, strokes, depression and much more.
The effects of stress on everyday life can vary from person to person. How you handle these stresses will influence how your body reacts.
Stress limits our ablilty to lead satisfying lives.
The one disease that devastates the body, mind, and soul more than anything else is depression. It can leave you feeling sick and tired.
Depression is a constant feeling of sadness and utter despair. It can isolate you from family and the world. About 20 percent of us experience depression.
Clinical studies show those with chronic depression are more apt to have vascular problems. Why is this? Happy people have healthier levels of fibrinogen and cortisol in their blood making them less vulnerable to heart disease and stokes.
About 65 percent of heart patients have depression, which makes the heart disease worse, which in turn makes the depression worse. If left untreated, it can be fatal.
Stress at work can lead to depression. When folks recieve poor feedback from their job and lack rewards for work well done, this can lead to burnout. Burnout which is marked by exhaustion along with cynical or negative attitudes is a contributor toward depression.
Life itself can be depressing. If any symptoms of tiredness, anxiety, depression, irritation, anger, or trying to live a lifestyle that is too fast and furious, then you are at risk for major diseases such as heart disease.
Tired of feeling sick and tired!
To reduce the risks of major diseases and depression, adopt a healthly lifestyle.
*This includes regular exercise. If you are an inactive person, you will find it very difficult at first. Take small steps. Start with simply exersice such as walking and swimming.
*Choose a lifestyle that includes “me” time.
*Don’t ignore signs of depression. If you continually feel down, sad or separated from everyone for more than two weeks, talk to your doctor. It is a warning sign.
*If you are on the job, take your breaks. Make them a refreshing personal time, add walking, and learn to chat about non-work related topics.
*Learn to set reasonable standards for yourself. Construct you life with yourself in mind. Learn to walk away from confrontations that make you angry. Then come back later and tackle the problem.
*Remember to laugh. Laugh until your sides hurt. After all, God gave us laughter!
*Learn to relax. Listen to great uplifting music.
*Doing something constructive for someone else can elevate your mood. When you make someone else happy, you become happy.
*Always expect happiness. Don’t envy people who are happy. Join them! Put a smile on your face because our body, mind and soul are one and you are worth every ounce of effort you put forth to keep it in balance.
*You may want to include a healthly nutritional product that has helped folks who are dealing with stress. Click on Limu to find more information.
It takes discipline to adopt and maintain a new lifestyle. But it will be worth it in the long run. We will all have stress to some degree in our life. The key is proper management. After all who want to feeling sick and tired all the time!
Take your life back,
Monique
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03/13/2006
Natural Stress Reliever – ‘The perfect drug’
Natural stress relievers can include vitamins, minerals, herbs and organic food. This article contains the shocking truth that you may be ruining your health by using ‘the perfect drug.’
Stress
Everyone that lives in today’s modern world has stress.
Stress can be good and it can be bad. Stress can cause you to function at a higher level or it can exhaust all your energy.
So what happens when your body is stressed?
Our bodies respond to emotional or physical stress by secreting stress hormones produced by the adrenal glands. Adrenal glands are small glands on the top of the kidneys. The stress hormones secreted by the adrenal glands are cortisol, nor epinephrine and epinephrine. Cortisol hormone secretions varies through out the day. This is normal.
When our body is exposed to an acute level of stress, it produces a burst of stress hormones. You need that extra energy to sustain life. This is essential for life and perfectly normal.
What you do not want is for your body to experience a continuous level of stress. High levels of stress can cause disease. The equation goes like this: the amount of stress one has equals an increase output of sympathetic nervous system, which always equals an accelerated aging and breakdown of your tissue. That's not good.
Let's talk about the 3 stages of stress that leads to disease.
*During the first stage your body hyper secretes stress hormones almost all the time.
*The second stage of stress is when your body hyper secretes stress hormones initially at the beginning of the day and then in the afternoon the secretions are much lower. Adrenal fatigue begins, more about that later.
*The finial stage of stress is when your body does not secrete enough stress hormones at all. During this phase your brain is depleted of needed hormones such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine.
Chronic stress affects and depresses the immune system, thins your skin and affect the quality of your bones.
If you ...
...wake up tired and sluggish in the morning
need a nap in the afternoon
...run to a Lattie bar or venting machines toget soft drinks to keep you going
...crash on the sofa after work and stay at home in the evening because you are too tired to do anything with your friends
then you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue.
So what's the perfect drug?
Maybe you have been taking anti-anxiety drugs. Are you aware that NO drug ever treats the cause of stress. Drugs only treat the symptoms.
Did you know that the reason drugs make you feel great is that they block your metabolic pathways? Not only that, drugs interfere with nutrient absorption, storage and transportation.
Drugs stop the communication of pain and anxiety without ever knowing the source of your pain or cause of your stress.
It is a well know fact that drugs have side effects. Did you also know that drugs also deplete your nutrients?
The cause of stress is not because your body lacks chemical drugs.
Hippocrates once said, "Leave the drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal your patients with food."
Your body recognize food and nutritional supplements as building blocks.
Herbs just as Russian Adaptogens help restore your body to adapt to internal and external stressors. These herbs are safe and non-toxic to your body and support cellular health.
According to American Medical Association, 80% of health problems may be stress related. Adaptogens could be your best solution.
Adaptogens help support your body:
Better focus
Mental energy
Stamina
Enhanced sleep
Better attention to detail
Mood improvement
Improvement to the aging process
Antioxidant capability
Cellular balance
There is no one in this world who can take care of your health in an everyday basis better than you. It is to your advantage to maintain a health nervous system.
Experience your best health. Stress will always be around you but you can equip your body to adapt to stress ors. There is no need to suffer in today's hectic world.
May your 'perfect drug' for stress relieve provide you with the building blocks your body can use to bullet prove yourself against disease. Check out adaptogens as a natural stress reliever.
For your free report go to Limu 4 stress
To your health,
Monique
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