1. Too much stress can lead to bad food choices
Did this ever happen to you? To have a stressful week, and during that whole week, you realized that you ate only junk food? If you can relate to this, you need to know that you are not the only one. This is something that many people go through, and it is one of the things stress does to your body.
During tense times, you are more likely to make unhealthy food choices, and because of this, you need to be more careful about what you eat when this occurs. Let’s be real: from time to time, especially when you feel stressed, a bag of potato chips feels so much better than some carrot sticks.
These cravings are really triggered by the lack of dopamine and serotonin. When under stress, the brain’s serotonin levels are low, and the adrenal glands generate cortisol, also known as the stress hormone. That’s why comfort meals with lots of simple carbs are very appealing when we feel tense.
The insulin levels in our blood rise after we eat carbohydrates, and this stimulates the brain to release much-needed serotonin.
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Fantastic info. Needed to see this. Very enlightening.
This is fascinating. I have every one of these symptoms except the acid reflux/ulcers but had no idea they were related…stressed me out lol 😏
I have two of these symptoms- hair loss and
Tinnitus- have had a very stressful two years. The article was very helpful. Kick started my walking routine and positive
outlook. Thanks.
I just went through a year and a half of stressful days and nights. I felt helpless and I even felt close to
Palpitations one night and I pressed my life alert and spent one night in the hospital, where the doctors
did not find anything wrong. I spoke to my family doctor about my problem and he wrote in my chart
that I was paranoid.
The term of my lease finally was over and I moved with my daughter and her family and my nightmare
is finally over.
I don’t have an overweight problem. Want to get fit, strong and energetic. What is all the internet hang up that all people who fast and want to learn yoga are fat!
thank you very much for all that info.
One thing I do during extreme stress is sleep. Go to my happy place and stay there until my body functions wake me up. Then I go back. One time I slept for 3 days on and off. No TV. No noise. No outside stressor. It passes and I feel more relaxed.
I love the information , and I would like to be come a member of your science information.
I think stress is a much larger problem than you discribe. I’ve had 11 stents, 5 strokes, 2 heart attacks, and died once. I attribute all that to stress as I endured many hours, days, weeks and years working without having the choice to avoid the stress I was under.
Better choices would have helped me, I realize that. As far as suggestions for you, I suggest you take this fight to insurance companies first. Unfortunately I don’t see a simple solution to the ultimate culprit, capitalism. Good luck with yours. I’ll try to influence mine.