Apart from causing anxiety and pressure, stress also creates some physiological changes in the body.
Stress causes the adrenal glands to secrete the ‘fight or flight’ hormones – adrenaline, noradrenalin and cortisol. In the days when we were hunter-gathers the fight or flight reaction was vital for enabling us to flee dangerous situations whilst out hunting.
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With the reduced daylight hours and the sun setting by mid-afternoon, the winter months can be mellow. It’s tempting to want to warm ourselves up and boost our spirits by reaching for traditional comfort foods. Unfortunately these tend to be stodgy, high-fat foods that do little for boosting our mood and actually make us feel [...]
As the end of the year approaches you may be feeling that your body is crying out for a break from the stresses and pollution of everyday life. Our bodies are constantly put under stress from the foods we eat, demands at work, juggling family commitments, environmental pollution and emotional pressures, and all this can [...]
A recent report in the Archives of General Psychiatry has shown that eating a traditional Mediterranean-style diet is associated with a lower risk of developing depression. The key to a Mediterranean diet is to focus on eating vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts, wholegrains and legumes. The diet is low in meat and dairy products, and with [...]
Christmas and stress – the two words that seem to be linked a little too often. While a little bit of stress can be a good thing (often helps get things done), longer term stress can have a noticeable impact on health.
Stress causes the adrenal glands to secrete the ‘fight or flight’ hormones – adrenaline, [...]
If you are feeling tired, exhausted and generally under the weather – the very first thing to do is to go to you GP for them to check the obvious causes. Often the first place to start will be checking your iron status to make sure you are not depleted – or even to check [...]
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