5 ways stress is wrecking your health! Did you know stress is toxic to your body???

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Did you know that stress is like a toxin to your body?
Did you know consistent low levels of stress can have a significant
impact on your health which may or may not be immediately
visible or felt?
Here are the top 5 ways stress is wrecking havoc on your health
and how you can help to counteract this.
1)Stress can cause your heart rate and blood flow to increase due
to the body’s natural fight or flight mechanism. This causes the
release of cholesterol and triglycerides into the blood stream. With
chronic stress, you are causing your body to work in that elevated
and unhealthy zone frequently which can lead to heart disease
and other complications. Doctors have also noted that sudden
emotional stress can result in serious cardiac problems including
heart attacks.
2) Stress causes higher levels of the hormone cortisol which
is linked to increased fat deposits around the abdomen. Increased
fat deposits around the abdomen where many of the core internal

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organs of the body are located, can pose greater health risks than
fat on the legs or hips.
3)Stress is also a common factor in many other Gastro-Intestinal
conditions, such as acid reflux and the irritable bowel syndrome.
4)Stress increases the likelihood of bad behaviors, such as
unhealthy eating and excessive drinking. Second, stress seems to
raise the glucose levels of people with type 2 diabetes directly.
5)Finally but certainly not least, there’s mounting evidence that
stress can accelerate the aging process. One study compared the
DNA of mothers who were under high stress with women who
were not. Researchers found that a particular region of the
chromosomes showed the effects of accelerated aging to the tune
of about 9 to 17 additional years.
With these 5 ways that stress is wrecking your health, lets talk
briefly on how you can reduce or eliminate stress.

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To counteract the negative impacts that stress can have on your
health and enjoyment of your life, you must look to moderate and
or eliminates stress. A change in your mindset, mental relaxation
techniques such as meditation and yoga have proven very
beneficial in helping people moderate and sometime eliminate
stress. Regular physical activity and the nutrition you power your
life with can also help to moderate your bodies response. Having a
diet plentiful in adaptogenic herbs, herbs that help that body
reduce it’s elevated and unhealthy response to stress is also a key
factor to reducing or eliminates the long term ill effects of
continued stress to your health. Take a look at my blog post
specifically about The Top 10 superfoods that help manage stress
I regularly create holistic plans to help busy professionals, just like
you, reduce the stress in their lives thereby being able to function
at work and or at home.
If you are struggling with being constant tired, making poor food
choices, mental fogginess or excess fat around the middle and are
looking for a better way based on science backed natural
products, connect with me here or on Facebook to discuss
potential simple solutions or plans that could help you get you
focus and energy back while shed those extra pounds and inches
around the middle.
Thank you for stopping by to read the 5 ways stress is wrecking
your health!

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