How to handle chronic stress?
Stress is our body’s way of responding to a demand or threat. Our nervous system releases stress hormones, like adrenaline and cortisol, which rouse the body for emergency action. Our heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises, breath quickens, and senses become sharper. These physical changes increase strength & stamina, speeds reaction time, and enhances focus, thereby preparing us for either a fight or flee response.
What does chronic stress do to our body?
Our nervous system isn’t very good at distinguishing between emotional and physical threats. If you tend to get stressed frequently, like many of us in today’s demanding world, our body may continue to exist in a heightened state of stress. This is chronic or long-term stress, which can lead to serious health problems, such as:
- Aches, Pain & Fatigue
- Cognitive Memory Problems
- Digestive Problems
- Heart Disease
- Skin Conditions
- Weight Problems
- Reproductive Issues
- Sleep Disorder
- Depression and Anxiety
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Increase daily physical activity, like walking, running, swimming, dancing.
- Build stronger and meaningful connections. Simply talking face-to-face with another human helps release hormones that relieve stress.
- Learn to relax with techniques such as yoga, meditation, deep breathing.
- Get your sleep. Feeling tired can increase stress by causing you to think irrationally.
- Eat a healthy diet. Processed foods, sugary snacks, refined carbs worsen levels of stress.
- Take supplements such as Magnesium, B-Vitamins, Omega-3 to help reduce stress.
To handle chronic stress we recommend doctor formulated MyoComfort Plus™
B Vitamins fight stress
B vitamins play many roles in the body, but most of them are required for proper brain health and nervous system function. A deficiency can increase physical stress and will decrease the production of neurotransmitters that regulate mood. A 2011 study of sixty workers found that taking B-complex for three months resulted in lower depression, improved mood, and decreased personal strain while at work.
Magnesium flights stress
Research has found that magnesium excretion increases under stressful situations. So, when you are under stress, magnesium is not only depleted but inadequate magnesium can increase feelings of stress and anxiety. If you are really struggling with stress, you may want to make sure you are including plenty of high magnesium foods in your diet.
A 2017 review of eighteen studies on the topic of magnesium and stress found that magnesium status is associated with subjective reports of anxiety. About half the studies found that magnesium supplementation decreased self-reported stress in people with generalized anxiety, high blood pressure, and PMS related anxiety.
L-Glutathione fights stress
Supporting glutathione levels can help detoxify the brain and ensure heavy metal deposits never get a chance to damage the brain severely. This can help ward off the root cause of many cognitive disorders and could even improve cognitive function and memory, throughout the aging process.
