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Controlling stress and inflammation

Sometimes, we can be overwhelmed by the various types of stress that come with everyday life. These include mental stress, such as over-work; physical stress, such as exercising more than usual; emotional stress, as when we're having relationship problems, and environmental stress from pollutants in our environment and food supply.

Today let's look at just one type of stress — emotional — to see how the brain and body respond. Suppose you get a letter from the government tax office saying you owe 40,000. Even if you have that kind of cash lying around, you're going to feel stressed. Your brain will release chemicals called catecholamines that trigger inflammatory processes. One might be the release of insulin, a pro-inflammatory hormone.

Too much stress over an extended time period will cause insulin resistance, which is associated with obesity. That obesity (which itself creates inflammation) triggers the body to produce another pro-inflammatory hormone called cortisol, which creates more stress, and so on and so on. Clearly, then, controlling stress will help break this cycle of inflammation, and help the body return to its natural, balanced state.

Keys to stress management
The first step toward managing stress is to identify the things in your life that are causing it: marital problems, work pressures or illness in the family. Once you identify and understand these stressors, you can begin to find ways to change your environment and manage them. Support groups, exercise and certain nutritional supplements may help modify the levels of stress hormones and help the mind and body to re-balance.

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