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We
know that stress either causes or exacerbates a
large percentage of all disease. Not only
heart attacks, strokes, and immune system
breakdowns, but almost every disease know has
been linked to stressful toxins in our life.
How does this link work? Well, stress
causes our body to produce toxins, and
toxins-those from the food we eat and the
environment that surrounds us, as well as those
that we produce ourselves when under
duress - compromise our well-being.
Work-family conflicts, financial pressures, and
simply never having enough time are just a few
of the many stressors that we face everyday.
The biological changes that take place in
relation to the perceived threats are called the
stress response. Our bodies can adjust for
and counteract the mild forms of stress that we
encounter. As a matter of fact, stress can
be good if we know how to use it to make things
happen positively. Pressure can make us
face up to challenges with extraordinary skill
and fortitude. However, in the case of
extreme, unusual, or long lasting stress -
emotional, physical, and chemical - our stress
response and ensuing control mechanisms can be
quite overwhelming and harmful. The
overflow of stress hormones into our system can
adversely affect our mind-body physiology,
including our hair and skin. "When you’re under
stress from illness or work, sometimes the
circulation in the scalp is so constricted that
the hair follicles lose blood supply, which
causes them to atrophy and fall out." Dr. Fay is
quick to add, however, it often grows right back
when a person is no longer
under extreme stress.
In essence, if we cannot manage the stress in
our life, we are working our adrenal glands to
exhaustion. This is when skin and hair
problems also become apparent, because we are
constantly shutting our blood supply to our
heart and lungs, diverting it away from the
feeding and nourishing of the hair.
The first step toward health comes with
becoming aware of the myriad influences stress
has on your mind-body physiology. Here are
some tips to destressing:
Daily meditation and prayer
Deep breathing
Physical activity including yoga
Optimizing your nutrition
Taking in positive experiences such as these
will go a long way toward detoxification on the
emotional, physical, and environmental levels.
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